Federal government on Friday, approved electricity tariff hike for Karachi as the metropolis continues to experience prolonged power outages.
According to details, Economic Coordination Committee (ECC), has permitted K-Electric to increase its tariff rate by Rs 2.89 as part of its quarterly tariff adjustment.
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The development comes as Karachiites are facing prolonged power outages of up to 12 hours. K-Electric, the city’s sole electricity supply company, has cited fuel supply shortage for unscheduled load shedding.
However, SSGC and PSO have denied K-Electric’s claims stating that sufficient gas and oil supply is being provided to the power company.
Prior to this, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on June 24, had directed K-Electric to submit a detailed report on the issue of unexplained and unscheduled prolonged power outages in the metropolitan city.
