The government has approved to increase the price of electricity by Rs 1.6 per liter in terms of fuel price adjustment.
NEPRA had requested the Central Power Purchasing Agency to increase the price of electricity by Rs 1.52 per liter. In which it was requested to increase the price of electricity by 95 paise per unit for November and 57 paise per unit for October.
According to NEPRA officials, the hearing in the matter of fuel price adjustment has been completed in NEPRA and approval has been given to increase the price of electricity by Rs 1.6.
NEPRA officials said that in the context of October’s fuel price adjustment, electricity has been increased by 29 paise per unit, and in November’s fuel price adjustment, electricity has been increased by 77 paise per unit, adding Rs 8.40 billion to power consumers. There will be a burden. Furthermore, according to NEPRA, the government did not transfer fuel price adjustments to consumers from November to June, while NEPRA has issued a decision regarding these adjustments.
The adjustments will impose a burden of Rs 17 billion on consumers, however, the government may make these adjustments. But give a subsidy.
