ISLAMABAD:
Electrical energy customers are prone to get a tariff aid as energy distribution corporations (DISCOs) have requested for a discount of 30 paisa per unit on account of gas fees adjustment (FCA) for February 2025.
To overview a petition on this regard, the Nationwide Electrical Energy Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has scheduled public listening to for March 26. The listening to shall be held at Nepra Tower that may be accessed on-line.
The downward tariff revision, sought by the Central Energy Buying Company Assure Restricted (CPPA-G) on behalf of DISCOs, indicated a discount of Rs0.2984 per unit in comparison with the reference gas value of Rs8.5276 per unit, as notified within the tariff.
In accordance with information submitted by CPPA-G, a complete of 6,945 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electrical energy was generated throughout February, with main contribution coming from hydel sources at 27.12%, adopted by nuclear energy (26.59%), re-gasified liquefied pure gas-based electrical energy (14.11%) and native coal-fired energy technology (15.02%).
Imported coal had a share of simply 1.56% in electrical energy manufacturing whereas renewable sources, together with wind and photo voltaic, contributed 2.50% and 1.22%, respectively. The online electrical energy delivered to DISCOs after changes and transmission losses got here in at 6,666 GWh at a median gas value of Rs8.2292 per unit.
Nepra has invited all and affected events to submit their objections and issues, both in writing or orally, through the listening to. Related paperwork together with the Nepra Act, rules and the CPPA-G request can be found on the Nepra web site for public overview.