YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has claimed that the recovery of Fuel and Power Purchase Cost Adjustment (FPPCA) charges by the DISCOMs was a 'Diwali gift' to consumers from Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. Reddy alleged that the concerns raised by the people were apparently not taken into consideration.
Responding to a question on freebies, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who was participating in the 75th year celebrations of Panchjanya — an RSS-linked magazine, said that freebies are something that everyone is talking about these days and everyone traps others on the same subject. Attacking State governments, especially Aam Aadmi Party run Delhi government, that gives free power to residents …
Hyderabad: The Telangana state power distribution companies are all set to hike power tariff from April 1. The two had already submitted proposals to the state electricity regulatory commission seeking a tariff hike of 50 paise per unit for domestic consumption and Rs 1 per unit for non-domestic sectors for 2022-23. It is estimated that a hike in power tariff …
VIJAYAWADA: A relief has been offered from electricity true-up charges in Andhra Pradesh this month. They were forced to pay true-up charges forming up to 60-70 per cent of the actual bills in the past two months after the Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Regulatory Commission allowed Discoms to collect this amount from electricity consumers. Discoms that collected true-up charges in …