{
  "id": 12132171,
  "title": "Capacity payments exceed power generation cost in Pakistan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/capacity-payments-exceed-power-generation-cost-in-pakistan",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-05T10:38:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1562848/capacity-payments-exceed-power-generation-cost-in-pakistan/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Capacity payments in Pakistan surpassed the actual cost of power generation during the last fiscal year. Official figures show consumers paid Rs1,565 billion in capacity payments, compared with Rs1,167 billion for electricity generation. The difference highlights the growing weight of fixed power-sector charges on electricity bills. Consumers paid a total of Rs2,935 billion through electricity […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}