It is good news for power consumers in the State as there will be no change in power tariffs for 2020-21.
The retail supply for 2019-20 would remain unchanged for 2020-21, informed the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) on Wednesday.
In view of COVID-19 situation, the commission has allowed a positive gap in the Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR) of Discoms to the tune of Rs 78.54 crore.
The transmission tariff of OPTCL for 2019-20 shall remain unchanged for 2020-21 at 25 paise per unit.
However, the OHPC tariff, which was 86.10 paise per unit in 2019-20 has been revised to 90.11 paise per unit for 2020-21.
Similarly, the OPGC tariff for stations-I and II has been revised to Rs 248.97 crore as fixed charge and Rs 153.91 paise per unit as energy charge against Rs 240.96 and Rs 150.68 per unit respectively for 2019-20.
