Chennai: The new power tariff will, with the introduction of new category for common supply, hit people in small apartment complexes with a few having to pay four times the current charges.
While the common supply for lighting and motor pump and lifts in small complexes were so far charged under the domestic slab, the new system classifies them under LT-ID category, charging 8 per unit apart from a fixed 400 every two months. While 500 units in the old system cost 1,000, the same consumption will now cost 4,000 apart from the fixed charges.
“So far, we had been collecting 500 from each house as maintenance charges and were able to pay electricity bills, maid charges and other miscellaneous work. Now, we are left with no option but to double monthly maintenance charges. Why should common supply be charged so high,” wondered D Seetharaman of Kolathur.
