FPCCI asks NEPRA to reject Rs268bn in old DISCO claims headed for 2027 electricity bills

The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has asked NEPRA to reject much of the Rs268 billion that the former WAPDA distribution companies want to recover from consumers through prior-year adjustments (PYAs) in their electricity tariffs for calendar year 2027, Dawn reported on Monday 12 October 2026.

Ten DISCOs have filed petitions with the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority to index their multi-year tariffs for 2025 to 2030 to the 2027 year. Together they are asking for Rs2.64 trillion in revenue requirements for distribution and supply. The PYAs are the part of that bill that recovers costs from earlier years, and FPCCI's Energy Advisory Committee says they are "not routine formula-based true-ups": many are old, contested, previously disallowed or not disclosed in enough detail for anyone to check.

The biggest claims

FPCCI also put MEPCO's PYA claim at 68% of its margin and QESCO's at 60%. IESCO's claim equals 212% of its proposed annual margin, the highest ratio of all.

What FPCCI wants

• Reject lump-sum PYA claims that are not broken down item by item.
• Make each DISCO prove each component and answer FPCCI's objections in writing before the hearings.
• Let trade and business bodies take part in NEPRA's public hearings on each petition.

What it means for your bill

NEPRA has not yet set hearing dates, and the petitions do not translate the claims into a per-unit figure. But whatever NEPRA allows becomes part of the uniform tariff the federal government notifies, so a larger allowed PYA means a higher base rate per unit for households and industry across the country from 2027, unless the government absorbs it through subsidy. Business groups have repeatedly argued that high industrial tariffs are already hurting exports.

To see how a change of a rupee or two a unit would hit your own bill, use our electricity bill calculator with last month's units, or work out your monthly consumption first with the electricity units calculator.