NEPRA cuts energy tariff by Rs1.7 per unit
The fuel cost of electricity delivered to a placement companies was distributed during Rs4.78 per section in Jul opposite a anxiety cost of Rs6.49 per unit, that suggested that a consumers were entitled to a reinstate of Rs1.70 per unit. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD: The regulatory physique for appetite producers and distributors has announced a rebate of Rs1.70 per section in electricity tariffs for Jul 2017, holding evidence from cheaper fuel prices in a general market.
Following a tariff cut, electricity bills of consumers for Sep 2017 will simulate fuel cost composition charges. Overall, appetite producers will reinstate around Rs20 billion to a consumers.
However, K-Electric and rural consumers as good as domestic consumers that use rebate than 300 units of electricity per month will not suffer a relief.
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) took a tariff cut preference during a monthly open conference on Wednesday following a petition filed by a Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA), that sought a rebate of Rs1.7090 per unit.
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According to Nepra, a fuel cost of electricity delivered to a placement companies was distributed during Rs4.78 per section in Jul opposite a anxiety cost of Rs6.49 per unit, that suggested that a consumers were entitled to a reinstate of Rs1.70 per unit.
As a appetite placement companies had recovered an additional Rs20 billion by electricity bills for July, these would be refunded to a consumers in Sep bills.
Total appetite era in a nation from all sources stood during 12,496.63 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in Jul during a cost of Rs58.65 billion.
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