National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved an increase of 91 paisa per unit in tariff of power Distribution Companies (Discos) for November 2012 under monthly fuel adjustment mechanism. The regulator took this decision after a public hearing on a tariff petition filed by the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA).
According to CPPA, thermal power generation based on furnace oil was 30 percent more than the previous month. Nepra said that in the month of November over 30 percent power generation was done by furnace oil worth Rs 33.80 billion. According to NTDC's tariff petition, hydel generation rates are Rs 0.0809 per unit, coal Rs 3.7389 per unit, HSD Rs 21.6660 per unit, RFO Rs 16.1544 per unit, gas, Rs 6.0131 per unit, nuclear Rs 1.1387 per unit, electricity imported from Iran Rs 9.5800 per unit, mixed Rs 10.1937 per unit and wind Rs 0.0044 per unit.
The price of total generated energy is Rs 7.2298 per unit. However with supplemental charges of Rs 0.0544 per unit, sale to IPPs at Rs 20.3393 per unit and transmission losses of Rs 0.1815 per unit total cost comes to Rs 7.0348. In November 2012, total energy generated by different sources was 6,907.88 GWh of which 6,677.20 net was delivered to Discos. The total cost of this electricity has been calculated at Rs 48.274 billion.