ISLAMABAD: The fuel cost for electricity consumers of all state-owned distribution companies (Discos) would reduce by only 28 paise per unit in February, notwithstanding the Rs1.04 per unit lower cost on account of consumption in December 2024.

This was disclosed by state-owned Central Power Purchase Agency (CPPA) Chief Executive Officer Rehan Akhtar at a public hearing called by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Thursday.

He explained that consumers of all Discos paid a negative FCA of 76 paise per unit in January on account of November consumption and had proposed Rs1.04 per unit for February on account of December consumption, therefore, the net decrease for consumers would be 28 paise per unit.

He said the winter incentive package for industry resulted in about 1.8 million additional units in the Discos network and about 260,000 in K-Electric, as the CPPA claimed about 1.4pc overall growth in........

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