{"id":2023,"date":"2024-10-25T06:03:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T06:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2024-10-25T06:03:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T06:03:10","slug":"slight-drop-in-electricity-tariffs-brings-october-relief-to-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2024\/10\/25\/slight-drop-in-electricity-tariffs-brings-october-relief-to-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"Slight Drop in Electricity Tariffs Brings October Relief to Consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) announced an 86-paisa per unit reduction in electricity tariffs for August under the monthly Fuel Cost Adjustment (FCA) mechanism.<\/p>\n<p>This decision, made public on Thursday, will provide relief to consumers across the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to the notification issued by NEPRA, the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) had initially proposed a 57-paisa per unit reduction for August.<\/p>\n<p>However, following a public hearing on September 26, NEPRA approved a greater cut than requested, allowing consumers an additional saving in their October electricity bills.<\/p>\n<p>This reduction marks a consistent relief pattern, as NEPRA had also decreased the power tariff by 37 paisa per unit for July under the same FCA framework.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, the FCA rate for August is 49 paisa lower than the month of July, further easing the financial burden for users amid fluctuating fuel prices.<\/p>\n<p>Importantly, consumers who have already received their bills for October without the adjusted rate will see the difference compensated in their November billing cycle.<\/p>\n<p>However, the relief will not extend to certain groups, including lifeline consumers, prepaid users, electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, and customers served by K-Electric.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) announced an 86-paisa per unit reduction in electricity tariffs for August under the monthly Fuel Cost Adjustment (FCA) mechanism. This decision, made public on Thursday, will provide relief to consumers across the country. According to the notification issued by NEPRA, the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) had initially &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2025,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023\/revisions\/2025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}