BHUBANESWAR: Industrial consumers of the State are paying more than the actual cost of electricity for the past few years, thanks to the erroneous methods applied by the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) for determination of average tariff for different categories of consumers.
The tariff has cost the industrial consumers an additional Rs 1,090 crore in 2020-21 and about Rs 1,200 crore in 2021-22. With the collection efficiency of 99 per cent, the four power distribution companies (discoms) operating in the State have collected huge excess tariff from industrial consumers under the high tension (HT) and extra high tension (EHT) category.
