Electricity will cost more in November after the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority approved a Rs2.37 per unit increase under the monthly fuel price adjustment, adding to bills nationwide, including K-Electric consumers.
The regulator said the extra charge, which covers fuel costs for September, will be recovered through November bills and will raise about Rs25 billion. The Central Power Purchasing Agency had asked for a bigger increase of Rs2.56 per unit, but Nepra allowed less.
Separately, Nepra raised the concessional rate for additional electricity use by industrial and agricultural consumers from Rs22.98 to Rs25.30 per unit, an increase of Rs2.32, from the November billing cycle. The government currently gives relief of between Rs11 and Rs15 per unit on such additional consumption.
That decision split the regulator two-all and passed only on the casting vote of Chairman Waseem Mukhtar. Dissenting members Amina Ahmed (tariff) and Maqsood Anwar Khan (development) called Rs25.30 a random number with no evidence behind it, saying Nepra’s own calculations put the real marginal cost at Rs31.83 a unit, and urged the package to be suspended until reliable figures were available.
The chairman said in writing that the dissenters’ conclusions need serious consideration, but decided suspension at this stage would not be appropriate. He gave the Ministry of Energy another chance to supply the information repeatedly requested, set deadlines for the figures, and warned that failure could lead to the package being suspended or ended, and to legal proceedings.
All four members held the Power Division responsible for missing legal deadlines, including a review due once the package’s first six months ended in June. Industrialists have pressed for suspension since May, arguing the scheme has raised their bills instead of helping them.
The discounted rate comes from the Roshan Economy Power Package unveiled by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in October 2025, offering power above last year’s usage at Rs22.98 a unit until October 2028, well below standard tariffs of about Rs34 for industry and Rs38 for agriculture. The decision comes as the government weighs a wider overhaul of power tariffs ahead of the sale of distribution companies.
