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PhotoNews Pakistan > Pakistan > Govt forces NEPRA to increase electricity rates
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Govt forces NEPRA to increase electricity rates

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By Web Desk Published June 10, 2015 3 Min Read
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The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) bowed down to federal government pressure earlier today, effectively depriving consumers of a reduction in electricity price by imposing a surcharge of up to Rs4 per unit on power consumers.

In addition to surcharges, the regulator has however approved a cut of Rs2.50 per unit subsidy for power consumers.

Nepra has imposed Rs3 per unit surcharge on domestic power consumers whereas Rs4 per unit has been imposed on commercial and industrial consumers.

The regulator has sent the decision to the federal government for notification. The decision follows a cut in subsidy for power consumers in the Budget 2015-16 announced last week.

Following this decision, the regulator has deprived consumers of relief worth Rs90 billion. Consumers were supposed to enjoy a cut in electricity prices by Rs1 to Rs4 per unit depending on different category of consumers.

The current power tariff has been maintained by imposing surcharges. Nepra has taken the decision despite the fact it is bound to pass on impact of cut in electricity prices to power consumers.

According to officials, federal government is required to make an amendment in Nepra act to bar the regulator from taking decisions which pass on the impact of reduction in power price to consumers.

However, without making any such arrangement, the regulator succumbed to federal government’s pressure and imposed surcharges on power consumers to deprive them of relief to consumers in electricity bills.

Following pressure from International Monetary Fund (IMF), ministries of finance and power pressed Nepra to impose a surcharge on power consumers to absorb the impact of reduction in electricity prices.

According to the decision, the federal government had submitted a review petition in the regulator to review the decision of financial year 2014-15 to impose surcharges and cut in subsidy to adjust the impact of reduction in electricity price. Now, the regulator has made surcharges part of tariff schedule which means that consumers would be paying surcharges on permanent basis.

Also read: Nepra cuts power tariff by Rs2.08 per unit
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