LAHORE – The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved a reduction in electricity tariffs that is expected to provide consumers relief worth about Rs56 billion over the next three months.
In a notification issued on Thursday, the regulator announced a Rs1.99 per unit decrease under the quarterly tariff adjustment for the January-March 2026 quarter. The reduction will remain effective during June, July and August and is estimated to translate into consumer relief of roughly Rs67bn.
However, Nepra also allowed a fuel cost adjustment increase of Rs1.19 per unit for electricity consumed in April, which will be charged in June bills. The increase is expected to generate approximately Rs11bn for distribution companies.
As a result, consumers are likely to see a net reduction of around 80 paisa per unit in their June electricity bills, while the full benefit of the quarterly adjustment will continue in the following two months.
The approved FCA increase is lower than the Rs1.74 per unit sought by the Central Power Purchasing Agency, with Nepra trimming the proposed recovery amount to about Rs11bn from nearly Rs16bn.
According to the regulator, the quarterly adjustment was driven by changes in capacity payments, transmission charges, market operator costs, transmission and distribution losses, and the government’s incremental electricity consumption package for industrial and agricultural sectors.
Most consumer categories will benefit from the reduction, although certain lifeline and prepaid consumers, as well as some consumers covered by the incremental consumption scheme, will not be eligible for parts of the adjustment.
