Electricity consumers face an estimated Rs. 32.7 billion in extra charges on November bills, after the Power Division projected a fuel cost adjustment (FCA) of Rs. 2.56 per unit for electricity consumed in September 2026. The division issued the estimate on Thursday, October 15. It is Rs. 1.45 per unit above August’s FCA of Rs. 1.11.

The Rs. 2.56 is a request until NEPRA rules on October 29

The Central Power Purchasing Agency-Guarantee (CPPA-G), acting for distribution companies, has asked the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to approve Rs. 2.5624 per unit. Its application sets a reference fuel cost of Rs. 7.4596 per unit, with the adjustment covering the gap to actual September costs. NEPRA will hold a public hearing on October 29, and K-Electric consumers are expected to pay it too under the uniform tariff policy.

The regulator can approve less than requested. For August, CPPA-G asked for about Rs. 1.73 per unit. NEPRA recalculated the actual fuel cost at Rs. 8.2084 per unit instead of the Rs. 8.8265 claimed, and approved Rs. 1.1086.

A quarterly charge of 52 paisa sits alongside it

NEPRA’s quarterly adjustment of Rs. 0.5194 per unit runs through September, October and November for most consumers, so it should appear on November bills too. Earlier orders exempted groups such as lifeline and prepaid consumers, and NEPRA will decide who is exempt from the September FCA.

Together, the two charges come to roughly Rs. 3.08 per unit. If NEPRA approves the full request, a household using 100 units would pay about Rs. 308 extra, 200 units about Rs. 616 and 300 units about Rs. 925, all before taxes.

Diesel and furnace oil supplied under 4 percent of September’s power

The CPPA-G data shows what pushed costs up. High-speed diesel generated electricity at Rs. 62.14 per unit and furnace oil at Rs. 44.86, against Rs. 17.23 for imported coal. Together the two oil fuels supplied 476 GWh, about 3.6 percent of September’s 13,217 GWh, but cost Rs. 25.07 billion, by Hype’s arithmetic from the filing. RLNG-based generation cost Rs. 39.74 per unit.

The Power Division says two to two-and-a-half hours of daily load management in September cut reliance on those fuels. It puts the saving at up to Rs. 3.44 per unit, which means the adjustment could otherwise have been about Rs. 6, in line with the Rs. 5 to 6 hike the division says it averted. The division also credits RLNG supplied to power plants at domestic gas prices with an 83 paisa cut. It blames Brent crude above $120 per barrel, against a base tariff assumption of around $70, following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Industrial consumers dispute the division’s account of its incremental consumption package, saying its Rs. 22.96 marginal rate benefits few users while the real marginal cost of about Rs. 34 per unit pushes roughly Rs. 11 per unit into the average tariff. NEPRA held a hearing on revising or suspending the package last week and has not decided.