Karachi: The management of K-Electric (KE) has announced its decision to facilitate small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the city under the ‘Chota Karobar-o-Sannat Imadadi’ package, a news source reported.
The decision has been taken in line with the relief measures announced earlier by the federal government in a bid to mitigate the financial impact of COVID-19. The package will allow eligible industrial customers with a sanctioned power load up to 70-kilowatts (kW) and commercial customers with a load up to 5KW to receive subsidy in their bills up to PKR 450,000 and PKR 100,000 respectively. This subsidy can be used in six months beginning from May.
It was informed that the subsidy amount would vary from customer to customer based on the consumption during the base period, which is from May to July 2019. For those customers, whose base period power consumption data is not available, the appropriate average will be considered before giving the subsidy.
The KE spokesperson said that the ‘Chota Karobar-o-Sannat Imadadi’ package would relieve the financial burden of the SMEs. He further requested KE consumers to pay their bills on time as these bills support the operational costs and fuel payments of KE.
