Nepra

Govt likely to hike electricity prices by Rs5.62 per unit

Businessmen say outages already hitting manufacturing sector hard

KE had requested for increase of Rs5.170/kWh for the quarter ending March 2023

NEPRA has been dropping bombshells, approving raise demanded in electricity prices

Nepra allows K-Electric to recover an additional Rs1.7178/unit

Electricity, gas and oil prices go through the roof, forcing consumers to cough up billions

Suppliers of Last Resort licences will remain valid till April 2043

Attributes rise to FCA; will put additional burden of Rs33b on consumers

Challenges claims of overcharging 10m consumers, says only 0.2m has been affected

Stakeholders oppose amendments to Consumer Service Manual

NEPRA notifies a Rs1.15 per unit increase in the power tariff for user across the country

Energy ministry seeks quarterly adjustments of Rs0.468 and Rs1.248

NEPRA to consider request for an increase in power tariff by Rs1.72 per unit

Says power regulator presented ‘exaggerated statistics’

NEPRA decides FCA will be charged in Dec bills

Discos, KE fleeced consumers, says power regulator

It will bring economic stability in least developed Upper Kohistan district

If approved, consumers will be burdened with additional Rs40b

NEPRA frames questions based on comments from industrialists, other stakeholders

Decision to put additional burden of Rs24.5 billion on consumers

Regulator says investment should go to areas facing constraints

Most excess billing occurred in LESCO and HESCO regions, Nepra report reveals

Businessmen blame conventional energy sources for current crisis

Stresses need for local private sector to take leading role in financing these projects

NEPRA to announce its final verdict on XWDISCOs’ plea in few days

NEPRA to hold public hearing on 1ts quarter adjustment on 14th

NEPRA asked to approve run-of-the-river project in Kohistan district

Notes that NEPRA, tribunals are proper forums to file complaint against distribution companies

Apex court refers petitioners to Nepra Appellate Tribunal

NEPRA will hear the power supplier company's request next week

Consumers will pay additional payments in October and November this year

Raise approved on account of FCA for August

Raise will put additional Rs135.5b financial burden on power consumers

Accountability chief says country’s 70% electricity produced by IPPs

New quarterly adjustments will add burden of Rs135.5 billion on consumers

NEPRA chief says high-power committee to probe over-billing

XWDISCOs consumers will pay amount in this month’s bills

Will pay an additional Rs2,025 billion on account of capacity charges

Average power tariff is set to increase by Rs4.96 per unit in view of IMF deal

Amount will be recovered from the consumers in a period of three months – July, August and September 2023

If approved, KE consumers will bear additional burden of Rs2.78b

DISCOs will display the approved FCA separately in the consumer bills on the basis of units billed in April 2023

Will conduct public hearing on May 3 of petition filed by CPPA-G

Notes expensive plants were run to generate electricity in Feb

Comes under fire for failure to complete transmission line from Thar projects

Applicable to all consumers of DISCOs except KE, lifeline users

LCCI says NEPRA’s MDI initiative is leading to closure of industries

LHC orders NEPRA to provide maximum subsidy to domestic customers consuming up to 500 units per month

Area exempted from load shedding has also been included in the line loss areas

It will put Rs4.9b burden on consumers, will not apply to K-Electric