LESCO Latest News and Updates

Here you will get the latest news and updates regarding the LESCO Bill. This post will cover updates in price, tariff, and all related fields.

If you want to check your Duplicate LESCO Bill, then visit the LESCO Bill website to check and download your bill.

Good News! Govt Ends Electricity Duty

Good news for electricity consumers: the government has announced that it will not collect electricity duty from July 1, 2025. It was charged in electricity bills as a provincial duty to all consumers, but now the government has ended it. The Federal Minister, Mr. Awais Leghari, has written to all CMs to end their collection of electricity duty. It will bring relief to electricity consumers and lower their bills.

Power App ” Apna Meter Apni Reading “

The Prime Minister has inaugurated the official Power Smart Mobile App ” Apna Meter Apni Reading ” to curb the overbilling. Now, consumers can download it from the App Store and the Play Store. It features many functions, including bill checking, Meter Reading, Load Shedding Schedules, and more to come.

With the help of this app, the consumer will take a picture of the meter and send it to their relevant office. If on the due date meter reader and the owner both send their readings, the system will select the image with the minimum reading. It will help the consumers to remain in the protected category and eliminate the chance of overbilling.

PTV Fee Has Been Abolished From Bills

The government has taken a bold step of eliminating the PTV fee from electricity bills. The PTV fee was charged at Rs 35 per month to a consumer. It has now been abolished as the government decides to provide relief to consumers. It will benefit all types of consumers equally. A notification to eliminate the PTV fee has been issued.

Good News! NEPRA Cuts Base Tariff

Now, the electricity bills will decrease as NEPRA has cut the base tariff for the fiscal year 2025-26. NEPRA has reduced the base tariff from Rs 35.50 to Rs 34.01 for the new fiscal year—the reduction of Rs 1.49 per unit will bring relief in the electricity bills for the masses. This will equally benefit the household and commercial users in Pakistan.

LESCO Suspends Bill Installment Facility

LESCO has suspended the bill instalment facility till further notice. This step was taken to meet the recovery target. Now, consumers can not apply for bill instalments. This facility was provided to consumers to make it easy for them to pay their dues.

LESCO Paid Internship Program 2025

Great news for final-year students in various programs to gain experience and earn money. LESCO has offered multiple paid internship opportunities for final-year students. A stipend of Rs 30000 per month will be paid to the internees. The last date for receipt of the application is June 20, 2025. To apply online, visit the Official Site of the LESCO.

Now Consumers Can Submit Meter Readings Through Mobile App

The Government is planning to launch a meter reading app, “Apna Meter Apni Reading,” to assist consumers in submitting their meter readings online. This is initially launched for GEPCO consumers. Download and install the app on your smartphone, and take a picture of the meter on specific days.

Submit this to the office, and they will match it with the meter reader image. After verification, the bill will be generated. This will eliminate the chances of overbilling and bring transparency in meter reading and billing.

Electricity Tariff Likely to Rise After Budget

Electricity prices are likely to rise in the fiscal year 2025-26, as all DISCOs have requested an interim price increase from NEPRA under the multi-year tariff regime. NEPRA has scheduled a public hearing for June 13 to review these petitions. NEPRA has invited stakeholders to provide their input on the specified day.

Electricity Price to Go Up by Re0.93 Per Unit

NEPRA allows the DISCOs to charge an additional Re0.9306 per unit on account of Fuel Price Adjustment for April. This adjustment will be reflected in the June monthly bills. This price increase will be reflected in the units consumed in April.

CM Punjab Announces Massive Reduction in Electricity Prices

The Chief Minister of Punjab, in a cabinet meeting, approves a decrease in prices for government-owned power generation plants. The cabinet approves a 30%-40% reduction in electricity tariffs. This will bring big relief to millions of consumers across the Punjab province.

Debt Service Charges Into Electricity Bills

The IMF is forcing the government to eliminate or decrease the circular debt of the power sector. For this, the government is planning to take a heavy debt from private sector banks. The government shares a plan with the IMF to pay the surcharge on this debt. The document reveals that this burden will be passed to consumers via electricity bills.

It is currently capped at 10% of the total revenue required by the DISCOs, but the government is planning to uncap it and wants to increase it. It will bring an increase in power bills, and poor consumers will suffer.

Govt. Plans to Give Energy-Saving Fans on Easy Installments

The government is working on a plan to provide energy-saving fans to consumers in easy instalments to save electricity. They will receive fans from banks’ credit and pay their electricity bills in easy instalments without any extra charges. In our country, most consumers use electric fans in the summer to cool themselves. The share of electric fans in electricity consumption is very high.
When consumers move from traditional fans to modern energy-saving DC fans, it will lower the consumption of electricity and ultimately lower the bill. It will provide relief to the consumers. The government will discuss this plan with the IMF and then announce it in this budget.

Electricity Prices Reduced by Rs 1.55 Per Unit

Good News for LESCO Consumers, the NEPRA has reduced electricity prices by Rs 1.55/unit under the 3rd quarterly adjustment for the current fiscal year. According to the notification issued by the said authority, this reduction in prices will apply from May to July. This is a major relief for electricity consumers nationwide.

This will give a total relief of Rs 52.6 billion to all consumers. Both residential and commercial consumers will benefit from it. It is a part of the goal of the government to provide relief to the masses from inflationary pressure. This will not apply to Lifeline consumers as they already enjoy a subsidised rate.

PM Announces Rs7.41 Per Unit Cut in Electricity Tariff

PM Shehbaz announces a significant cut of Rs 7.41/unit in electricity across the country. This major cut in prices is a result of negotiations with IPPs. This is a relief in the base price of electricity units. This price cut consists of several components:
Quarterly tariff adjustment of Rs 3.40 per unit
Monthly fuel cost adjustment of Rs 1 per unit
Increase in subsidy of Rs 1.71 per unit

A reduction of Rs 8.58 per unit for Commercial Consumers.

A reduction of Rs 7.69 per unit for Industrial Consumers.

A reduction of Rs 6.14 to Rs 6.71 per unit for Residential Consumers, depending on their consumption.

Net Metering Prices Decreased

As we discussed earlier, the government is planning to decrease the net metering prices in the country. Now, ECC has approved a price cut on imported electricity through net metering. The rates are revised from Rs 27 per unit to Rs 10 per unit. Now, the government will purchase the electricity from net metering users at Rs 10 per unit.

This is a huge loss for the users who have installed solar systems to export electricity to the national grid to earn money. Now they will be paid a cheaper price of Rs 10 per unit as compared to Rs 27. If they import electricity from the national grid, they will be charged a higher price, and there will not be any benefit for them in exporting electricity now.

IMF Agrees With The Govt Plan to Cut Electricity Prices

In the recent dialogue between the IMF delegation and Govt of Pakistan, the IMF agrees with the policy of the Government to decrease the price of Electricity. It is due to the decrease in the policy rate over time. Due to a decrease in the policy rate, there is a decline in the circular debt. The government is going to give its benefit to the consumers through cuts in prices.

Cut in Prices for Net Metering Users

During talks with the IMF Mission, the government shared a plan to cut electricity prices for Net Metering Users. The government has planned to reduce the tariff for purchasing electricity from net metering users. It has a cut of Rs 17 per unit for net metering users. The government has planned to purchase electricity from net metering users for Rs 10 instead of Rs 27, which means a cut of Rs 17 per unit. This will be a great loss for net metering users.

IMF Denies to End GST On Electricity Bills

The government was planning to exempt consumers from the General Sales Tax (GST) on electricity bills to provide them with some relief. They have shared this plan with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ). Unfortunately, the IMF has rejected the government’s proposal to exempt electricity bills from GST due to a shortfall in tax collection. So, the consumers will continue to pay the GST on their electricity bills.

Reduction in Prices Under FPA

NEPRA has approved a reduction in the prices of electricity under the Monthly Fuel Price Adjustment ( FPA ) for January 2025. This relief will be given in the bills of March 2025. This will be calculated on the consumed units during January 2025. This will be a great relief for the consumers across the country. This reduction will not be available to Lifeline consumers and electric vehicle charging stations.

Relief for Consumers Consuming Up To 300 Units

The government has decided to give relief to agri consumers and consumers who consume up to 300 units per month. The relief will be given in the monthly fuel price adjustments ( FPA ). The power division has officially requested NEPRA to implement this change. This relief was banished in June 2015 for Domestic consumers, while for Agricultural consumers, it has been effective since 2010.

Now, when the Fuel Price decreases, its benefit will be given to Agricultural Consumers and domestic consumers with lower consumption.

Reduction in Taxes

The government is working on a reduction in taxes on electricity bills. A parliamentary panel was told that the government is working on the reduction of taxes on electricity bills, and this matter will be discussed with the IMF ( International Monetary Fund ) in the next dialogue. IPPs are told to take part in the negotiation process to revise their tariff, and if they fail to do so will face a forensic audit.

Electricity Prices Decreased By Rs 1.23 Per Unit

The National Power Regulatory Authority ( NEPRA ) has approved a reduction in electricity prices by Rs 1.23 per unit for a month. It is adjusted in the Fuel Price Adjustment ( FPA ) for December. It will be applied to the bills for February. The consumers will see this relief in the bills for February, which is applied to the units consumed during December.

Moreover, the Govt is planning to reduce electricity prices throughout the country to give relief to the masses. This will be done through a package and includes a massive price reduction because Govt has terminated agreements with many IPPs and saved Billions of rupees via capacity payments.

Capacity Payments: News and Updates

NEPRA, in its latest documents, reveals that Rs 2 trillion is the capacity Charge paid to IPPS. It said that to cover this huge amount of capacity, payment is covered by imposing fixed charges on electricity bills. The higher bills are due to fixed charges included in bills to finance IPPS capacity payments.

This was revealed during a meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly for Energy. The Minister for Energy added that 75% of the total cost of electricity is due to capacity payments

IMF Rejects Tax Reduction on Electricity

The government is planning to reduce electricity prices in the next 1-2 months. They are planning to reduce costs and some taxes. However, the IMF rejects the proposal to reduce taxes on electricity. They said the reduction in taxes will affect the tax collection, and the government will not be able to fulfil the tax collection target.

Free Solar Panels

Punjab Govt is going to distribute free solar panels to consumers. The CM of Punjab announced that it would give solar panels to 100,000 domestic consumers. They can apply or register online for this scheme. The Govt announced giving 500-watt and 1000-watt systems to consumers. It is a permanent relief to electricity consumers as they will get free electricity.

Huge Number Of Net Metering Applications

Due to the increasing prices of Electricity in the country, consumers are moving to Solar Energy. They not only try to cover their demand for electricity with Solar Panels but also try to export it to the National Grid. For exporting electricity, they require a ” Green Meter ” or ” Net Metering “.

A lot of net metering applications are pending in DISCOS, and their capacity surpasses the total production of the national grid. NEPRA has revealed this in its recent report. The total capacity of pending applications is 58822 megawatt.

NEPRA Reveals Original Cost Of Electricity

In its recent report, NEPRA reveals the original cost of electricity, which is the cost at which electricity is produced. You will be shocked to know the original electricity production cost of Rs 7.62 per unit. The government sells this electricity to consumers at Rs 45 per unit. NEPRA said this huge increase in the sale price is due to 7 types of taxes and surcharges that the government levies.

Various taxes are applied to electricity, amounting to Rs 15.28 per unit, while an additional Rs 0.67 per unit is added as a “New Year Surcharge”. The distribution companies’ (DISCOs’) margin is Rs 3.10 per unit. The transmission charges are Rs 1.37 and Rs 0.01 per unit. Capacity payment charges are very high, at Rs 17.01 per unit.

The actual electricity price is Rs 7.62 per unit, while consumers are charged Rs 45 per unit. This is the main reason for increased electricity bills. The consumers are paying high electricity charges due to these taxes. If the government is willing to give relief to electricity consumers, then it should abolish these taxes to lower the prices significantly.

Govt Plans to Cut Electricity Prices

The government is working on various plans to reduce the electricity tariff from March 2025. The government is doing dialogue with IPPs to lower their tariff and abandon the Capacity Payments, which is a major reason for the price hike. Recently, the government has terminated contracts of 6 IPPs and is working on terminating more.
If govt succeeds in its plan, then the consumers will receive a huge relief in the electricity tariff. Currently, the reports show that Govt is planning to reduce tariffs from RS 12 to RS 15 per unit from March 2025. Let’s hope for the best.

LESCO Has Started Acting on PM Package

LESCO has started acting on the PM’s Winter Package this month. It issues bills for this month with new rates and gives relief where applicable. The users with additional consumption of electricity have received bills with reduced tariffs for additional usage. This will continue till FEB, and consumers will enjoy this discounted tariff.

Prime Minister’s Winter Package

The Prime Minister of Pakistan has announced the winter package for the whole country. In this package, the electricity unit will be charged at a fixed rate. The consumers will be charged a new discounted rate for additional use of electricity from the same period of last year. For example, if a consumer consumed 200 units last January and now he consumes 300 units then the additional 100 units will be charged for a new discounted rate.

This discounted PM Package will give relief to consumers, and they will get relief from higher electricity bills. The residential users of LESCO will get the benefits of RS 11.42 to RS 26 per unit. While commercial and business users will get a relief of RS 13.46 to RS 22.71 per unit. The industrial consumers will enjoy a reduction in prices from RS 5.72 to RS 15.05 per unit.

It will give relief to consumers from high electricity bills during winter, as they have paid huge amounts for their bills during summer. It is a good move by the PM, but he should consider providing permanent relief in electricity prices for the betterment of the masses.

September’s power tariff slashed by Rs1.28 per unit under FPA

NEPRA ( National Electric Power Regulatory Authority ) in its latest decision gives relief of Rs 1.28 Per Unit to all the consumers of Pakistan except K-Electric consumers. This relief is given under FPA ( Fuel Price Adjustment ) for September.

This benefit will be given to the consumers in the monthly bills for November. This reduction doesn’t apply to K-Electric’s power tariff, which is Karachi’s only electricity provider. Initially, the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) proposed a 71-paisa-per-unit cut for September, according to its calculations. But after a thorough review and a public hearing on October 30, Nepra decided on an even bigger reduction of Rs1.28 per unit.

This is a step up from August’s decrease of 86 paisa per unit, giving consumers an extra 42 paisa relief per unit for September.

This price reduction will give relief to consumers in the state of inflation.

Consumers set to pay Rs8.7b for idle IPPs

Nepra is considering a proposal to increase electricity prices, which could add around Rs8.7 billion to consumers’ bills nationwide. This move aims to cover payments to Independent Power Plants (IPPs) that weren’t producing power but still received capacity charges, as well as operational costs for power distribution companies (Discos). The current situation is that consumers are already paying a hefty portion of their bills as capacity charges, which are Rs17 per unit, while actual energy generation costs stand at Rs 9.25 per unit.

Discos, including those in Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Islamabad, and other regions, submitted this request to cover maintenance, system charges, and market operation fees. However, efficiency improvements in transmission have saved around Rs2.25 billion. Nepra will hold a public hearing on November 20 to assess the proposal, which, if approved, will raise electricity bills further.

Govt to decrease electricity price by Rs 8-10 in winter

The government’s proposed “Winter Package 2024” aims to boost electricity use during winter by reducing tariffs by Rs 7-8 per unit from December 2024 to April 2025. However, its approval by the IMF remains uncertain, with conflicting reports about the IMF’s stance.

The package targets industrial users, with a potential fixed rate of Rs 20-25 per unit, to counter a 10-12% drop in industrial electricity demand caused by high tariffs and a shift to off-grid systems. Residential users, however, may not benefit, as the government is considering reducing household subsidies to fund the initiative.

While some officials suggest the IMF has tentatively approved the plan for three months, others say discussions are still ongoing. The Ministry of Finance awaits final IMF approval, with the Prime Minister pushing for a quick decision to support industry.

If approved, the proposal will proceed to NEPRA. A committee, led by the Petroleum Minister, is also exploring ways to promote electricity use for space heating due to limited winter gas supplies.

Govt Withdraws Subsidy

Earlier govt has given subsidies to consumers to protect them from a price hike in power prices. In the annual budget, govt increases the power prices but gives subsidies to consumers who are consuming up to 200 units in a month. This subsidy was given for a limited time, and now it has been withdrawn.

Now consumers will be charged with new tariffs and the bills will be higher as compared to previous months. This new tariff is applied from October. Here we will list the new price tariff for protected consumers.

The protected consumers consuming up to 50 units per month will be charged Rs 09.39/- per unit. The protected consumers consuming 51 to 100 units will be charged Rs 13.64/- per unit.

While the users who consume 101 to 200 units per month will be charged Rs 29.21/- per unit. This will increase the burden on protected consumers and significantly affect these consumers. The bills for October will be high due to this subsidy withdrawal.