Lucknow: In a big assistance to the people of Uttar Pradesh, the Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPC) on Thursday announced that keeping power rates had not changed for the 2021-22 fiscal year.
The announcement came only a few months before the upper assembly selection and with it, the rates of power remained unchanged for the third year in a row.
The Yogi Adityanath government has increased power rates only once in the past four years – in 2018-19.
The decision was taken by an electric panel led by the Chairperson of Rp.
Singh, who along with members of K Sharma and VK Srivastava, rejected the Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) proposal to increase regulatory additional costs by 12%.
The corporation begs to raise additional costs around Rs 50,000 Crore which ultimately must be forwarded to electrical consumers.
But after the UPERC decision, rates remained unchanged for domestic, commercial and urban rural consumers.
Urban domestic consumers will continue to pay at the RS level of 5.50 / unit for the first 150 units, RS 6 / Unit for the next 151-300 units, Rs 6.50 / Unit for 301-500 units and RS 7 / units outside of 500 units.
Fixed costs too, have been saved unchanged at Rs 110 / kW / month.
A senior UPERC official was called the sequence as significant considering the increase in coal, oil and logistics prices, including employee salary bills.
The Commission stated that the maximum demand for the month recorded by the meter must be shown in a monthly bill if the meter reading was carried out by the license holder (distribution company).
This will not happen if the bill is generated based on the reading delivered by consumers.
For rural consumers, UPPCL will pick up an allegations of Rs 500 / kW if consumers are not nurtured.
The measured consumers will be asked to pay at the RS level 3.35 to RS 6 per unit for various plates, in addition to the fixed costs of Rs 90 / KW / month.
This too, has been maintained unchanged, many for the benefit of rural consumers.
In the case of living lines, consumers have an electric burden of up to 1 kW, the energy cost of Rs 3 per unit will be collected.
It will be separated from 50 / kw / month fixed costs.
For consumers who do not take care and non-lifeline, the fixed cost of Rs 500 / kW / month will be collected.
UPERC officials said that UPPCL was looking for inclusion of 16.64% of distribution losses but the Commission only approved 11.08%.
The Commission also ordered that expenditure for smart meters should not be forwarded to consumers.
President Up Rarding Vidyut Upbhogta Parishad, Avdhesh Versma said that the Paris had been fighting in a long legal battle to ensure that the corporation did not increase power rates.
He said that the Paris would submit a petition with a commission looking for a reduction in electricity level to provide assistance to consumers during this period itself.
In May, the Minister of Chief Yogi Adityanath had ruled out the possibility of an increase in power tariffs.
Yogi has stated that tariffs must remain unchanged because the country’s economy is affected by the second wave of pandemic and the further restrictions are awesome.
The hour after UPERC announced that keeping power rates had not changed, BJP in power said that it provided 54% more electricity to the villages since the government’s establishment in 2017.
Spokesperson the state government said that 24-hour supply without interruption was provided for all headquarters District, 20 hours to Tehsil and 18 hours to the village.
He said that until 2016, the peak request of 15,000 MW was fulfilled.
This has now been upgraded to more than 25,000 MW.
Demand also increased substantially with the addition of 1.40 new consumer crore.
A spokesman said that the state government also abolished the additional costs of the rules that had been going on for 20 years.
Even after this, the government does not increase the electricity level for three years.
The government is committed to affordable and unbroken electricity, he said.