Bills issued in June, July and August 2026 carry a credit of Rs 1.9857 per unit — a negative quarterly tariff adjustment that reduces what you pay for every unit you use. It is automatic: there is nothing to apply for and no fee to pay.
It is also temporary, and that is the part worth knowing before your September bill arrives.
What it is, and where it comes from
Your tariff is not fixed for the year. NEPRA periodically reconciles the fuel and capacity costs it originally allowed against what the power companies actually spent, and settles the gap. When the regulator has over-recovered, the difference comes back to consumers as a negative adjustment.
This one is the 1st Quarter CY 2026 quarterly tariff adjustment, notified in S.R.O. 953(I)/2026 of 8 June 2026, at −Rs 1.9857/kWh. Rather than refund it in a single month, it is spread across three billing cycles and extended to K-Electric consumers as well as the distribution companies.
You will see it reported as “about Rs 1.99”. That is the same figure rounded — the notification says 1.9857.
Because it is a per-unit credit, the rupee value scales with usage: a household on 300 units gets three times the cash benefit of one on 100 units, though the heavier user still has the larger bill overall.
Who does not get it
The notification excludes three groups:
- Lifeline consumers — single-phase connections with a sanctioned load up to 1 kW and very low usage.
- Incremental consumption package consumers.
- Prepaid consumers.
Everyone else on a distribution company supply receives it automatically.
Why your bill did not fall by Rs 1.9857 a unit
This is the most common complaint about it, and the answer is that two adjustments run in the same months in opposite directions.
The quarterly adjustment is a credit per unit. The fuel charges adjustment (FCA, also written FPA) is recalculated monthly and is usually a charge per unit. Your bill shows the net effect, and then GST is calculated on the result. So the visible drop is smaller than the headline number — sometimes much smaller in a month when fuel costs ran high.
That is not an error and it is not the relief being withheld. Our guide to the fuel cost adjustment covers the other half of the equation.
When it ends — and why that matters in September
The adjustment applies to the June, July and August 2026 billing months only. It expires after August.
The practical consequence is a September bill that looks higher for no obvious reason. Nothing will have changed about your usage or your tariff band; the credit will simply have stopped. If you are comparing months, compare like with like, and check whether NEPRA has notified a new adjustment for the following quarter — we track the current one on our tariff page, alongside the base schedule it is applied on top of.
How to see it on your own bill
Look for the quarterly tariff adjustment line in the charges column, separate from the FCA line. Both are per-unit amounts applied to the units you consumed, and both sit above the tax lines.
Check your bill with your reference number — free, no sign-up — and our annotated sample bill shows where each of those lines sits.
Roman Urdu: khulasa
June, July aur August 2026 ke bijli bill par takreeban Rs 1.99 (asal figure 1.9857) fi unit ki relief hai, jo S.R.O. 953(I)/2026 ke tahat di gayi hai. Ye khud-ba-khud lagti hai, koi application ya fees nahi. Lifeline, prepaid aur incremental consumption package walay is se mustasna hain. Aap ka bill poore Rs 1.99 kam nahi hoga kyunke usi mahine fuel adjustment (FCA) bhi lagti hai jo iska asar kam kar deti hai. Aur yaad rahe: August ke baad ye relief khatam ho jati hai.