TNERC Hikes Power Tariff In the State

Cost of buying electricity from DISCOMs has become costlier for the Commercial & Industrial consumers in the state of Tamil Nadu. Considering the directives of the Hon’ble APTEL, the National Tariff Policy and in Exercise of the powers vested in it under the Section 62 and Section 64 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (Act) and the Tariff Regulations 2005, TNERC has decided to take up the matter of Determination of ARR and Tariff for 2014-15 by initiating suo-motu proceedings and based on that a public notice was issued by Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) on 23/9/2014 eliciting comments &suggestion stakeholders to the proposed suo-motu revision of electricity tariff and transmission tariff.

The commission after considering all the comments & suggestions have revised the electricity tariff by 15% for all the category of consumers for FY 2014-15 effective from 12/12/2014.

 The new tariff applicable to industrial and commercial consumers for HT connections can be seen in the table below:

Group captive arrangement will still remain most viable option for the industrial & commercial consumers looking at the hike in the tariff and R&C measures still in place.

Similarly for LT consumers for all categories there has been tariff hike of 15% as can be seen in the order.

The order can be accessed here.

Contributed by karthik krishnan