Pakistan

PEPCO introduces day, night tariffs

PEPCO introduced a new meter system Thursday, whereby a variable charge will apply at different times of the day.

Express July 08, 2010

LAHORE: PEPCO introduced a new meter system on Thursday, whereby a variable charge of electricity will apply at different times of the day.

Speaking to the media in Lahore, DG PEPCO Muhammad Khalid said that PEPCO has fixed a charge of Rs 7.14 per unit for the day and Rs 11.89 per unit for the night time.

Either the 6 to 10 pm or the 7 to 11 pm time slot will be considered night time for billing purposes, he said.

He also said that new meters called TODs will replace the old ones, and that the replacement process has already begun. The meters will take into account the variable charge of electricity to calculate the total bill.

COMMENTS (1)

Syed A. Mateen | 14 years ago | Reply During the last two years all electricity meters were changed as the old meters were declared that they were slow. The new meters were much more faster in calculating consumption of electricity units and people got much higher inflated bills. This was not all. Electricity tariff has been revised upwards from time to time and the last enhancement was made with the begining of the new fiscal year. Now whatever was left with the electricity consumers will be taken away by PEPCO by installing new electricity meters. The employers instead of transferring salaries of the staff in the respective bank accounts of the employees should transfer salaries of the staff in PEPCO's Bank Account. Whatever the few penny's left after deducting from the monthly electricity bills, PEPCO will hand over the left over penny's to the people to meet their end needs. Let the electricity companies should suck the last drop of the blood from the citizens veins and leave them alone to die. No stone should be left unturned to please the IMF and the World Bank, as they are the real future of Pakistan, and not the citizens.

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