Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThe State Electricity Regulatory Commission has given its nod to the government’s decision to exempt consumers using upto 120 units from the purview of the electricity tariff hike.The commission’s approval came in the wake of the government promising to compensate the KSEB for exempting a section of the domestic category from the hiked tariff and fixed charges. The tariff hike will be implemented with retrospective effect from July 1 as announced earlier, KSEB officials said. A GO issued last week promised a monthly payment of Rs 25 crore to the KSEB to compensate for the shortfall in its revenue caused by the exemption. It was in July that the Commission had issued orders approving tariff hike in the state. Following a public outcry against the hike, the government decided to exempt domestic category consumers who consume upto 120 units a month and agricultural consumers, from the enhanced tariff. The State Government had also proposed exemption for domestic category upto 120 units from the new fixed charges. For this, the commission’s nod was required. The KSEB had issued tariff hike orders for the HT/EHT categories a few days ago, but not for the LT categories including domestic consumers as the commission’s approval was awaited.first published:August 20, 2012, 11:22 ISTlast updated:August 20, 2012, 11:22 IST
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The State Electricity Regulatory Commission has given its nod to the government’s decision to exempt consumers using upto 120 units from the purview of the electricity tariff hike.
The commission’s approval came in the wake of the government promising to compensate the KSEB for exempting a section of the domestic category from the hiked tariff and fixed charges. The tariff hike will be implemented with retrospective effect from July 1 as announced earlier, KSEB officials said. A GO issued last week promised a monthly payment of Rs 25 crore to the KSEB to compensate for the shortfall in its revenue caused by the exemption. It was in July that the Commission had issued orders approving tariff hike in the state. Following a public outcry against the hike, the government decided to exempt domestic category consumers who consume upto 120 units a month and agricultural consumers, from the enhanced tariff. The State Government had also proposed exemption for domestic category upto 120 units from the new fixed charges. For this, the commission’s nod was required. The KSEB had issued tariff hike orders for the HT/EHT categories a few days ago, but not for the LT categories including domestic consumers as the commission’s approval was awaited.
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