Govt hints at new power tariff package as demand falls

• Consumers may face Rs1.20 per unit additional fuel cost in August bills • Nepra questions performance of power sector entities • Regulator criticises excessive, revenue-based loadshedding • Concerns raised over outages at three nuclear power plants ISLAMABAD: With electricity demand declining by over three per cent, the government on Wednesday indicated that it was working on another power tariff package as it sought about Rs1.20 per unit additional fuel cost from consumers to collect Rs15.7 billion in August for electricity consumed in June. At a public hearing, the Nat­i­onal Electric Power Regul­atory Authority questioned the performance of power sector entities and the policy of…