Power tariff hike of 26% to be effective from July 1

02 Jul 2012 Evaluate

The recent power tariff hike of 26% by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) will come into effect from July 01, 2012, the fourth hike in past ten months. The domestic consumers will be the most impacted from this change as opposed to commercial and industrial categories.  As per the revised tariff plan, Rs 3.70 per unit for the first 200 units of power instead of the current Rs 3 will be charged. Consumers having monthly usages of upto 400 units will have to pay Rs 4.80 per unit of power. Further, usage of above 400 units, Rs 6.40 per unit will be charged instead of current Rs 5.70.

Earlier, in August 2011, the regulators had hiked power traffic by 22% for all categories of customers. The traffic was again raised by 5%, which was further increased up by 2% in May to correct the power purchase cost of distribution companies. The steepest hike of 34% was done on November 11, 2009.

The areas served by NDPL will experience 27.88% hike while areas powered by BSES Rajdhani Power and BSES Yamuna Power will be 25.47% and 25.29% respectively. Justifying the recent hike, DERC said, the hike was necessary as collective deficit of three discoms have been estimated to be around Rs 6,000 crore as there was no second option to that.

The increase in power may also result in increase in metro fares and water charges as DERC has announced separate rates for power being supplied to these two entities. The monthly fixed charges for consumers have also been raised considerably. For a consumer having a sanctioned load of upto 2 kilowatts, the rate tariff has been increased from Rs 30 to Rs 40 whereas consumers having sanctioned load between 2 kilowatts to 5 kilowatts will have to pay Rs 100 as fixed charges instead of the current Rs 75. The fixed charges for consumers having a sanctioned load of above five kilowatt will be Rs 20 instead of current Rs 15.

The DERC announced separate rates for industrial units, agricultural activities, public lighting etc. For Delhi Metro, rates have been raised from Rs 3.80 per unit to Rs 5 per unit whereas for Delhi Jal Board it has been hiked from Rs 5.60 to Rs 7.25 per unit for load of upto 10 kilowatts. For load between 10 kilowatts to 100 kilowatts, per unit of power would cost Rs 6.60 whereas Rs 8 has been fixed per unit for load beyond 100 kilowatts.

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