Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (MPERC) here on Friday announced new tariff of electricity; 50 per cent of the domestic consumers were billed with no tariff hike. The moderate power consumers have been imposed with a hike of 5 per cent, while the high power consumers have been imposed with a hike of 10 per cent.
In the State, those consuming around 30 units are around 39 per cent, while those consuming around 50 units are around 11 per cent. The two categories comprise of 50 per cent of consumers and no hike for these categories has been announced.
Consumers consuming between 51 and 100 units of power are around 31 per cent and for this category 5 per cent tariff hike has been effected. Around 17 per cent of the people consume in range 100 to 300 units. Only two per cent of the consumers consume power in the range of 301 to 500 units and above 500 units the percent of consumers is zero. For the three categories, tariff hike would be 10 per cent.
The MPERC has maintained the flat rate for agriculture consumers at Rs1,200 per horse power even after the loss incurred to the three power companies of the state and the same was conveyed to the state government.
The commission has increased the rates by 13 per cent by keeping the flat rates same at the earlier level and the companies would be provided with subsidies by the state government reciprocating to maintain electricity bills at previous levels.
Against the 13 per cent hike in the tariff government would be providing subsidy of Rs1,100 crore to the companies and due to this arrangement for the financial year 2045-16 the farmers would not be affected.