By SKM
June 29, 2025
ISLAMABAD: The OGRA has notified the hike in fixed charges of protected domestic consumers by Rs200 per month and non-protected consumers by Rs500-1000 from July 1, 2025.
The protected consumers will now pay fixed charges of Rs600 per month instead of Rs400 per month. The non-protected consumers consuming gas up to 1.5 hm3 will now pay Rs1500 per month as fixed charges with a hike of Rs500 from Rs1000 per month and those non-protected consumers consuming more than 1.5 hm3 gas will be paying Rs3000 per month instead of Rs2000 as fixed charges. The consumers will also continue to pay Rs40 per month as rent of meter.
As per the notification, the gas tariff for bulk consumers has been increased by Rs275 to Rs3175 from RS2900 per MMBtu. For the power sector, the gas tariff has been increased by Rs175 to Rs1225 from Rs1050 per MMBtu. However, the gas rate for general industry for processing has been increased by Rs150 to Rs2300 from Rs2150 per MMBtu.
There will be no changes in the gas tariff for captive power plants, cement, commercial, CNG and, Fertilizer sectors. Ends
