NEPRA concluded its hearing on CPPA-G’s request for monthly fuel charge adjustments (FCA) for October 2025, in which CPPA-G presented its request for relief of Rs0.6508 per unit.

Following the public hearing, the regulator will issue a decision clarifying the FCA amount to be passed on to customer bills and the period for which they will be applicable.

The notified FCA will also be applicable to K-Electric (KE) customers — by way of tariff rationalisation as approved by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on August 19, 2025 and any difference between the monthly FCA rate determined for KE and the notified FCA will be made available to KE by way of subsidy.

Fuel charge adjustments are incurred by utilities due to global variations in fuel prices used to generate electricity, and the changes in the generation mix.

These costs are reflected in customer bills following NEPRA’s scrutiny and approval. Customers also benefit from negative FCA in their bills when global fuel prices decrease. Rates charged to customer bills are determined by NEPRA and notified by the Federal Government.

As per the Regulatory Authority’s decision, the negative FCA shall be applicable to all the consumer categories except lifeline consumers, domestic protected consumers, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCS) and prepaid electricity consumers of all categories who opted for prepaid tariff.