Overview
- All categories of domestic consumers in flood-affected areas will not pay their August electricity bills, the Power Division confirmed.
- Households that already paid for August will receive refunds or adjustments through their local distribution companies, including Lesco and Mepco.
- Commercial and agricultural August bills are deferred through December and will be recovered in six instalments via a fixed monthly addition from January to June 2026.
- The relief totals Rs17 billion for August, covering about 2.5 million consumers, with Rs11 billion waived for households and Rs6 billion deferred for non-domestic users.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved the measure, the federal government will bear the cost of the household waiver, and NDMA reports at least 1,037 flood deaths that framed the response.