• Approves uniform charges for all Discos; participating bulk power consumers to pay Rs6.23-Rs19.62 per unit• Clears path for first 400MW open-access electricity auction
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Monday approved use of system charges (UoSC) ranging from Rs6.23 to Rs19.62 per unit for bulk power consumers (BPCs) of all distribution companies participating in the competitive electricity trading market.
The approval paves the way for open-access consumers to participate in an upcoming 400-megawatt auction. The consumers will pay the fee to the national grid to transport electricity from the source to the user. The charge includes transmission and distribution costs, fixed grid charges and cross-subsidies.
Put together, a B-3 industrial consumer will be charged Rs6.23 per unit by the national grid, while a B-4 industrial consumer will pay Rs9.09 per unit. These charges will be in addition to the power supply rate, including generation costs, to be settled between private-sector power suppliers and BPCs. Currently, there are more than 3,000 BPCs across the country.
The UoSC for C-3 and C-2 single-point distribution consumers is set between Rs14.95 and Rs19.62 per unit. General supply consumers in the A-2 and A-3 categories will be charged Rs19.14 per unit.
