Good news for consumers of electricity.

In this respect, the Power Division sent a notice today directing all electrical distribution companies.

The due dates for July and August bills will be extended by ten days following the notification.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif revealed last month a Rs 50 billion relief package for home power consumers utilising up to 200 units per month.

Speaking at a ceremony on energy sector reforms in Islamabad, PM Shehbaz Sharif said the government will not be raising the electricity rates for protected consumers who consume up to 200 units of power for three months.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif revealed: “The domestic consumers who consume up to 200 units of electricity will get a subsidy for three months—July, August, and September.”

For the three months of July, August, and September, 25 million domestic consumers—up to 94 percent of the total—will gain from this package, he claimed.

per unit wouldper unit wouldUnder the program, the prime minister claimed that per unit cost of power will be 4 to 7 rupees. Consumers of K-Electric will also be qualified for this incentive, he added.