Chhattisgarh State Power Regulatory Commission has restructured the power tariff reducing the rate by 10% for economically weaker class and 6% for the middle class consumers, commission‘s chairman D S Misra informed media on Thursday.
As per the revised tariff, for the consumption slab of below 100 units per month, which constitutes 64% of total consumers, the tariff has been reduced from existing Rs. 3.76 to Rs. 3.40 per unit.
For consumption units of 101 to 200, which constitutes 16% of consumers, the tariff has been slashed from Rs. 3.80 to Rs. 3.60 per unit.
Around 91% domestic consumers will be benefited from the revised tariff.
Similarly, energy charges for agricultural pumps have been reduced by Rs. 0.30 per unit in addition to withdrawal of power factor surcharge for farmers.
Commission will give chance of hearing to the farmers in load-enhancement cases. The 40W Blub or 20W CFL/LED has been increased to 100 Watt near pump set area for farmers.
Commission has also decided not to invite fresh application with formalities within a year if farmers’ seeks temporary connection. Tariff for agriculture allied activities has been reduced by around 10%.
The commission states that fixed charges and energy charges have been rationalized; tariff for consumers in 0 - 100 units slab reduced from Rs. 6.35 to Rs. 5.90 per unit. Tariff for electrical vehicle charging units reduced from current Rs. 8 to Rs. 5 per unit.
To promote women’s empowerment, agriculture and allied activities and commercial activities being run exclusively by registered women self-help groups shall be entitled for 10% rebate on energy charges.
For LT industries, existing consumption slab of 15 hp has been enhanced to 25 hp while fixed charges and energy charges reduced by 25% and 5.5% respectively.
For HT industries, in HV Steel consumers, load factor incentives, has been restructures as 63% to 77% from existing one. For HV-4 Steel Industries, the limit of Load Factor for 33 kV and 11 kV supply sub-categories has been increased to 35% from the existing level of 25%, for exclusive rolling mills consumers.