ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to impose a Rs1.52 per unit surcharge on all electricity consumers of K-Electric to mop up about Rs25 billion in additional revenue during the current fiscal year.

This will be on top of an average Rs30 per unit uniform national base tariff, Rs3.23 per unit financing cost surcharge and various taxes and duties besides the quarterly tariff adjustments and fuel cost adjustments that keep on changing on a quarterly and monthly basis.

The Power Division has asked the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to meet the formality of convening a public hearing on the subject as required under the law before issuing a notification. Nepra has called a public hearing on Aug 15 to rubber-stamp the request.