Discos allowed 42 paise quarterly tariff hike.

ISLAMABAD -- The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday allowed 42 paise per unit increase in average tariff of distribution companies (Discos) of Wapda under quarterly tariff adjustments (QTA) for January-March.

The decision was taken at a public hearing presided over by Nepra chairman Tauseef H. Farooqui. The higher rate would be charged to consumers for three months and would be replaced by QTA for 4th quarter (April-June). Nepra would issue a formal notification over the next few days after verification of documents and invoices provided by the power companies.

The Discos had demanded the quarterly adjustment to recover Rs10.546 billion from power consumers on account of quarterly adjustment for capacity charges, transmission charges and market operator fee, impact of transmission and distribution losses and variable operation and maintenance charges.

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