Flood victims to get relief in power bills

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to provide relief in the electricity bill to flood-hit victims in the country.

The government is considering proposals to exempt a number of charges and taxes on electricity bills for citizens who have been hit by the recent catastrophic floods.

The relief measures suggested are the exemption of General Sales Tax (GST), Fuel Cost (FC) surcharge, and fixed charges from electricity bills.

There are also suggestions for abolishing GST and excise duty on fuel price adjustments.

Further, there are talks to exempt income tax, additional and further taxes, and the retailer sales tax that is levied on electricity bills.

This is in the wake of extensive flooding that has affected Punjab, hugely devastating agricultural lands and displacing hundreds of thousands of people.

Earlier, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) announced a reduction in electricity prices through monthly and quarterly adjustments.

Nepra has approved a reduction in electricity prices by Rs 1.89 per unit in the quarterly adjustment.

The decision to reduce electricity prices in the quarterly adjustment has been sent to the federal government.

According to the decision, this reduction was approved in the quarterly adjustment for April to June 2025. The reduction in electricity prices will apply to all DISCOs consumers, including K-Electric.

According to Nepra, the reduction in electricity prices will apply for the 3 months of August to October 2025, and electricity consumers will get a relief of Rs 55 billion 874 million from this reduction.

The reduction in electricity prices will not apply to Lifeline and prepaid consumers.