- Consumers using up to 100 units have to pay a flat fee of Rs 200.
- Consumers using up to 200 units have to pay a flat fee of Rs 300.
- Nepra reduces electricity tariffs for industrial consumers by Rs4.4/unit.
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday imposed fixed charges on domestic consumers using up to 300 units per month.
The regulator has issued its decision on the Power Division’s request for the imposition of fixed charges, applicable to both protected and unprotected consumers.
Previously, fixed tariffs were only applicable to unprotected domestic consumers using more than 300 units per month.
Under the new decision, protected consumers using up to 100 units per month will now pay Rs 200 flat fee, while domestic protected consumers using up to 200 units per month will be charged Rs 300 flat monthly fee.
For unprotected consumers, those using up to 100 units per month will pay Rs 275 as fixed charges, while consumers using up to 200 units will have to pay Rs 300 as fixed charges. Those who consume up to 300 units per month will be charged Rs 350.
Unprotected consumers using between 301 and 400 units per month will see the fixed charges increase by Rs 200 to Rs 400, while those consuming between 401 and 500 units will face an increase of Rs 100, taking the fixed charges to Rs 500 per month.
Similarly, the fixed charges have been increased from Rs75 to Rs675 for consumers using up to 600 units per month.
However, those consuming between 601 and 700 units will pay Rs 675 after a discount of Rs 125, while consumers using more than 700 units will also be charged Rs 675 after a discount of Rs 325.
However, lifebuoy consumers, using up to 100 units, will remain exempt from fixed charges.
Nepra has also reduced electricity tariffs for industrial consumers by Rs4.4 per unit.
For domestic consumers, those using between 301 and 400 units per month will get a relief of Rs1.53 per unit. Consumers in the bracket of 401 to 500 units will get a discount of Rs 1.25 per unit, while those using 501 to 600 units will get a discount of Rs 1.40 per unit.
Consumers using between 601 and 700 units per month will get a discount of 91 paisa per unit, while those consuming more than 700 units will get a discount of 49 paisa per unit.
Sources said the federal government would issue an official notification regarding the revised tariff structure after the regulator sends the decision for review.
