KARACHI: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has notified a Rs3.27 increase in the power tariff for the electricity consumers of K-Electric (KE).
The hike in the power tariff was notified on Thursday on account of monthly fuel charges adjustment (FCA), said a Nepra notification.
NEPRA’s hearing on the request of K-Electric to increase the power tariff was held on March 31, 2022, under the chair NEPRA chairman Tauseef H. Farooqi. The amount will be received in the bills of April, it said, adding that the Karachiites will have to bear an additional burden of Rs3.58 billion.
Earlier this month, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority had increased electricity price by Rs5.94 per unit under monthly fuel adjustment. The power regulatory authority took the decision after conducting a hearing on the plea of Central Power Purchasing Agency (CCPA).
Back in February, Prime Minister Imran Khan had announced a massive reduction in petrol and diesel prices up to Rs10 per litre, besides bringing down the electricity tariff up to Rs5 per unit.
Meanwhile, the power shortfall has reached 5,000 megawatts due to technical problems and shortage of fuel in the power-plants.
According to details, the hydropower generation is also facing a downfall due to low level of water in the dams around the country which have added to the electricity shortfall.
Meanwhile, the unannounced load-shedding of electricity has reached up to eight hours a day in different parts of the country. The sources revealed that the total production of electricity is 14,000 megawatts whereas the demand of electricity is more than 19,000 megawatts.
