Domestic consumers are among those whose electricity tariff will go up steeply from April.
Table: Existing and new tariff (Low tension supply)
The hike in the tariff ranges between 75 per cent and 110 per cent and there is not much change in the tariff revision, ordered by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC), compared to the proposal mooted by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO).
According to the order issued by the TNERC on Friday, subsidy to domestic consumers who consume 501 units and above in two months, has been removed totally.
However, subsidy for the other categories of domestic consumers has been retained. For example, those consuming up to 100 units bimonthly will get a subsidy of Rs. 1.50 per unit for all 100 units.
Four-tier slab system
In total, a four-tier slab system for domestic consumers would replace the five-tier slab system.
TANGEDCO's proposals on high tension consumers were also by and large accepted by the TNERC.
Briefing reporters of the details of the order, TNERC member K. Venugopal said the TANGEDCO would earn an additional revenue of Rs. 7,874 crore on account of the tariff revision, with the share of low tension consumers being around Rs. 5,300 crore and high tension consumers being Rs. 2,600 crore.
Table: Existing and new tariff (High tension supply)
The tariff revision would be able to recover the full costs for the TANGEDCO during the year 2012-13.
Mr. Venugopal said the average tariff revision worked out to 37 per cent over the previous tariff.
Another member S. Nagalsamy said the TANGEDCO has been directed to carry out a study on line losses and submit it to the Commission by October/November.
The other directions included abolition of monthly minimum charges; rationalising the definition of agricultural connection by including incidental activities, such as sericulture, horticulture and poultry farming, using water from agricultural pump sets.
Keywords: Tamil Nadu power tariff hike, TNEB, TNERC, TANGEDCO
i strongly want tariff hike to be rolled back. when you are giving atleast 18 hours of power a day to full state and hiking, it is reasonable.domestic tariff upto 1500 units should remain same. TNEB is one of the worst EB boards in india not even ensuring good electric supply uniformly in the state.
Kindly avoid political statements,please. Let us appeal to the Chief Minister. Madam, we agree you cannot run this Electricity department with this huge losses.We understand you are taking efforts to run it. You may be right that the cost has to be recovered with this much increase only. We request you to raise it gradually over years.It may not suit vote bank politics.Please balance .
All over the country we are merely seeing reality. The previous governments all ran illusions of budgets, artificially keeping some costs low. This only postponed many of our expenditures, and in fact, is creating a heightened inflation now. If there are no freebies and subsidies and adjustments later in sudden cascades, our economy will remain healthy and robust. This is only a correction, and our incomes will also come up across the board. Cumulatively, we should be happy we are paying what is fair and not be suddenly burdened later. We also hear so many complaints about bus fares. Just travel across the border to Karnataka and wonder why their services are so much better these days, and think about why TN government buses routinely creep along at 45 km/hr ostensibly to save fuel and steal thousands of hours from people's productivity.
Per say I'm not against the hiking of power tariff, had this been done periodically, Just the way they did transport corp hike few months ago they adopted same strategy citing the power corn is under colossal deficit. It is un-acceptable, I don't know what is the meaning of Good governance if they go on increase prices on all fronts(which they promised they will bring down). I agree with many that freebies distribution should be stopped at all levels except Ration distribution of essential commodities. Central Govt go increase and create stir as far as Petrol, LPG, Diesel and kerosene. If the Govts go on taking similar steps, I'm sure Civil war will be on the cards in few years.
The steep hike in power tariff is unwarranted. The hike is more than 100% for consumers consuming above 500 units. It will hit hard especially the retired pensioners. A person paying just Rs.1750/- per month has to shell out more than Rs.4500/- now. which is more than 150 %. How the CM Ms.Jayalalitha will justify this. It should be reversed immediately and a reasonable increase of say 25 % can be considered accross the board.
I live in Gujarat for the last three years and I am from Tamilnadu.The power tariff in Gujarat is much higher than the proposed increase in Tamilnadu.I am paying more than Rs.5/ per unit here for domestic consumption.But the only difference is there is no power cut here and no free power to anybody or any sector.so you people can feel better even after this increase in tariff.
People are suffereing due to the mistakes done by the previous
government. They had led every department to losses except for the
tasmac. populist schemes are sure to ruin the country e.g TN 2006-
2011, Indian Railways
The increase in electricity rates are expected. But such sharp increases are bound to hit the poor people off guard. Same happened in milk and bus fares. A gradient increase over 6 months would have been prudent. Also govt needs to focus on transmission losses and electricity theft. SmartGrid systems should be looked at now itself to help improve the efficiency. Provision of free power to landlords also needs a re-look. Why not bring a grading system in agriculture as well, so that those with more than certain acres of land are not eligible for free power. With Aadhaar this should be possible, and surely those benefits can be diverted to poor people and small-scale industries.
What a great Gift to the people for voting to the directionless party . I am sure that ADMK slaves will celebrate this by bursting crackers & distrubuting sweets
This refers TNEB`s power tariff hike in Hindu March 31. Public would
like to know how the new rates in actual column are worked out since
it can not vary from unit 1 and above. It appears the rate in actual
charge column itself is subsidised. As such why there is further
subsidy upto 500 units? When there is no subsidy in milk and bus rates among sections of society, why subsidy in power tariff alone? If power is given free to agriculture and the agriculture produce viz rice and wheat are given
free in ration shops, will it not amount to Annadhanam to whole state?
If so why seperate Annadhanams in temples? Economy in the form of subsidies is confusing. If so, why MNCs alone are allowed to hike their rates to market conditions and how the whole society is accepting them without any subsidy? Subsidies of governments are helping people to spend in other ways in unimportant items.
It is surprising that People are ready to pay any amount to see a movie or pay for a drink in tasmac. But when it comes to electricity or transport not willing to pay even actual cost...
People in Tamilnadu are very lucky. Even after hike the rates are much much lower than what they are in Maharashtra
one more of those unpopular moves by jj government. does she not know that in a number of villages power given free for agriculture is taken to homes and being misused. does she not know there are a lot of revenue leakages and that the vigilance department of t n e b itself is not vigilant(i dont want to use the word corrupt). does she not know that even by collecting a small fee for those who steal current with the help of lineman can bring a lot to coffers. a small suggestion: let them collect a small fee as advt. fee for all those hangings in the lamp posts. there will be surplus money!!!!!!worst of overallinefficiency of those working.
Legitimate increase supported by evidence seems logical. But the very system of reading every two months instead of monthly has an element of injustice. maybe a monthly consumption is well within 600 units at which level the tariff escalates very steeply. As a result one is paying at a higher tariff due to the depts inability to monitor the consumption on a monthly basis.
The power tariff has hiked largely.Already the price of consumer products are increased hugely.now this power tariff hike will affect the people life.the government should rethink the decision or else after starting production in kudankulam power station the price hike should be removed.The government should also concentrate on solar and wind power production to avoid shortage of electricity in future
what a beautiful development in our state. In one side free articles are
distributed and increase the tariff in another side. First the govt.
should stop free supply to all irrespective of their strata. the power
theft should be effectively controlled. if they can do it there need not
be any panicky.
This steep increase could have been minimized if the former govt had increased some rates previously.Now this increase has made a huge impact to the common man,we cant blame the AIADMK govt,the TANGEDCO was already in a great loss.
This is like the famous movie in tamil "Iru kodugal". How do you make the power cut issue smaller? Increase the power tariff. The outflow will not be too steep as there is no power even to consume!!!!
... One should understand that in states like Karnataka ,Andhra Pradesh & Maharashtra ,Electricity Tariffs are hiked periodically . In Karnataka ,power tariff was increased by Bescom in November and again in Jan. How can Electricity Dept. or Transport Dept. can rune without hiking the charges when wages of employees ,periodic increase in DA rates , Diesel prices and Petrol prices are increased periodically ?/ But TN Government should put at least a limit to freebies to help middle class whose population is also sizable and who matters a lot in voting .
It is a brilliant move to make millions of "huts", many of which consume more than 500 units, pay just Rs.20.
The power tariff has been raised abnormally. Instead of curbing line loss and free agrl connections for rich landlords they should be charged atleast on par with domestic connections. Poor middle class people only is affected very badly. Hence the hike should be effected only more than 700 units per month instead of bimonthly. It is not clear whether this hike will be given effect with the meter readings from 1-4-2012 or from 1-6-12(bimonthly for April and May 2012 as the date of effect is 1-4-12. This should be clarified. But definitely not implemented for the readings starting in April 2012.
The government of Tamil Nadu (and other states) must instruct the R&D wing of TANGEDCO (and similar facilities) to concentrate on introduction of Solar Power in rural areas. This will help in increasing the production of power but also uses the renewable source of energy. The government of India can save on importing less of oil for power generation.
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