Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) has announced that arrears of revised electricity charges will be charged without interest for April and May in October and November respectively.
This is in accordance with the order of the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), according to which the revenue gap will be recovered from the date of the first meter reading falling on or after April 1, 2021, though the tariff revision was announced late.
“In order to reduce the burden on consumers due to increase in tariff during the lockdown period, the arrears of revision of tariff for energy consumed during the months of April and May are allowed to be recovered during the month of October and November. , 2021 respectively, without charging any interest,” the commission had said.
KERC in June approved an average increase of 30 paise per unit in tariff for all electricity supply companies (Eskoms) for the current fiscal, an average increase of 3.84%. Eskom had demanded an average increase of ₹ 1.35 per unit accounting for an increase of 17.31%.
fuel cost adjustment fee
Apart from this, consumers will also have to pay fuel cost adjustment charges from this month. In accordance with the provisions of the KERC (Fuel Cost Adjustment Fee) Regulations, 2013 and amendments thereto, the Commission has recognized “reduction (savings) in Fuel Cost Adjustment Fee as well as reduction in overall power purchase cost for the first quarter of FY22.” ”, has permitted Escom to refund/adjust the fuel cost adjustment charges per unit of sale in the bills to be issued during the billing quarter from October 1 to December 31. The charges range from 5 to 8 paise per unit. .