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Pakistan Exporters Relieved Wheeling Charges and Export Refinance Rates — What Changed, What Didn’t, and Why It Matters

Pakistan cuts wheeling charges by Rs 4.04/unit and lowers export refinance rates to 4.5%. What changed, what didn’t, and why it matters.

Pakistan’s industrial power transmission network and export cargo illustrating reduced wheeling charges and policy measures to support exporters
  • Wheeling charges fall by approximately Rs 4.04/kWh

  • Effective wheeling cost moves to around Rs 8.5–9 per unit, down from roughly Rs 12.5

  • The base tariff structure otherwise remains unchanged, pending formal notifications

This distinction matters. Calling it a “tariff cut” overstates the scope. Calling it “nothing” understates the impact. The correct framing is structural cost correction via wheeling reform.


What is a wheeling charge, in simple terms

A wheeling charge is the fee paid for transporting electricity across the transmission or distribution network when power is generated at one location and consumed at another. It covers:

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