No increase in CESC electricity bill for Kolkatans
The 3.2 million electricity consumers in and around Calcutta have been spared a ‘shock’ – at least for now. The state power regulator has turned down a plea made by power utility CESC to raise electricity tariffs.
The West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission has worked out an average tariff of Rs 7.31 per unit for CESC in 2018-19 and 2019-20 after subsuming a monthly variable cost adjustment (MVCA), effectively leaving the overall tariff the same.
For 2017-18, CESC’s average tariff was Rs 7.0247 per unit plus an additional MVCA of 0.29 per unit.
The average tariff worked out by the WBERC, however, is significantly lower than the rates proposed by CESC at Rs 8.32 per unit and Rs 8.51 per unit in 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively.
