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In a petition, the CCPA requested the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to slash power tariff Rs.3.41 per unit on account of lower fuel prices.
Official sources told APP here that in a petition, the CPPA submitted to the regulator that the average cost of electricity remained Rs.4.21 per unit against the reference prices of Rs.7.62 per unit.
It is further submitted that the average cost of generation from diesel remained at Rs.11.85 per unit, Furnace Oil Rs.5.38 per unit, Gas Rs. 5.73 per unit and nuclear Rs.1.16 per unit while total cost of electricity imported from Iran remained at Rs.10.60 per unit.
They said the NEPRA would take up the petition on May 26.