ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday increased the electricity tariffs by Rs 1.63 per unit for the entire country as part of the monthly fuel cost adjustment.
According to the notification, the price has been increased under fuel charges adjustment in respect of January 2026; the increase will be collected from consumers in the billing month of March 2026.
Nepra officials said that the increase in electricity prices will not apply to lifeline consumers, electric vehicle charging stations, and prepaid electricity consumers of all categories who opted for the prepaid tariff.
Nepra had reserved its decision after the hearing on January fuel prices. The move is expected to generate around Rs17 billion from the electricity consumers, said sources.
“In exercise of power conferred by the fourth proviso of sub-section 7 of Section 31 of the Nepra Act, the Authority has made the following adjustment on account of variation in fuel charges for January 2026 in the approved tariff of Ex-WAPDA Distribution Companies (XWDISCOS): Actual National Avg. Uniform FCC for January 2026: Rs. 12.0227/kWh Corresponding Reference Fuel Charge Component: Rs. 10.3954/kWh National Avg. Uniform FCA for January 2026-Increase: Rs. 1.6274/kWh,” Nepra said in a notification.
Rs0.35/unit electricity price hike
Earlier on Tuesday, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) approved an increase of 35 paisa per unit in electricity prices under a quarterly adjustment.
The hike relates to the October-December 2025 quarter and will remain effective for three months, from March 1 to May 2026. The adjustment will impose an additional financial burden of over Rs8.67 billion on consumers, it said.
The regulator noted that the adjustment stems from variations in capacity charges, variable operations and maintenance (O&M), use of system charges, market operator fee, impact of fuel cost adjustments on transmission and distribution losses, and recovery of prior-period payables on incremental units during October-December.
