Rs 3.50 crore consumers in UP may get expensive electricity shock. Power companies have filed the draft of Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR), i.e., electricity tariffs, in the Regulatory Commission for the year 2025-26.
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In this, a difference of about Rs 13 thousand crores has been shown between expenditure and income. The companies themselves have proposed to compensate the commission. If this proposal is accepted in the Commission, then electricity may become expensive in UP after about 5 years. In this, a proposal can be prepared for 15 to 20 percent costlier electricity. In such a situation, per unit electricity can become expensive by up to one rupee.
Consumer Council lodged protest The State Electricity Consumer Council has pointed out many flaws in this ARR. Council Chairman Awadhesh Verma says that a proposal against it will be filed in the Regulatory Commission on Tuesday. Power companies have to file ARR with the Regulatory Commission by November 30. Late night on November 30, the power companies secretly submitted the True Up for the year 2023-24 and ARR for the year 2025-26 to the Regulatory Commission.
1 lakh 60 thousand million units of electricity required It is being told that 1 lakh 60 thousand million units of electricity will be required in the year 2025-26. In this, up to Rs 95 thousand crore can be spent on electricity consumption. The companies have reported a difference of Rs 12,800 to 13,000 crore between the total cost of power supply and the revenue received in the form of bills.
33 thousand crore rupees are with the companies Awadhesh Verma said that electricity companies owe consumers Rs 33,122 crore. In return for this amount, he should have proposed reduction in electricity rates. But the electricity companies want to increase the electricity rates through backdoor means. This is the reason that by mentioning the difference itself, everything has been left to the Regulatory Commission.
