: In a relief to consumers, the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission on Thursday retained the current power tariff following the state government’s decision to continue with the same, including subsidies, underlining that sustainability for all sectors has been kept in mind along with the revenue requirement of the utility.
A Venu Prasad, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that the Punjab government has decided to continue the additional subsidy for load upto 7 Kilowatt. The previous government had announced this subsidy on November 1, 2021.
He said that the government has already informed the PSERC about it. The government has decided not to burden the consumers, and continue with the same tariff including the subsidies, which is presently going on including for domestic and agriculture sector consumers.
