Month: April 2025

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has raised serious concerns over a financial burden exceeding Rs1.5 per unit on electricity consumers, stemming from inefficient operations of key generation and transmission projects during the first eight months of the current fiscal year (July–February). In a special report to the federal government, Nepra’s Technical Member from Sindh, Rafique A. Shaikh, highlighted persistent underutilisation of major assets including the 4,000MW Lahore-Matiari Transmission Line, the 969MW Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Plant, and the 747MW Guddu Power Plant. He emphasized that these inefficiencies are significantly…

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ISLAMABAD: Consumers are set to receive immediate power tariff relief of Rs5.03 per unit within the coming days, confirmed National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) Chairman Waseem Mukhtar during a public hearing on Friday. The hearing, held to deliberate on the government’s proposal to reduce tariff by Rs1.71 per unit through an additional petroleum levy of Rs58.6 billion for three months, highlighted NEPRA’s efforts to implement Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s announced relief of Rs7.69 per unit for industrial and Rs7.41 for domestic (non-lifeline) consumers. Mukhtar explained that the Rs5.03 per…

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ISLAMABAD: Electricity consumers across Pakistan, including those in Karachi, will benefit from reduced power tariffs of up to 17%, funded primarily through an increased petroleum development levy (PDL) of Rs58 billion, placing the burden on oil consumers. At a public hearing on Friday, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) reviewed a government proposal to reduce power tariffs by Rs1.71 per unit for three months (April to June). This reduction, part of the prime minister’s broader relief package, increases the total subsidy allocation to Rs266 billion, potentially rising to Rs324…

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