The UP Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) on Friday sought a response from the UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) on a consumer body’s written demand for reduction in electricity tariff to adjust ₹25,133 crore that the corporation ‘overcharged’ power users over the years.
A notice was served on the UPPCL after UP Rajya Vidyut Upbhokta Parishad chairman Avdhesh Kumar Verma met UPERC chairman and submitted a petition objecting to the commission’s plan to hold public hearings on the UPPCL’s proposal for 18-23% tariff hike in the next financial year.
“Public hearings should be held on reducing, and not increasing, power tariff given that the UPERC itself ruled a few years ago that the UPPCL overcharged consumers… Consumers’ dues against the UPPCL, including interests, are now ₹25,133 crore,” he said.
