Discos to charge Rs4.567/unit extra in February

 The Public Electric Power Administrative Power (Nepra) truly endorsement on Friday for the state-run power dispersion organizations (Discos) to collect an additional Rs 4.567 per unit on the bills of force clients for February 2024.

The extra charges were authorized by the controller considering fuel charges change (FCA) of December 2023. This choice is supposed to force a monetary weight of roughly Rs 33.88 billion on buyers, with the possibility to ascend to almost Rs 40 billion when the 18% General Deals Expense (GST) is considered in. It is critical to take note of that this levy increment applies to all customer classes, barring Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCS) and life saver buyers. Strikingly, the focal power buying organization (CPPA) in its request for the benefit of Discos had argued that in December 2023, the purchasers were charged a reference fuel cost of Rs 5.4031 per unit, while the genuine fuel cost caused was Rs 11.0225 per unit. The CPPA contends that the extra expense weight of Rs 5.6194 per unit ought to be moved to buyers.