UP may hike power tariff by 28 paise to Rs 1.09 per unit
A UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) proposal for a fuel surcharge has been filed in the UP State Electricity Regulatory Commission.
A UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) proposal for a fuel surcharge has been filed in the UP State Electricity Regulatory Commission.
The tariff rates remained unchanged except for consumers of Noida Power Company where surprisingly tariff rates were reduced by 10 per cent.
The proposed demand for domestic tariff hike is between 18 to 23 per cent, of the industry is 16 per cent and agriculture sector by 10 to 12 per cent.
The order adds that the average overall nominal increase over the previous tariff last revised in 2016-17 is 8%.
Demanding the government to roll back its decision immediately, former minister Sikander Singh Maluka said the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited’s (PSPCL) requisition for an eight per cent hike in power tariff for the 2021-22 fiscal amounted to transferring its own inefficiencies to the consumers.
Arvind Kejriwal had recently said that in the wake of the Coronavirus lockdown, the revenue of the Delhi government has fallen from Rs 3,500 crores in April month of the previous years to Rs 300 crores in 2020.
Khattar said that it is a historic decision and would benefit 41.53 lakh domestic consumers in the state. He said that with these announcements he had fulfilled his earlier promise to reduce the power tariff in the state.
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