{
  "id": 10845903,
  "title": "Electricity users face Rs25bn extra fuel cost",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/electricity-users-face-rs25bn-extra-fuel-cost",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-30T02:00:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn Business",
    "slug": "dawn-business",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2033658/electricity-users-face-rs25bn-extra-fuel-cost"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Islamabad: In an effort to add Rs25 billion to consumers' October bills for fuel costs, Nepra deliberated on the industrial tariff package introduced in December. During a public hearing, CPPA CEO Rehan Akhtar noted that higher RLNG and coal imports, coupled with lower-than-anticipated hydropower and nuclear power generation, drove the extra Rs1.73 per unit fuel cost in August. Hydropower reached 38pc of total power generation, while nuclear power only amounted to 10pc, due to the Karachi nuclear plant outage. Consequently, imported coal-based generation rose to 15.6pc from the originally planned 7.4pc. Nepra requested a review of the industrial incremental tariff package on October 5 to accommodate the additional Rs25bn charge.",
  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: As the government sought to charge consumers an additional Rs25 billion for fuel costs in the October bills, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday decided to review the incremental tariff package for industry introduced in December last year. At a public hearing conducted by Nepra members Maqsood Anwar Khan, Amina Ahmed and Ghulamullah Shaikh, the chief…",
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Electricity users face Rs25bn extra fuel cost",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/electricity-users-face-rs25bn-extra-fuel-cost-10846287",
        "published": "2026-09-30T02:00:38.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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