Pakistan, Nov. 13 -- The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Thursday notified a Rs 25.30 per unit revised incremental consumption package (ICP) for industry and agriculture to encourage higher consumption.

The order comes despite dissenting notes from two of its four members on Friday, when the authority made the announcement, and protest from industrial consumers.

The revised ICP replaces the previous rate of Rs22.98 per unit, which was introduced in December last year for six months to encourage industrial and agricultural consumers to consume more electricity at a marginal cost of Rs22.98 on additional consumption, instead of their normal rate that stood at Rs34.50 per unit last month.

In a statutory regulatory ...