ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has notified a positive quarterly tariff adjustment of Paisa 35 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for the second quarter of FY2025-26, which will be recovered from electricity consumers between March and May 2026.
According to the notification, issued under Section 31(7) of the Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power Act 1997, the authority has approved an overall positive adjustment of Rs8.674 billion under the Quarterly Tariff Adjustment (QTA) mechanism.
The increase has been attributed to variations in capacity charges, variable operation and maintenance (O&M), use of system charges, market operator fee, fuel cost adjustment (FCA) impact on transmission and distribution losses, and recovery of prior period payments on incremental units.
The approved adjustment will be charged at a uniform rate of Rs0.3504/kWh for a period of three months, applicable to all consumer categories except lifeline consumers, prepaid consumers, and units billed under the incremental consumption package.
NEPRA further stated that, in line with provisions of the NEPRA Act and the National Electricity Policy, the same quarterly adjustment will also apply to consumers of K-Electric during the same recovery period.
The authority clarified that if electricity bills for the applicable period are issued before the notification of the decision, the adjustment may be applied in subsequent billing months.
NEPRA also directed relevant entities including Central Power Purchasing Agency Guarantee Limited (CPPA-G), power distribution companies (DISCOs) and K-Electric to strictly comply with court orders while implementing the adjustment.
In addition, the regulator instructed DISCOs to submit their quarterly adjustment requests immediately after the close of each quarter to ensure timely processing.
Distribution companies have also been directed to provide category-wise details of sales variations, comparing reference sales and actual sales with the corresponding period of the previous year. For industrial consumers, data must be presented separately for categories 131, B2, B3 and 134.
Furthermore, DISCOs will be required to present an analysis of sales and Maximum Demand Indicator (MDI) variances in future hearings to help the regulator better assess the factors influencing quarterly tariff adjustments.
Story by Mushtaq Ghumman
