{"id":4634,"date":"2025-06-30T12:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T07:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=4634"},"modified":"2025-06-30T16:12:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T11:12:35","slug":"govt-requests-rs-0-10-unit-tariff-hike-under-may-fuel-adjustment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/30\/govt-requests-rs-0-10-unit-tariff-hike-under-may-fuel-adjustment","title":{"rendered":"Govt Requests Rs. 0.10\/Unit Tariff Hike Under May Fuel Adjustment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"217\"><strong>ISLAMABAD The Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) has proposed a raise of Rs. 0.10 per unit under the Fuel Charges Adjustment (FCA) for May 2025, which could result in a minor increase for electricity users throughout Pakistan on their next bill.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"473\" data-end=\"600\">The request is scheduled to be reviewed by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) in a hearing today.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"602\" data-end=\"852\">The CPPA stated that over 12.75 billion units of electricity were produced in May at a generation cost of Rs. 7.49 per unit, compared to the reference cost of Rs. 7.39 per unit.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"602\" data-end=\"852\">This Rs. 0.10 variance has led to the proposed adjustment.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"899\">Energy Mix for May: Hydropower Leads<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"901\" data-end=\"969\">The report also breaks down the energy mix for the month of May:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"1165\">\n<li data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"997\">\n<p data-start=\"973\" data-end=\"997\">Hydropower: 37.98%<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1024\">\n<p data-start=\"1000\" data-end=\"1024\">Local coal: 11.08%<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1053\">\n<p data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1053\">Imported coal: 6.24%<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1054\" data-end=\"1080\">\n<p data-start=\"1056\" data-end=\"1080\">Furnace oil: 0.16%<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1081\" data-end=\"1105\">\n<p data-start=\"1083\" data-end=\"1105\">Local gas: 6.92%<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1106\" data-end=\"1136\">\n<p data-start=\"1108\" data-end=\"1136\">LNG (imported): 16.99%<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1137\" data-end=\"1165\">\n<p data-start=\"1139\" data-end=\"1165\">Nuclear energy: 15.77%<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1167\" data-end=\"1335\">This composition indicates a continued reliance on cleaner sources like hydropower and nuclear, though imported fuels remain significant in overall cost structures.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1342\" data-end=\"1398\">Increase Will Reflect in Upcoming Bills<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1400\" data-end=\"1579\">If NEPRA greenlights the request, the additional Rs. 0.10\/unit will be passed on to electricity consumers in their upcoming bills under the standard monthly FCA mechanism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD The Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) has proposed a raise of Rs. 0.10 per unit under the Fuel Charges Adjustment (FCA) for May 2025, which could result in a minor increase for electricity users throughout Pakistan on their next bill. The request is scheduled to be reviewed by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2247,160,2249,2248],"class_list":["post-4634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","tag-fueladjustment","tag-headline","tag-neprahearing","tag-tariffupdate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4634"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4693,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4634\/revisions\/4693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}