IslamabadPakistan will scrap its 200-unit electricity cliff.
Crossing 200 units by one costs up to Rs33 a unit and six months of subsidy.
Solar owners capping grid use at 200 units pushed protected consumers from 10 million to 20-25 million, Power Minister Awais Leghari said.
Leghari offered two options: raise the threshold to 250 units, or drop the six-month bar.
He told the Senate the plan, with relief based on income, takes one and a half months to finalise.
How each outlet framed it
- Dawn
- centres the 200-unit cliff: a 201st unit lifts the rate from Rs15 to Rs30 and blocks subsidy for six months, with the minister conceding it is a real problem
Sources: Dawn