CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, has successfully implemented people-centric policies that ensure no additional financial strain on the state's residents through electricity tariffs. In this series, the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission has determined electricity rates in a manner that preserves the financial stability of consumers. It was disclosed by Power Minister S. Harbhajan Singh ETO in a press conference today.
The minister said that the recent tariff decisions would not escalate the fixed expenses for any consumer category. With this decision of Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission, no increase in the fixed charges of any category of consumers, he added.
The Cabinet Minister further said that in the case of DS and NRS, existing 3 No. Slabs in the consumer category merged to make only 2 slabs without any extra financial load on consumers. This will help towards easy preparation and consumer-friendly bills.
With the merging of slabs, while no consumer will be paying anything extra, DS consumers with more than 300 units will be paying lower charges by approximately Rs. 160/month for loads up to 2 kW, Rs. 90/month for loads above 2 kW & up to 7 kW and Rs. 32/month for loads above 7 kW & up to 20 kW. Similarly, for NRS consumers while no consumer will be paying anything higher, there has been a reduction of variable charges by 2 paisa/unit for consumption up to 500 units for consumers having loads up to 20 kW. Thus, for those NRS consumers consuming up to 500 units, the bill charges will be lower by approximately Rs. 110/month.
He said that a new category for Single Point Supply to Residential Colonies/Multi Storey Residential Complexes and Co-operative Group Housing Society/Employer in Domestic category has been introduced with reduced Fixed & Variable Charges (Fixed Charges Rs. 130/kVAh in place of the existing Rs. 140/kVAh & Variable Charges Rs. 6.75/kVAh in place of existing Rs. 6.96/kVAh).
Reiterating the government's core objective, the Cabinet minister stated that Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann's government is committed to the welfare of electricity consumers in Punjab.
He said that the 600 unit free electricity scheme launched by our government will also continue.