The Nationwide Electrical Energy Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has accredited a authorities proposal to scale back electrical energy tariffs by Rs1.71 per unit, citing a reduction within the Petroleum Growth Levy (PDL).
The discount will apply to customers nationwide, together with these in Karachi, for the interval from April to June 2025.
Following a consensus with the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF), Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif earlier this month introduced a discount in energy tariffs for home and industrial customers by Rs7.41 and Rs7.69 per unit, respectively.
The choice has been forwarded to the federal authorities for formal implementation. Nevertheless, Nepra confirmed that lifeline customers won’t profit from the discount.
The federal authorities filed a request for the value discount with Nepra, which carried out a listening to on the matter on April 4.
“The Authority has no objection on the moment Movement, because it doesn’t influence Nepra’s decided tariff, because the GOP [Government of Pakistan] has determined to offer extra subsidy from the anticipated assortment of PDL,” learn the Nepra’s resolution, printed on its web site.
“Accordingly, the request of the Ministry [of Energy] to offer [an] extra subsidy of Rs.l.71/kWh to all customers of XWDISCOs and Okay-Electrical (besides lifeline customers) for the interval from April 2025 to June 2025 is hereby accredited,” the facility regulator stated within the notification.
The Nepra quoted the power minister saying [during the April 4 hearing] that the projected assortment of PDL for 3.5 months was round Rs58.6 billion — to be utilised to offer tariff differential subsidies for customers.
“The federal cupboard has accredited this proposal and allowed to file the movement earlier than Nepra in order that [the] profit may be handed on to the customers within the billing month of April 2025,” the Nepra doc learn.
For home customers, the facility tariff beforehand stood at Rs48.70 per unit, which had already been diminished to Rs45.05.
The brand new discount of Rs7.41 per unit takes quick impact. For industrial customers, the June 2024 tariff of Rs58.50 per unit had been lowered to Rs48.19, with an extra discount of Rs7.69 per unit introduced.