The consumers to pay Rs 7.90 extra in electricity bills in July 2022

The consumers will face a hike in electricity tariff by Rs 7.90 per unit in electricity bills in 2022.

The increase in electricity bills will be on account of the monthly fuel for May 2022.

Nepra held a public hearing here on Monday.

Chairman NEPRA Engineer Tauseef H. Farooqi chaired a public hearing.

CPPAG had filed an application seeking an increase in power tariff of Rs 7.96 per unit.

According to the preliminary examination of the data, Nepra had worked out an increase of Rs. 7.90 per unit.

For one month only, power firms charged Rs 3.99 per unit in April.

They will charge Rs 3.91 per unit higher now than in April in July electricity bills in 2022.

This will apply to Lifeline and KE customers.

Nepra will issue its detailed decision after further scrutiny of the data, NEPRA said.

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The Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) had filed an application on behalf of power companies.

In response to the use of expensive fuel in a generation, it asked the regulator to permit an increase in electricity rates. The increase will reflect in electricity bills in July 2022.

The total cost of electricity production from various sources stood at Rs13.8969 per unit during May 2022.

The reference fuel cost was Rs 5.93 per unit, registering an increase of Rs 7.96 per unit. The most expensive electricity came from furnace oil at the rate of Rs 33.67 per unit.

The cost of diesel-based power stood at Rs30.09 per unit. Furnace oil and HSD collectively accounted for only 8.99 per cent of total electricity.

The high cost of generation through RLNG pushed the overall rate upwards in the power basket. Its total generation cost stood at Rs 27.92 per unit.

Its share stood at 22.89 per cent in total electricity generation. The share of coal generation was only 13.77 per cent of the total electricity produced in May.

The cheapest source of electricity in the country during the month was from nuclear power plants at the rate of Rs1.05 per unit.

In the month, Pakistan imported a very small amount of electricity from Iran at s18.95 per unit.

Captive power plants produced electricity at Rs5.98 per unit. There was no power generation from hydel, wind and solar sources in May.

It was due to negligible outflow from the dams and unfavourable weather conditions. Consumers had recently faced a massive hike in the prices of petroleum products.

The base tariff of electricity had also been increased by the coalition government from Rs 16 to Rs 24 per unit.