- Utilities search Nepra approval for Re0.4781 per unit.
- December reference value Rs9.1419; precise value Rs9.62.
- Whole era 8,487 GWh at Rs77.7 billion.
ISLAMABAD: Energy shoppers could face one other improve of their electrical energy payments after utilities requested the Nationwide Electrical Energy Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to permit an extra Re0.4781 per unit cost, The Information reported.
The utilities have sought the restoration underneath the month-to-month gas value adjustment (FCA) for December 2025, citing higher-than-projected era prices. If authorized, the extra quantity will probably be collected by February payments.
In a petition filed on behalf of ex-Wapda distribution corporations (XWDiscos), the Central Energy Buying Company (CPPA) stated shoppers have been billed at a reference gas value of Rs9.1419 per unit in December, whereas the precise value got here in at Rs9.62 per unit, a spot it desires handed on to shoppers.
In response to CPPA-G knowledge, whole electrical energy era throughout December stood at 8,487 gigawatt-hours (GWh) at a value of Rs77.7 billion, translating into Rs9.1558 per unit.
After factoring in transmission losses, unbiased energy producers’ gross sales and prior changes, web electrical energy provided to Discos was 8,208 GWh, costing Rs78.96 billion, or Rs9.62 per unit. This contains Re0.2628 per unit from earlier changes.
Energy era rose 8.81% year-on-year from 7,800 GWh in December 2024, whereas era value edged up barely from Rs9.6 per unit to Rs9.62. On a month-on-month foundation, output elevated 5.43% from November 2025, however era value jumped sharply because of a decline in cheaper hydropower and better reliance on costly RLNG-based vegetation.
For the primary time in months, nuclear energy overtook hydropower as the biggest vitality supply, contributing 2,126 GWh (25.05%) at Rs2.30 per unit. Hydropower adopted with 1,534 GWh, whereas RLNG-based vegetation produced 1,464 GWh at a steep Rs20.55 per unit.
Native and imported coal collectively accounted for over 22% of the vitality combine, whereas no energy was generated from residual gas oil or high-speed diesel. Renewable sources, together with wind, bagasse and photo voltaic, made up a small share.
Nepra has scheduled a public listening to on January 29 to resolve the destiny of the proposed improve.
