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NEPRA approves three-month electricity relief package for winter season

Tariff of Rs26.07 per kWh will apply to all eligible consumers for their incremental consumption
This file photo, taken on January 24, 2023, shows a power transmission tower in Karachi. Reuters/File
This file photo, taken on January 24, 2023, shows a power transmission tower in Karachi. Reuters/File

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) approved on Friday a “winter package” submitted by the government at Rs26.07 per unit for three months (December 2024 to February 2025).

Last month, Prime Minister Shehbaz Shari announced a three-month electricity relief package – “Bijli Sahulat” package – for consumers in the winter season when the consumption of the basic utility is very low amid high per unit cost.

Under the plan, the premier said that a “desirable” reduction is being made in the electricity prices. The electricity relief package would be implemented in “bills from December 2024 to February 2025.”

The package applies to all eligible industrial, commercial, general service, domestic, net metering consumers, and wheeling industrial consumers of Discos and K-Electric (KE), said a press release.

The tariff of Rs26.07 per kWh would apply to all eligible consumers for their incremental consumption, above the benchmark consumption in the corresponding months. The benchmark consumption would be the higher of either the relevant month’s consumption in FY 2024 or the historical consumption over the past three years, based on the approved formula, it further said.

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Power tariff for additional units would be Rs26.7 per unit. This would be 30 per cent cheaper (Rs11.42 per unit) compared to a minimum rate of Rs37.49 and 50 per cent (Rs26 per unit) compared to the maximum rate.

The winter package would be only for three months (December 2024 to February 2025). The base rate for domestic consumers is a minimum of Rs37.49 per unit and a maximum of Rs52.07 per unit, but additional consumption would be charged at Rs26.07 per unit for both categories.

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