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NA body meeting: Govt can impose power surcharge


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March 12, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Power Thursday approved the amendments to the Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power Act 1997 empowering the government to impose surcharges on the power consumers to recover the cost what the power distribution companies (Discos) are piling up due to their own inefficiencies.
National Assembly Standing Committee on Power meeting was chaired by Ch Salik Hussain. Five members of the Committee gave votes in favour of the bill whereas four members opposed it. Sher Akbar, Amir Dogar, Saif-ur-Rehman, Lal Chand Engineer and Sabir Hussain Qaimkhani voted in favour of the bill. However, Shazia Marri, Saira Bano, Ghulam Mustafa Shah and Riaz Hussain Pirzada opposed giving sweeping powers to the government to impose surcharges on the consumers. ....

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NA panel approves NEPRA Amendment Bill


NA panel approves NEPRA Amendment Bill
Gives govt full powers to impose surcharges on power consumers
Nepra said the tariff increase, if approved, would be provisional as it was in the process of approving a multi-year tariff for the integrated power company. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
A parliamentary panel on Thursday approved the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) Amendment Bill 2020 to give sweeping powers to the government for imposing surcharges on power consumers to recover the cost of electricity theft and inefficiency of power distribution companies.
Power consumers are currently paying three types of surcharges, which include the tariff rationalisation surcharge, financial cost surcharge and Neelum-Jhelum surcharge in addition to heavy taxes. According to the Power Division, the government will be able to impose surcharges on power consumers, which will amount to 10% of the electricity cost. ....

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