New power tariff comes into force in UP from today
Over 2.7 crore power consumers will feel the pinch of hiked power tariff as the revised rates will come into force from Thursday.
On September 3, the UP Electricity Regularity Commission (UPERC) announced the new tariff order for 2019-20 with an average hike of 12 per cent to 15 per cent with rural unmetered consumers having to pay 25 per cent more.
The tariff hike in agriculture sector is around 14 per cent while urban domestic consumers will have to shell out 12-15 per cent more.
The last tariff hike was announced on November 30, 2017, a day after the conclusion of local bodies polls in UP.
