Get ready to pay more for power

CHANDIGARH: City residents will have to pay more for using electricity for next three months.Reason:theelectricity departmenthas approvedhigh fuel and power purchase cost adjustment (FPPCA) charges on existing tariff from 41paisa per unit up to 61 paisa per unit under different slabs and categories.




The department will charge 14 paisa per unit for domestic consumers using between 0 and150units.Additional charge of 24 paisa per units has been imposed in 151 to 400 slab, while consumers using morethan 400unitswillhaveto pay 26 paisa per unit.

In the commercial category having single phase,24 paisa per unit for using 0-150 units will be charged, while there no charge imposed in the slab of 151-400 units and above 400 units. Commercial users having three phasewillbecharged 26 paisa per unit and 61 paisa per unit in the slab of 151 to 400 and above 400, respectively.

Consumers having large supply connections will have to shell out of 26 paisa per unit more. Those using small and medium supply connections will be charged 25 paisa and 29 paisa per unit, respectively. UT superintending engineer M P Singh said the change will come into effect in the billing cycle of August 1. FPPCA charges are not levied in the agriculture category. The charge is the difference between per unit actual cost of power purchase and per unit approved cost of power purchase.

The UT electricity department generatesbillsfor domestic customers bi-monthly. Domestic consumers have been divided into four groups of 50,000 each. They pay bills in six cycles a year. Bills of commercial consumers are generated every month. According toofficial records,there are2.16 lakh electricity consumers, out of which, 1.75 lakh fall in the domestic category. The department has regular billing of around 94% of consumers.