Consumers in Punjab will have to pay more for power, as the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission has approved an increase in power tariff for this year. Fixed charges as well as tariff rate for each unit has been increased.
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann announced that the revised tariff would not impact the common man. The increase would be borne by the government, he said.
While domestic consumers, who will get 300 units of free power each month, will have to pay Rs 15 per kilo watt as additional fixed charges, the per unit tariff has been increased by 25 paise to 70 paise per unit.
