The Maharashtra government’s recent move to slash electricity rates will help industries and businesses in the trying times in view of the coronavirus-enforced lockdown, Power Minister Nitin Raut said on Wednesday.
He said electricity rates have been reduced by average 7 per cent.
“While industrial consumers will enjoy a tariff cut of 10-15 per cent, residential consumers will see a reduction by 5 per cent in their electricity bills,” Raut told reporters.
He said industrial and commercial consumers will not have to pay the fix charges for the next month.
He said power charges for agricultural users were not hiked and no additional charges have been added for the users of roof-top solar panels.
