Price of electricity is price of misgovernance
In July this year, the outgoing federal cabinet approved a 25.5 per cent increase in the base electricity tariff. The decision’s impact resulted in a hike in the August bills…
Doing away with GST on electricity?
It is already happening what was expected. People have come out against rising electricity bills. Protests may convert into anarchy. Does government have some immediate remedy? Although, problems are of…
Reducing rising electricity tariff?—II
LIBOR has gone up; thus a case for reduction of this margin suitably. Second solution is increase in the repayment period. In the power sector, debt servicing is cash based…
Reducing rising electricity tariff?-I
NEPRA (National Electric Power Authority) has increased electricity base tariff by Rs 4.96 per unit from Rs 24.82 per unit to Rs 29.78 per unit. It is a 20% increase…
Price falls, red tape curb demand from businesses for German energy subsidy
Take-up by German companies of a government scheme to help with energy costs this winter is likely to be lower than projected due to falling spot prices for gas and…
Legal basis for uniform electricity tariff
For the end consumer in Pakistan, the current tariff structure is uniform throughout the country. Still, it distinguishes between residential, commercial, industrial, agriculture, and customer categories. It is further divided…
DISCOs and price hikes
The rising costs of electricity due to the non-availability of the right kind of fuel is irking consumers. DISCOs are helpless as the whole process is under the government’s control.…
The tsunami of price hikes
The coalition government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is struggling at multiple fronts. Leaving aside the challenges it faces on the political front, I just want to concentrate on…
Deregulating versus regulating oil prices
Energy plays a pivotal role in any nation’s economic development and there are many different sources of it, including natural gas, solar electricity, nuclear power, biomass and biofuels, wind energy,…
Rising electricity tariffs: a fact-sheet
The IMF (International Monetary Fund) conditionalities imposed with the grant of their loan is invariably cited by the incumbent government as the reason for an unending increase in prices of…
