The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday allowed power distribution companies to ramp up electricity tariff by Rs1.95 per unit to recover a total of Rs30.4 billion from consumers. The regulator approved the increase in tariff on account of fuel cost adjustment for August 2021. Nepra conducted a public hearing on September 30, 2021 and approved a positive fuel cost adjustment of Rs1.9539 per kWh having total impact of around Rs30.4 billion. In addition to that, NTDC reported T&D losses of 28.864 GWh for Pak Matiari-Lahore Transmission Line Company (PMLTC) high-voltage, direct-current (HVDC) transmission line. For August 2021, T&D losses of 442.24 GWh (2.665%) were verified for the NTDC system based on the units delivered through the 500-kilovolt and 220kv network.

Source: The Express Tribune October 09, 2021 03:56 UTC