Jaipur : Once again electricity consumers in Rajasthan are going to get a shock of expensive electricity. The Electricity Regulatory Commission has approved the increase in fixed charge, which has been increased by more than ten percent. Due to this, consumers will have to spend more money to pay the new electricity bill. This means that the fixed charge which was Rs 230 earlier, will now have to be paid Rs 250.
10% increase in fixed charges
The Commission has issued a new tariff for the year 2024-25. The Commission has fixed new tariffs on the petition of power companies. The Commission has not increased energy charges in any category except BPL-small consumers in the tariff plan fixed for the year 2024-25, but the previously fixed fixed charge has been increased by more than 10 percent. According to the new tariff plan of the Electricity Regulatory Commission, a normal electricity consumer consuming up to 150 units will now have to pay Rs 250 as fixed charge every month, whereas earlier Rs 230 had to be paid as fixed charge every month.
At the same time, electricity consumers consuming 150 to 300 units will have to pay Rs 300 as fixed charge every month. Earlier the fixed charge for this was Rs 275. Along with this, there will be rebate and extra charge for industries on electricity usage according to leave hour and peak hour. If electricity is used at small and medium industries charging stations from 6 am to 8 am and from 6 pm to 10 pm, then 5 percent extra charge will be levied, but if charging stations and medium and large industries use electricity from 12 noon to 4 pm, then a rebate of 10 percent will also be available.
How much will be the charge for how many units
For up to 50 units, the charge has been increased from Rs 100 to Rs 150. For up to 150 units, the fixed charge was Rs 230, which is now Rs 250 after an increase of Rs 20, while for 150 units to 300 units, the charge has been increased from Rs 275 to Rs 300. For 300 units to 500 units, the charge has been increased from Rs 345 to Rs 400. Apart from this, a fixed charge of Rs 450 will be charged for consuming more than 500 units of electricity. Let us tell you that earlier in the month of June, the electricity department had issued an order to impose a fuel surcharge of 54 paise per unit. For the last five years, an additional 7 paise per unit was being charged as fuel surcharge every month. In such a situation, now bills were issued by imposing a fuel surcharge of 61 paise per unit. According to the order of the department, the increased fuel surcharge will be recovered from consumers consuming more than 200 units of electricity.
