New Delhi: The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission announced a hike in the power tariff ranging from 6-8% applicable from Feb 1. According a DERC press release, the rates of BSES Yamuna were hiked by 8%, of NDPL by 7% and of BSES Rajdhani by 6 %.
Discom BSES Yamuna Power Ltd (BYPL) had earlier warned it would be forced to resort to daily power cuts of up to 10 hours from February because it has no funds to pay public sector generation units for power supplies. The Reliance-backed Discom has written to Delhi government saying it could lose over 500mw of supply if the generation units do not extend credit and give it more time to clear its dues.
After the hike in tariff, a government spokesperson said, “The Delhi Government strongly condemns the decision to hike the tariff. When audit by CAG has already been ordered, such a hike is uncalled for.” DERC should have waited for the outcome of CAG audit before putting burden on the people at a time when lot of questions are being raised on the functioning of these power distribution companies, he added.
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