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ISLAMABAD: The consumers are set to get a relief of Rs 2.65 per unit in their electricity bills for August 2025. This relief includes Rs 1.88 per unit relief for consumers of Discos and KE on account of the quarterly adjustment.
They will also get a reduction in electricity rate of Rs 0.77 per unit on account of fuel adjustment for June 2025. However, this will not apply to the consumers of KE. This will reflect in the electricity bills of August.
It shall apply to all the consumer categories except lifeline consumers, protected consumers, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCS), and pre-paid electricity consumers of all categories who opted for the pre-paid tariff.
Regarding fuel adjustment, Discos will show separately in the consumers’ bills on the basis of units billed to the consumers in the month of June 2025. In case any bills of August 2025 are issued before the notification of this decision, the same may be applied in the subsequent month.
The actual National Average Uniform FCC for June 2025 is Rs 7.5569/kWh. The corresponding Reference Fuel Charge Component is Rs 8.3341/kWh. National Average Uniform FCA for June 2025 is a decrease of Rs 0.7772/kWh.
The Authority has determined separate quarterly adjustments of each DISCO after accounting for the cost allocated by CPPA-G and theft, bilateral contracts (Captive, SPPs), and net metering cost.
The power regulator has also decided to allow negative quarterly adjustments of Rs 55,874 million about the 4th quarter of FY 2024-25, in a period of three months i.e. August 2025 to October 2025, at a uniform rate of negative Rs 1.8881/kWh, to apply to all consumer categories, except lifeline consumers and prepaid consumers of XWDISCOs (including I-AZECO).
The Authority has decided to allow the application of instant quarterly adjustments to the consumers of K-Electric as well, with the same applicability period. Accordingly, the instant quarterly adjustment of negative Rs 1.8881/kWh shall also be charged from the consumers of K-Electric, except lifeline and prepaid consumers, to be recovered in a period of three months, i.e., August 2025 to October 2025.
In case any bills for the applicable period of the instant adjustment are issued before the notification of this decision, the same may be applied in the subsequent month. While effecting the quarterly adjustments, the concerned DISCOs shall keep in view and strictly comply with the orders of the courts, notwithstanding this order. The instant decision, along with the attached annexure, is intimated to the Federal Government, before its notification in the official Gazette as per Section 31(7) of the NEPRA Act.
The regulator noted with concern that DISCOs (especially HESCO and SEPCO) do not file their quarterly adjustment requests in time, which results in delayed determination of the quarterly adjustment. DISCOs are, therefore, directed to submit their quarterly adjustment request immediately after the close of the relevant quarter to allow for the timely processing of their requests.
Rehan Javed, representing the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), submitted that the recent growth in industrial sales due to a captive consumer shift is a one-time event and should not be interpreted as sustainable growth. He expressed concern that existing industries are shutting down, with limited new connection requests, raising doubts about long-term industrial growth. Regarding pending connections, the Authority noted that approximately 128,000 connections are pending across all XWDISCOs (including around 500 industrial connections), representing a total load of 1,070 MW. The majority of these pending connections are located in the jurisdictions of FESCO, MEPCO, GEPCO, and IESCO. The Authority, accordingly, directs all DISCOs to ensure the timely processing of all these pending cases.
