The hearing was completed in NEPRA on the request of electricity companies under the quarterly adjustment, if approved, the burden on consumers will be Rs. 45 paise per unit and will be applicable from July to September. Dropped, another Rs 47 paise increase in price was approved.
According to Nepra sources, the recovery from consumers will be done in August, September and October. .
Sources say that 5 billion 57 crore rupees were demanded in terms of operation and maintenance cost and 12 billion 38 crore rupees in terms of transmission and distribution impact on monthly fuel cost adjustment.
It should be noted that earlier, Nepra had completed the hearing on the request of electricity companies under the quarterly adjustment, Nepra approved the request of Power Division officials to increase electricity by one rupee 45 paise per unit.