Dehradun: Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission has increased the electricity rates by 11 to 13 percent. The maximum increase has been done in the rates of electricity used for railway work.
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Dehradun: The state government has given the people of the state electric shock Have given. government at once Electricity Regulatory Commission in electricity rates 11 to 13 percent increase Is done. The new rates will be applicable from April 1. With the introduction of the new rates domestic consumers Electricity will become costlier by 10 to 25 paise per unit. There itself commercial connection Will have to pay 57 paise per unit. While for industrial connection, Rs 1.34 per unit will have to be paid extra.
According to the information, the maximum increase has been in the rates of electricity spent in railways. Its rates have increased by 9.68 percent. According to the input of the Electricity Corporation, at present there are about four lakh domestic connections in Uttarakhand. In such a situation, the effect of increased prices will be on all these connection holders. The Electricity Regulatory Commission has not made any increase in the fixed charge, but has issued a new slab for the remaining rates.
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On Thursday, DP Garola, Chairman of Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission, announced the new rates. He told in his speech that the rates of electricity have been increased up to 9.64 percent. Whereas UPCL had proposed to the commission to increase the prices by 16.96 percent. On the other hand, UJVNL has sent a proposal to increase rates by two and Pitkul by 9 percent. But after conducting public hearing, the commission has agreed to increase the electricity rates up to 12 percent.
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Let us inform that earlier in 2022, the commission had increased the electricity rates by 2.68 percent. Along with this, he told that consumers will be given a discount of 1.50 percent on payment within 10 days of receiving the bill. Apart from this, these consumers will also get one percent discount through other means. Similarly, a provision of five percent discount has been made for the farmers on depositing the tubewell bill within a month.
What is the increase in which category?
- Domestic 6.98 percent
- Commercial 11.41 percent
- Government Public Utility 14.16 percent
- Tubewell 7.61 percent
- LT Industry 11.21 percent
- HT Industries 11.05 percent
- mix load 15.54 percent
- Railways 22.12 percent
- EV charging 13.64 percent
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