ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday approved a refund of Rs5.13 per unit in power tariff for K-Electric consumers for the month of September 2022.
In a notification, Nepra stated that all consumer categories would be eligible for the refund, with the exception of lifeline consumers, home consumers who utilize up to 300 units, agricultural consumers, and electric vehicle charging station users (EVCS).
“It is hereby clarified that negative adjustment on account of monthly FCA is also applicable to the domestic consumers having time of use (ToU) meters irrespective of their consumption level,” the notifications said. “The decrease shall be shown separately in the consumers’ bills on the basis of units billed to them in the respective month to which the adjustment pertains.”
In the billing month of November 2022, K-Electric must include the fuel charges adjustment for the month of September 2022.
The K-Electric requested a reduction in the consumer power tariff of Rs4.72 per unit.
In contrast, Central Power Purchasing Agency-Guaranteed (CPPA-G) plans to pass on a positive adjustment of Rs0.2046 per kWh to distribution company customers for September under the monthly FCA mechanism. K-Electric requested a reduction in its tariff on October 16 to refund its customers Rs7.74 billion.
Both K-Electric and CPPA-G submitted their requests for adjustments in their FCAs in accordance with available data.
It is presumed that tariffs for both K-Electric and distribution companies will remain the same in November.
According to data submitted by CPPA-G, in September 2022, hydel generation was 4,403.81 GWh 34.20% of total generation against 5,353.69 GWh in August constituting 38.10% of total generation.
Power generation from coal-fired power plants was 1,449.20 GWh in September, 11.25% of total generation against 2,163.01 Gwh in August 2022 which was 15.39% of total generation. The price of coal generation has also reduced to Rs17.9796 per kWh in September which was Rs20.5441 per unit in August.
