Number of times electricity prices have increased in Pakistan during the last five years;
The federal government has notified the tariff on 12th February 2021, 1st October 2021, 25th July 2022, 26th July 2023 and 12th July 2024.
However, the Fuel Cost Adjustment (FCA) Quarterly Tariff Adjustments is determined/notified by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on monthly/Quarterly basis.
The average amount which the consumer has to pay for consumption of 100, 200, 300 and 400 units respectively by the end of each Financial Year (FY) for the last five years is given as under: –
Bill Month | Bill Amount without FPA (Fuel Price Adjustment) of Tariff A1(01) | ||||
100 Units Protected | 100 Units | 200 Units | 300 Units | 400 Units | |
| June 2020 | 783 | 783 | 1,806 | 3,354 | 6,784 |
| June 2021 | 1,005 | 1,005 | 2,250 | 4,018 | 7,652 |
| June 2022 | 999 | 1,200 | 2,660 | 4,737 | 8,574 |
| June 2023 | 1,070 | 1,756 | 4,788 | 8,310 | 14,294 |
| June 2024 | 1,394 | 2,741 | 7,202 | 12,226 | 19,073 |
Steps being taken by the federal government to make the price of electricity affordable for the common man;
The government is adopting policy measures in the form of provision of electricity subsidy and tariff rationalization in order to make utility of electricity affordable by all segments of society especially under-privileged ones.
The federal government is providing subsidy for different categories of consumers to make electricity affordable for common man.
For the FY 2024-25, the federal government has allocated Rs 1,229 billion for the Power sector.
The federal government has also recently approved waiver of rebasing impact for Protected and Non-Protected* Non Time-of-Use (Non-ToU) domestic consumers, using up to 200 units for three months i.e. July to September 2024 by allocation of Rs 50 billion from the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) to fund the additional tariff differential subsidy requirement.
*Protected consumers mean Non-ToU residential consumers consuming <=200 units per month consistently for the past six months. Residential Non-ToU consumers not falling under the protected category would be categorized under “Un-protected consumer category”
Note: The above information was shared with the National Assembly by the Minister for Energy (Power Division) Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on September 4, 2024.
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