Nepra raises electricity costs by Rs2.58 per unit

Nepra has approved a fuel cost adjustment of Rs2.06 per unit covering July, which will appear in September 2026 bills, Dawn reported. The regulator also cleared a quarterly tariff adjustment of 52 paisa per unit, to be recovered across September, October and November. Dawn put the combined extra burden on consumers at about Rs46 billion.

The fuel adjustment alone works out to about Rs33 billion, largely because of costly LNG bought on the spot market. A further Rs12.67 billion comes from the quarterly component, linked to capacity charges, variable operation and maintenance costs, use of system charges and transmission and distribution losses. Both adjustments apply to K-Electric and to the Discos, the power distribution companies.

Lifeline and prepaid consumers are excluded from both charges, electric vehicle charging stations are spared the fuel adjustment, and incremental consumption package users pay the fuel charge but not the quarterly one. The notification was issued late at night, and under the existing mechanism fuel changes pass through monthly while quarterly adjustments are built into base tariffs set by the federal government.