Mysore, Jan 7 (KNN)  Mysore Industries Association (MIA) representing industries of Mysore, Mandya and Chamarajanagar Districts has opposed the CESCOM proposal of power tariff hike of 80 paise/per unit to all consumers including tiny, small, medium and large industries.

“As per CESCOM tariff revision application to KERC (Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission), there is a substantial decrease in consumption of power by industries due to global recession,” the association said in a press release today.   

Pointing out that a lot of industries have been either closed, sick or turned into non-performing assets (NPA), MIA has strongly opposed the proposal of hike.

Further, “instead of encouraging use of solar water heaters by domestic consumers CESCOM (Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited) has proposed to withdraw power tariff rebate of 50 paise per unit for solar water heater consumers which is not acceptable,” it said.

CESCOM has also proposed to convert self-employed tailors, auditors, beauty parlours, home tutorials, DTP typing, paying guest, goldsmith, astrology and other micro self-employed service activity undertaken in residential houses into commercial category with Rs three per unit which is an additional burden to all small scale units, MIA said.

MIA is now planning to file its objection effectively against this power tariff hike with the help of both technical and legal expertise.  It has requests all consumers, industrialists, auditors and legal experts to advise and contribute towards the expenditure incurred for filing the objection.

MIA President P Vishwanath and General Secretary Suresh Kumar Jain have asked all consumers to file their objection directly in six sets duly notarized to KERC before February-2, 2015.

MIA will provide soft copy of tariff revision application of CESCOM by email.  (KNN/ES)