Industries in Odisha seek power tariff hike rollback

BHUBANESWAR: Ahead of the next hearing on review of the tariff orders passed by the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC), the Odisha Industries Federation (OIF) and Utkal Chamber of Commerce have sought the intervention of the State government for rollback of the tariff hike.

Drawing the attention of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to the adverse impact of the tariff on the Covid-19 pandemic hit industry sector through his Principal Advisor Asit Tripathy, the OIF members said that many power intensive industries of the State will shut their units as they are not a in a position to bear the huge input cost.