Fuel charges adjustment
\n ISLAMABAD
\nThe National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Thursday increased the power tariff by Rs4.74 per unit on account of fuel charges adjustment (FCA) for October 2021.
\nThe FCA for October 2021 will be charged with the bill of December 2021, which will be paid by all consumer categories of distribution companies, except for lifeline customers of all ex-WAPDA distribution companies (XWDISCOs).
\nThe Rs4.74 increase will put a burden of Rs60 billion on consumers, including a 17% GST.
\nIt is pertinent to mention that 10.98 billion units of electricity were sold during October.
\n\u201cWhile effecting the fuel adjustment charges, the concerned XWDISCOs shall keep in view and strictly comply with the orders of the courts notwithstanding this order,\u201d the notification read.
\nEarlier this week, the regulatory authority notified another hike in the price of electricity for Karachi, increasing the rate by Rs3.75 per unit.
\nThe notification said that the latest adjustment in the approved tariff for Karachi has been made on account of the fuel charges\u2019 adjustment for September, which would be included in the electricity bills for December.
\n\u2018Economic murder\u2019
\nResponding to the development, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said \u201cafter an annual increase in electricity prices, the addition of fuel adjustment charges to electricity bills is tantamount to the economic murder of people\u201d.
\nThe PPP chairman, lambasting the government, said it had already \u201clooted\u201d billions of rupees from the masses through the electricity bills.
\n\u201cBy acting on the IMF\u2019s (International Monetary Fund) directives to increase electricity costs, Imran Khan has turned from a local puppet to an international one,\u201d Bilawal said.
\nBilawal said that PPP was against the \u201cPTIMF budget since day one\u201d and asked what became of the lofty promises of economic development that the PTI had made.
\n\u201cImran Khan is guilty of pushing people into the bog of inflation, we will not forgive him,\u201d he said, and announced that the PPP would hold countrywide protests against inflation on December 10.
\nBilawal said the series of protests against the government \u201cwill now culminate in the ouster of the government\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fuel charges adjustment ISLAMABAD The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Thursday increased the power tariff by Rs4.74 per unit on account of fuel charges adjustment (FCA) for October 2021. The FCA for October 2021 will be charged with the bill of December 2021, which will be paid by all consumer categories of distribution […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-231971","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n