Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijay Goel on Monday led a delegation to the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) Chairman Satyendra Singh Chouhan over the issue of rising electricity bills and asked him to roll back the fixed charges which are being levied in the bills.
Goel questioned the need for levying fixed charges on 23,000 Megawatt (MW) when the demand load of Delhi is 7,000 MW. Goel also added that the bills have become costlier because 3.8 per cent is charged to provide pension to DESU employees. As per the estimates, the power firms earn revenue of Rs 21,000 crore, i.e. Rs 800 crore are being imposed on consumers without any reason.
Goel said that the money collected in this way needs to be adjusted and given back to the consumers. He said he would raise these issues at DERC public hearing since the reply from the DERC Chairman was unsatisfactory.