Nepra has formally approved the hike in fixed charges for all domestic and other electricity consumers across the country
Islamabad - The fixed charges of electricity consumers have been increased by 184%. According to the details, Nepra dropped the second lightning bomb on the public in a single day. According to media reports, Nepra has approved the imposition and increase of fixed charges from July 1, 2024. An increase of up to 184% in fixed charges has also been approved for customers other than domestic.
It has been approved to levy fixed charges of 200 rupees for domestic consumers for using 301 to 400 units per month, 400 rupees for using 401 to 500 units per month and 600 rupees for using 501 to 600 units per month. Similarly, 800 rupees for using 601 to 700 units per month and 700 units per month A fixed charge of Rs 1000 will be levied on excess usage.
Nepra has approved to increase the monthly fixed charges for industrial customers by 184%, after which the monthly fixed charges for industrial customers will increase from Rs.440 to Rs.1250.
A 150% increase in monthly fixed charges has been approved for commercial electricity consumers and the fixed charges for commercial consumers will increase from Rs 500 to Rs 1250. A 100% increase in monthly fixed charges has been approved for agricultural tube wells consumers, after which these consumers The fixed charges will be increased from Rs 200 to Rs 400. While earlier, Nepra also issued a decision on uniform electricity tariff for the whole country including Karachi.
According to the media, Nepra has approved the government's request for an increase of Rs 7.12 in the basic electricity tariff, domestic consumers up to 200 units per month have been exempted from the increase for 3 months, for the rest of the domestic consumers, the basic electricity tariff has increased by Rs 7.12 per unit. will go Nepra has sent the decision to increase the basic electricity tariff to the federal government for notification.
The basic tariff per unit of electricity for domestic consumers will be Rs 48 to 84 paisa, the basic tariff of consumers using 201 to 300 units per month will be Rs 26.34 after the increase. After the increase, the basic tariff for customers using 301 to 400 units per month will be Rs 39.15. The basic tariff of customers using 401 to 500 units per month will be increased by Rs 6.12 to Rs 41.36.
The basic tariff of customers using 500 to 601 units per month will increase by Rs 6.12 to Rs 42.78. The basic tariff for customers using 601 to 700 units per month will be increased by Rs 6.12 to Rs 43.92. The basic tariff for more than 700 units per month will be increased by Rs 6.12 to Rs 48.84. Adding taxes will increase the per unit tariff price per slab.
Rs 3.95 per unit will be maintained for Life customers up to 50 units per month. Rs 7.74 per unit will be maintained for Life customers from 51 to 100 units per month. In addition, tax collections of 860 billion rupees have been revealed annually from electricity consumers across the country, while 18 percent sales tax is imposed on all categories of electricity bills. Details provided. While briefing the committee, Secretary Power Division said that 860 billion rupees are paid to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in electricity bills by collecting taxes, the burden of taxes is on the electricity consumers.
