ISLAMABAD: Government-run power distribution corporations have wanted eighty one subunit per unit reduction in tariff on account of lower purchase price of electricity and higher energy combine as a part of monthly fuel worth adjustment.
In a tariff petition sent to the National wattage administrative unit (Nepra), the Central Power buying Agency (CPPA) reported that its average fuel price in might had discovered to Rs7.56 per unit against approved reference price of Rs8.37 per unit for the present twelvemonth.
As a consequence, the CPPA requested, on behalf of the distribution corporations, to die the impact of lower purchase price in might to customers through electricity bills of next month. Nepra has accepted the petition for hearing and is predicted to require a call thereon on Tuesday.
When approved by Nepra, revised rates wouldn't apply to customers victimisation but fifty units per month and people of K-Electric whose tariff is decided one by one.
Under the fuel worth mechanism approved by parliament, Nepra is needed to approve a reference fuel worth for distribution corporations at the beginning of each twelvemonth and so die any changes in average fuel price, rate variation and energy combine to customers monthly through fuel worth adjustment.
The CPPA has reported in its tariff petition that concerning thirty four.5 per cent of total electricity generation throughout the month of might was contributed by hydropower resources whereas thirty six.6 per cent offer came from chamber oil-based power plants. Another major contribution, of concerning twenty two.45 per cent, was created by gas-based power plants, the CPPA aforesaid.
It aforesaid the generation price of coal-based power plants stood at Rs4.5 per unit compared to Rs20.6 per unit and Rs14.7 per unit of chamber oil-based plants. the price of gas-based power plants discovered to Rs4.5 per unit whereas atomic energy generation price stood at Rs1.4 per unit.
There is no price of hydropower generation though its operation and maintenance and alternative prices square measure a part of mounted charges recovered from customers.
The CPPA aforesaid a complete of eight,494 gigawatt hours (Gwh) of electricity was generated in might however one hundred sixty Gwh of energy was wasted as a result of transmission losses, or about 1.88 per cent. Therefore, a web electricity of eight,328 Gwh was delivered to distribution corporations throughout the month at a complete price of Rs63 billion.
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