Panaji: In the election year, the Goa Electricity Department has recommended that Power Tariffs remain the same. The department will not recover the difference of revenue directly from the consumers but through Budget Cooperation.
in your power tariff The proposal, submitted by the department to the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) for the financial year 2022-23, proposes to recover the cumulative revenue gap of Rs 360.13 crore by 2022-23 through budgetary support from the state government .
In order to boost economic activity in the state, consumers are paying the same tariff from 2019 even with the applicable 2019-2020 tariff even after the cabinet, the Tariff Order 2020-21, resolved to keep the tariff order, apart from levying tariff ‘consumer category’. Electric Vehicle Charging Station’ for Rs. 3.50/unit.
For the financial year 2020-21, the department proposed Growth of 3.8% but the JERC approved an increase of 5.3% in energy and fixed charges for domestic and commercial connections, including low- and high-tension connections. However, in August 2021, the cabinet decided not to implement the tariff due to the COVID pandemic.
As per the latest proposal of the electricity department, the consumers will continue to pay a minimum fixed charge of Rs 1.40 per kWh and Rs 25 per month for single phase meter.
The Commission in its Tariff Order for 2020-21 approved the tariff hike of 5.3% against the proposed 3.8% of the Department, saying that the Department has generated only a part of Rs. recovery has been proposed. crore through budgetary support.
At the time, the commission remarked that if this gap were to be filled entirely by revenue from consumers, the increase would be 23.5% higher. The JERC at that time cautioned the department against excessive reliance on budgetary support and advised the department to “prepare itself for the consequences if the government withdraws budgetary support in future”.
Meanwhile, JERC has called for sending objections, comments and suggestions on petitions and tariff proposals of the electricity department through registered post or via email to secy.jercuts@gov.in on or before January 23. There will be a public hearing through video. Conferencing on January 24 at 11 am.
The petitions are available on the Commission’s website www.jercuts.gov.in and the Department’s website www.goaelectricity.gov.in.
in your power tariff The proposal, submitted by the department to the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) for the financial year 2022-23, proposes to recover the cumulative revenue gap of Rs 360.13 crore by 2022-23 through budgetary support from the state government .
In order to boost economic activity in the state, consumers are paying the same tariff from 2019 even with the applicable 2019-2020 tariff even after the cabinet, the Tariff Order 2020-21, resolved to keep the tariff order, apart from levying tariff ‘consumer category’. Electric Vehicle Charging Station’ for Rs. 3.50/unit.
For the financial year 2020-21, the department proposed Growth of 3.8% but the JERC approved an increase of 5.3% in energy and fixed charges for domestic and commercial connections, including low- and high-tension connections. However, in August 2021, the cabinet decided not to implement the tariff due to the COVID pandemic.
As per the latest proposal of the electricity department, the consumers will continue to pay a minimum fixed charge of Rs 1.40 per kWh and Rs 25 per month for single phase meter.
The Commission in its Tariff Order for 2020-21 approved the tariff hike of 5.3% against the proposed 3.8% of the Department, saying that the Department has generated only a part of Rs. recovery has been proposed. crore through budgetary support.
At the time, the commission remarked that if this gap were to be filled entirely by revenue from consumers, the increase would be 23.5% higher. The JERC at that time cautioned the department against excessive reliance on budgetary support and advised the department to “prepare itself for the consequences if the government withdraws budgetary support in future”.
Meanwhile, JERC has called for sending objections, comments and suggestions on petitions and tariff proposals of the electricity department through registered post or via email to secy.jercuts@gov.in on or before January 23. There will be a public hearing through video. Conferencing on January 24 at 11 am.
The petitions are available on the Commission’s website www.jercuts.gov.in and the Department’s website www.goaelectricity.gov.in.
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