XWDisocs seek tariff hike for February on account of FCA.

ISLAMABAD -- Central Power Purchasing Agency Guarantee Limited (CPPA-G) and K-Electric (KE) have sought NEPRA nod for a hike of Rs0.8560/unit and Rs1.662/unit, respectively in electricity tariff on account of monthly Fuel Charges Adjustment (FCA) for February.

In a petition submitted to NEPRA, on the behalf of power distribution companies (), the CPPA-G said that for the month of February the reference fuel charges from the consumers were Rs7.2120/unit while the actual fuel cost was Rs8.0689/unit. Therefore, it should be allowed to pass the increase of Rs0.8569/ unit to the consumers. According the CPPA-G petition, transmission losses were 2.79 percent during the month.

The CPPA-G further said the total energy generation during February was decreased to 7,756 GWh, from 8,514.85 GWh in January. The total generation cost in February was Rs62.140 billion. The generation cost of per unit energy in February also decreased to Rs8.0123/unit from Rs11.2026/unit in January. According to the CCPA-G data, net electricity delivered to Discos was 7,516 GWh at the cost of Rs60.648 billion or Rs8.0689/unit. Previous Adjustment/ Supplementary Charges were 12 GWh, Sale to IPPs 23 GWh and transmission losses were 216 GWh.

The hydel power generation increased to 2,052 GWh in February from 800.33 GWh during previous month. The share of hydel generation was 26.46 percent in February. The share of coal in power generation has been decreased to 14.07 percent from 28.70 percent in January. Generation of coal based electricity reduced from 2,443.77 GWh in January to 1,091 GWh in February. The cost of coal generation was also decreased from Rs16.522/unit in January to Rs12.5706/unit in February. In February, 108 GWh...

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