Nepra flags Rs1.5 per unit burden on consumers

Amid recent tariff reduction moves by the government, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has expressed concern over more than Rs1.5 per unit extra burden on electricity consumers due to poor operations of just a couple of generation and transmission projects in the first eight months (July to February) of the current fiscal year. In a special note to the government, Nepra’s technical member from Sindh, Rafique A. Shaikh, has called upon the government and its power companies to take swift corrective actions, particularly in relation to the 4,000MW Lahore-Matiari Transmission Line, 969MW Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Plant and 747MW Guddu Power Plant.