UP industries to shell 5.4% more on electricity bills from July 1

Noida, June 19 (KNN) Uttar Pradesh industries will have to shell almost 5.4 per cent extra on the electricity bills from July as the UP Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) announced the raise that not only included the per unit charges but also the fixed charges that a consumer pays to the UP Power Corporation (UPPCL) every month.
 
UPERC on Thursday approved a tariff hike for FY16, with the increase for domestic consumers working out to be about 17 per cent. Tariff increase for industries, commercial and agricultural connections, on the other hand, are 5.4 per cent, 5.16 per cent and 11.97 per cent, respectively. The average hike is of 5.47 per cent. 

As per the new tariff order, a consumer will now have to shell out Rs 4.40 per unit for the first 150 units as against Rs 4.00 which was the case earlier. This would subsequently rise to Rs 4.95 (instead of Rs 4.50) up to 300 units. The per unit charge would then go up to Rs 5.60 (as against Rs 5.00) up to 500. Consumption above 500 units will cost Rs 6.20 per unit instead of Rs 5.50 per unit in 2014-15. The fixed charge that a consumer pays on per kilowatt connection too has been jacked up from Rs 75 per kilowatt to Rs 90 per kilowatt.

The new rates would be effective from July 1 after the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation, the state-owned power utility, issues a public notice to this effect. (KNN Bureau)