ISLAMABAD - The NEPRA on Tuesday issued notification of increase in power tariff by Rs 1.67 per unit. New tariff will go into effect next month. The increase has been announced as per monthly fuel adjustment for September 2011.Last year, NEPRA had approved increase in power tariff by Rs 1.76 per unit in September.After the Supreme Court decision against the rental power plants, Rs 0.8 had been reduced from the per unit cost of production while Rs 0.2 being charged in the head of power theft will not be charged.Meanwhile, the Ministry of Water and Power has announced that power outages will continue for the next six months.The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Water and Power has been told that India’s private sector has shown interest in providing electricity to Pakistan. Officials at Water and Power Ministry told the committee that electricity shortfall would remain at 4, 200 MW from April to September. Officials said that power demand would remain at 19,300 MW against the supply of 15, 000 MW.