Nepra likely to approve refund of Rs 1.62/unit for January

National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday (today) is likely to approve refund of Rs 1.62 per unit to the consumers of power distribution companies (Discos) for January under monthly fuel adjustment mechanism. According to Nepra, the fuel cost of electricity delivered to distribution companies was calculated at a total cost of Rs 54.682 billion at an average cost of Rs 8.2455 per unit in January 2017 against the reference price of Rs 9.8670 per unit, which suggests that consumers were entitled to reimbursement of Rs 1.62 per unit.
The total energy generated in the country from all sources stood at 6913.6 Gigawatt hours (GWh) in January 2017 at a cost of Rs 44.217 billion. The CPPA supplied 6631.86 GWh to the Discos at a cost of Rs 54.683 billion. The power firms in turn faced a net loss of 269 GWh, accounting for 3.89 percent of total energy supplied. The total cost of lost energy has been calculated at Rs 0.3361 per unit.
In January, Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) reported that almost 43.4 percent power generation was produced through furnace oil based plants at the rate of 8.83 percent which was highest share in total power generation. The share of power generation through hydel resources dropped to 7.40 percent due to less water releases from dams following canal closure in January. The second largest power generation of about 30.57 percent was based on domestic natural gas at the rate of Rs 5.17 per unit. As a consequence, these two domestic sources together contributed almost 74 percent of energy.
The per unit cost of coal fired energy was Rs 4.5 per unit, HSD, Rs 13.71 per unit, RFO, Rs 8.83 per unit, RLNG Rs 7.37 per unit, nuclear, Rs 0.81 per unit, import from Iran, 10.63 per unit, mixed, Rs 6.51 per unit, bagasse, Rs 4.9 per unit. The CPPA has also sought Rs 10.665 billion for adjustment of previous supplemental charges.