Fixed charges imposed by Nepra on domestic consumers are being collected from July 1.
It is clarified that fixed charges will not be taken from those who use 200 units.
As per Nepra, users of 301 to 400 units will be charged Rs200 per month, the users of 401 to 500 units will be charged Rs400 per month while users of 501 to 600 units will be charged Rs600 per month.
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The users of 601 to 700 units will be charged Rs600 per month, Rs800 will be charged per month while the fixed charge of Rs1000 will be charged from users of more than 700 units. The purpose of increasing these fixed charges is to increase the revenue of the electricity distribution companies (Discos).