{"id":61149,"date":"2025-01-02T13:55:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T08:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=61149"},"modified":"2025-01-02T13:55:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T08:55:51","slug":"nepra-proposes-rs20-per-unit-cut-in-electricity-prices-under-winter-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/nepra-proposes-rs20-per-unit-cut-in-electricity-prices-under-winter-package\/","title":{"rendered":"NEPRA proposes Rs20 per unit cut in electricity prices under winter package"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: In a recent development, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority<\/a> (NEPRA) has <\/span>finalized<\/span> a formula which <\/span>will<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>cut down the electricity <\/span>rates<\/span>\u00a0by Rs20 per unit<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>as proposed\u00a0<\/span>under a three-month winter package. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to NEPRA, <\/span>there<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>method<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>“Balance of Tariff<\/a>”\u00a0<\/span>through<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>which it is possible to decrease electricity rates\u00a0<\/span>by revising capacity payments and surcharges. <\/span>The authority has also recommended the improvements of the operational inefficiencies for<\/span>\u00a0bringing\u00a0<\/span>down power costs.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The current electricity price is Rs45.06 per unit, which is\u00a0<\/span>divided<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>into\u00a0<\/span>several<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>heads<\/span>. Capacity charges\u00a0<\/span>amount<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0Rs17.01 per unit, taxes and surcharge\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Rs15.28 per unit, and distribution margins collected by electricity distribution<\/a> companies amount to Rs3.10 per unit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition<\/span>, 1 paisa per unit is collected for repair, revenue collection, and future adjustments, while transmission charges\u00a0 <\/span>amount<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0Rs1.37 per unit.\u00a0<\/span>Average net generation cost of electricity<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Rs7.62 per unit.<\/p>\n

If the surcharges of Rs7.52 and adjustments of 0.67 rupees per unit are removed, the electricity price would reduce to Rs25.20 per unit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Moreover, if these charges are eliminated, the current electricity rate of Rs45.06 per unit could be reduced to Rs20.04 per unit. This reduction in electricity prices is expected to provide relief to consumers during the winter season.<\/p>\n

Earlier in November 2024, the Ministry of Water and Power <\/span>announced<\/span>\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span>relief<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>package for the winter season through electricity.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Under<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>package<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>consumers<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>will<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>have<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>pay<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>only<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>up<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Rs26<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>7<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>paisa<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>per<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>unit<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>extra\u00a0<\/span>consumption\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>electricity<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>against<\/span>\u00a0last year<\/span>‘s<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>consumption.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>It<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>a flat rate discount\u00a0<\/span>scheme,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>consumers<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>will<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>be<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>given<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>this<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>relief<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>facility<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for three months of the winter season, starting from <\/span>December<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>2024<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>February<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>2025<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: In a recent development, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has finalized a formula which will\u00a0cut down the electricity rates\u00a0by Rs20 per unit,\u00a0as proposed\u00a0under a three-month winter package. According to NEPRA, there\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0method\u00a0of\u00a0“Balance of Tariff”\u00a0through\u00a0which it is possible to decrease electricity rates\u00a0by revising capacity payments and surcharges. The authority has also recommended the improvements of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":13456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[25398,24574,25397],"class_list":["post-61149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-electricity-prices-in-pakistan","tag-nepra-winter-package","tag-rs20-per-unit-cut-in-electricity-prices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61149","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61150,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61149\/revisions\/61150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}