The Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) issued a notification on Wednesday announcing flat rebate of ₹10,000 in fixed electricity charges for industrial consumers for the months of March and April. However, industry owners’ association said this was too little to make any difference and that they had demanded complete waiver of the fixed charges from March to May.
The relief package was announced in view of the economic slowdown brought on by the Covid-19 outbreak and after the Haryana government received numerous representations from industry owners and their associations recently.
“After receiving representations from industry owners it has been decided by the Haryana government (through the Haryana electricity regulatory commission) that the fixed charges of consumers having load 20 KW and above for the month of March and April shall be waived off subject to a ceiling of ₹10,000 per month provided the monthly consumption of the consumer is 50% or less,” the notification said.
