ISLAMABAD: Nepra has okayed 81-paisa per unit hike in fuel based tariff for K-Electric (KE) for one month.It will be recovered from consumers in bills for April.
A public hearing was informed by a KE team that fuel increase had been caused by comparatively expensive power purchase from the National Transmission and Dispatch Company and reduced gas supply by the Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd in January.
It was chaired by National Electric Power Regulatory Authority Vice Chairman Habibullah Khilji
Its Director Finance Muhammad Amir told Nepra that its fuel cost increased by Rs810 million even though its own power plants reduced fuel cost by Rs240m. It said the increase was mainly because of power purchased from the NTDC at Rs9.57 per unit, which was Rs2.99 paisa per unit costlier than December.
