Bhubaneswar: The electrical energy tariff is prone to be additional elevated within the state because the Discoms have filed a petition earlier than the Odisha Electrical energy Regulatory Fee (OERC) proposing to extend the electrical energy tariff for the 12 months 2021- 22.
The electrical energy tariff is anticipated to extend by Rs 1.50 per unit. The proposed improve may impose a further burden on electrical energy customers.
Six months in the past, the OERC raised the electrical energy tariff from 20 peas to five.25 rupees per unit.
With the proposal authorized by the state authorities, customers need to pay Rs 6.75 per unit for the electrical energy invoice every month.
Nevertheless, the Odisha Shoppers Affiliation opposed a potential improve within the electrical energy tariff.
“If the state authorities receives Discoms’ petition proposing a rise in electrical energy tariffs, we are going to take to the streets,” warned the president of the Odisha Electrical energy Shoppers Affiliation, Ramesh Satpathy.
At a briefing yesterday, the Affiliation alleged that the state authorities was exploiting customers by gathering income crores from the Division of Vitality whereas different state governments had been offering vitality providers. inexpensive electrical energy of their states.
The state authorities receives a mean of Rs 3,000-4,000 crore per 12 months as an electrical energy cost from the Division of Vitality, Satpathy stated.
