Nepra Raises Electricity Costs by Rs2.58 per Unit

Pakistan’s electricity consumers will face a combined increase of about Rs3 per unit in September after the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority approved higher fuel and quarterly charges.

Nepra allowed a Rs2.0581 per kilowatt-hour fuel cost adjustment for July 2026. Distribution companies and K-Electric must include the charge in bills issued in September. The adjustment will apply to most consumer categories, but excludes lifeline consumers, electric vehicle charging stations and prepaid customers who have opted for prepaid tariffs.

The fuel adjustment will add about Rs33 billion to consumers’ bills. Nepra said the increase mainly reflected expensive liquefied natural gas bought from the spot market. The regulator also approved a quarterly adjustment of Rs0.5194 per kilowatt-hour, to be recovered over three months in September, October and November.

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has decided that positive FCA for July 2026 i.e. Rs2.0581/kWh…shall be applicable to all the consumer categories of KE and XWDISCOs except lifeline consumers, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCS) and prepaid electricity consumers, of all categories who opted for pre-paid tariff

That quarterly measure will add about Rs12.67 billion. It reflects changes in capacity charges, variable operation and maintenance costs, use-of-system charges, the market operator fee, transmission and distribution losses linked to the fuel adjustment, and recovery of power purchase payments on incremental units.

The order said the quarterly charge would apply at a uniform rate to consumers of distribution companies and K-Electric, with exemptions for lifeline users, incremental-consumption-package billed units and prepaid consumers. Under Pakistan’s tariff system, fuel costs are reviewed monthly, while quarterly changes are incorporated into the base tariff by the federal government.

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The positive quarterly adjustment of Rs0.5194/kWh shall also be billed to all the consumers (of Discos as well as KE) except lifeline, incremental consumption package billed units and prepaid consumers, to be passed in a period of 03 months i.e. September, October and November 2026