{"id":37276,"date":"2024-05-23T18:27:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T13:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=37276"},"modified":"2024-05-23T18:35:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T13:35:28","slug":"nepra-to-increase-electricity-price-by-five-rupees-per-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/nepra-to-increase-electricity-price-by-five-rupees-per-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"NEPRA to increase electricity price by five rupees per unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) is set to consider a request from the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) for a further Rs5 per unit hike in electricity price.<\/p>\n<p>According to this decision, consumers will bear an additional burden of 310 rupees.<\/p>\n<p>Following NEPRA&#8217;s approval, the request for an increase in the basic tariff of electricity underwent a hearing, and the CPPA has granted approval to this request. Based on this approval, the basic tariff of electricity can increase to more than 5 rupees per unit from the next fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the CPPA exchanged various opinions regarding the increase in electricity prices. They suggest that due to the increase, consumers will experience a reduction in demand for electricity, which in turn could lead to lower prices.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/nepra-orders-no-power-outages-during-exams\/\">Nepra orders no power outages during exams<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>NEPRA authorities questioned the current demand and supply situation of electricity in the country. According to them, the country&#8217;s electricity production has reached 21,600 megawatts so far.<\/p>\n<p>Following NEPRA&#8217;s approval, the hearing regarding the increase in the basic tariff has been concluded. The NEPRA authority will make a decision based on the numbers submitted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) is set to consider a request from the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) for a further Rs5 per unit hike in electricity price. According to this decision, consumers will bear an additional burden of 310 rupees. Following NEPRA&#8217;s approval, the request for an increase in the basic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":27302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2753],"class_list":["post-37276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-nepra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}