Fuel Price Adjustment: NEPRA to hold hearing on tariff cut

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) will hold a hearing today on power tariff cut. According to official sources, power consumers are likely to get a relief of Rs2.19 per unit in lieu of fuel price adjustment formula for the month of February. They said the Central Power Purchase Agency Guarantee Limited (CPPA-G) submitted a petition to Nepra seeking a Rs2.19 per unit reduction in power tariff for the said month. The CPPA-G said actual cost remained at Rs5.06 /kWh against the reference fuel charges of Rs7.2603/kWh. Per unit cost of electricity production through coal was Rs5.81 kWh per unit and furnace oil Rs10.16 kWh per unit during the said month. Similarly, the cost of nuclear electricity production was Rs1.07 per unit, gas Rs4.71 per unit, and RLNG Rs9.02 per unit, while the power imported from Iran cost Rs11.05 per unit.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 27^th, 2018.

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