BHUBANESWAR: As the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) is all set to start public hearing for determination of power tariff for 2021-22 from Friday, the Tata Power-owned four distribution utilities have demanded revenue rationalisation to recover costs.
Projecting a revenue requirement of Rs 7,893.94 crore, a bulk of it (Rs 5,721.94 crore) going towards power purchase, the discoms have computed a revenue gap of Rs 1,310.24 crore at the prevailing tariff.