Islamabad:
Power Division said on Tuesday that there was no plan to impose an addition to the electricity bills for the electricity bills to carry the cost of commercial loans taken from the banks to retire with circular debt.
An official in the Power Division revealed this during a public consultation that was made to consider a movement of the division seeking customs reduction of up to RS1.15 per year. Unit due to reorganization. The department informed the consultation that the average national duty would be cut from RS32.73 per year. Unit for RS31.59 per Unit – a decrease of RS1.14. Officials said that Base -Tariff for all consumers, except for lifeline consumers, would go down with RS1.15 per year. Unit.
Tanveer Bari, who represented the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, raised the question of a new power supplement on electricity bills. He argued that the government would provide a relief of RS1.15 per year. Unit, but at the same time it was preparing to strike a supplement of RS3.23 per Unit due to loans taken from banks.
He said the supplement could increase in case of lower electricity consumption. Bari protested about giving only one day to go through the movement, and other people also approached Nepra and asked it to give at least seven days in that regard.
He pleaded with the regulator not to approve the petition and added that the government had claimed a great relief after agreements with the independent power producers, but in reality it was a very thin relief.
He also criticized the rising fixed fees for industries and demanded the removal of a cap on solent measurement to increase industrial activities.
Another intervener Amir Sheikh questioned the relief given to consumers. Some interveners pointed out that the industry enjoyed a relief of RS6 per year. Unit until June 30, but industrial rates would rise by RS5 per year. Unit after re -biting duties.
Disco slammed for overbill
Nepra officials said power distribution companies (discos) refused customs relief to protected consumers by manipulating the reading of electricity meters.
Diskos increase the consumption of devices to take consumers out of the 200-unit-protected category to send high bills, they said, adding that they had received several complaints and investigated the case.
Rehan Javed, an intervener, said that the actual determined customs were not taken into account in relation to K-electric (KE) uniform customs duties. It was feared that Karachi consumers would have to pay a supplement if the actual ke -duty was not taken into account during baking.
He asked about customs structure and urged to engage industries or industrial associations in customs duties. He argued that B3 meters of consumers had losses; Therefore, a separate duty must be set for them.
Javed emphasized that the sanctioned load for industries had to be improved to help increase Pakistan’s exports. He also called to correct the anomaly during pointed consumption times for industries, adding that a new customs design should be framed.
The intervener asked who paid lattice maintenance costs and proposed fixed fees for solar measurement.
Industrialist Arif Bilwani claimed that the power department had filed a petition in anticipation of the cabinet’s approval. However, the Power Division officials said the cabinet had already given the prominent customs duty production.
He also raised the question of cold stocks that had been delayed due to the Power Division’s failure to make comments. Nepra asked why the division had not given its comments and raised the legal question whether the regulator could give his decision without comments from the Power Division. Officials in the division said they were working to seek approval of the cabinet regarding cold warehouses.
Senior Citizen Tariq Abdul Majeed highlighted the higher tariffs paid for by consumers using more than 200 units in one month. In response to the clarified division’s officials, the government provided a subsidy to people who consume up to 200 units.
