Following the petrol bomb, individuals can get some reduction from electrical energy payments as Nationwide Electrical Energy Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday lowered the price of electrical energy per unit by Rs10.80 for Okay-Electrical’s customers and Rs2.31 for different customers.
The NEPRA has authorised a discount in electrical energy worth by Rs10.80 per unit for the month of December, within the type of a month-to-month gas adjustment.
The choice was taken following an open listening to which was presided over by Chairman of Nepra, Tauseef Hasan Farooqi the place the complainants have been additionally current.
In the course of the listening to, Nepra member Rafiq Shaikh expressed his disappointment with the failure to provide low-cost electrical energy.
Moreover, customers complained about ongoing load shedding in Karachi, which Nepra officers expressed indignation about.
The discount in electrical energy worth was authorised after reviewing the info on energy technology and transmission.
Nepra has additionally authorised the discount in the price of electrical energy per unit by Rs2.31 below month-to-month gas adjustment for different customers.
Beneath the chairmanship of Nepra Chairman Tauseef Hasan Farooqui, a listening to was held on the Central Energy Buying Company’s (CPPA) request to scale back the value of electrical energy by Rs2.20 per unit on account of month-to-month gas adjustment.
The CCPA maintained within the petition that 8.96 billion models of electrical energy have been produced in December.
The reference price for December was mounted at Rs9.31 per unit however the complete price turned out to be Rs7.11 per unit.
Subsequently, CCPA requested the facility regulator to chop energy tariff by Rs 2.20 per unit below month-to-month gas adjustment.
Nonetheless, Nepra authorised the discount of electrical energy by Rs 2.31 per unit in opposition to request of Rs2.20 citing losses on the a part of CCPA.
The customers will get a reduction of Rs18.70 billion of their January payments.
