{"id":82623,"date":"2025-08-08T11:42:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T06:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=82623"},"modified":"2025-08-08T11:42:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T06:42:05","slug":"electricity-tariff-slab-for-non-protected-users-may-move-to-301-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/electricity-tariff-slab-for-non-protected-users-may-move-to-301-units\/","title":{"rendered":"Electricity tariff slab for non-protected users may move to 301 units"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: The federal government<\/a> is considering changing the electricity tariff structure to reduce the extra burden on thousands of households across the country.<\/p>\n

According to reports, the non-protected status, which now applies to anybody using more than 200 units, may soon be limited to users using 301 or more units.<\/p>\n

This adjustment will benefit thousands of Pakistani households that narrowly exceed the 200-unit threshold before being exposed to much higher charges for six months under the non-protected category.<\/p>\n

The issue was aggressively highlighted at a recent federal cabinet meeting, when numerous ministers deemed the present approach unjust.<\/p>\n

\u201cA person using 201 units pays almost Rs. 5,000 extra over six months, that\u2019s harsh, especially for low-income users,\u201d cabinet members argued.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, was briefed on the issue and has allegedly hinted at convening a high-level committee to evaluate the policy.<\/p>\n

The committee will thoroughly investigate the problem and provide its findings and recommendations to the federal cabinet.<\/p>\n

According to sources, another alternative under discussion is to apply the non-protected slab just in the month when the limit is reached, rather than locking the customer into the higher rate for half a year.<\/p>\n

The current 201-unit slab was imposed by NEPRA and Pakistan’s Ministry of Power, but mounting public outrage has prompted a prospective policy revision.<\/p>\n

Electricity prices reduced<\/h1>\n

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority\u00a0(NEPRA)<\/a>\u00a0 has announced a reduction in electricity prices in monthly and quarterly adjustments.<\/p>\n

Nepra has approved a reduction in electricity prices by Rs 1.89 per unit in the quarterly adjustment.<\/p>\n

The decision to reduce electricity prices in the quarterly adjustment has been sent to the federal government.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The reduction in electricity prices will not apply to Lifeline and prepaid consumers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: The federal government is considering changing the electricity tariff structure to reduce the extra burden on thousands of households across the country. According to reports, the non-protected status, which now applies to anybody using more than 200 units, may soon be limited to users using 301 or more units. This adjustment will benefit thousands […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":69656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[30595],"class_list":["post-82623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-electricity-tariff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82623","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82624,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82623\/revisions\/82624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}