Pandemic on, no power tariff hike this year in Delhi
NEW DELHI: In a major relief to nearly 62 lakh consumers, Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) on Friday announced that the power tariff for 2020-21 would not be hiked in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, there would be a slight increase in the monthly power bill due to an increase in the “pension trust surcharge”.
The power discoms had petitioned DERC to grant them “relief to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 and lockdown conditions as it may deem fit and proper”. “There is no change in the tariff,” DERC chairman Justice (Retd) SS Chauhan said. “They (discoms) have also faced losses and we have tried to maintain a balance. But we have laid more emphasis on the interest of consumers,” he added.
