The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) will hold a crucial public hearing on Tuesday (tomorrow) on the federal government’s motion seeking rationalization of uniform electricity tariff, including revision of rates and introduction of fixed charges for DISCOs and K-Electric.
According to the official notice issued by NEPRA, the hearing is being conducted under Sections 7 and 31 of the NEPRA Act, read with Rule 17 of the NEPRA Tariff (Standards and Procedures) Rules, 1998. The hearing will take place at 3pm and will be held both online and at NEPRA Tower.
NEPRA stated that the central government has filed a motion along with policy guidelines for rationalization of tariff for DISCOs and K-Electric, and submitted that the purpose of the move is to better reflect the underlying cost structure and fixed cost recovery of the power sector’s consolidated revenue requirement.
The notice further revealed that the Cabinet has already approved the uniform tariff and the same has now been forwarded to NEPRA for consideration in line with legal provisions.
NEPRA noted that the federal government has requested the Authority to incorporate policy guidelines for revision of rates and application of fixed charges into the NEPRA-determined schedule of tariff, and issue a revised schedule after adjusting variable rates in line with the already determined revenue requirement of DISCOs.
