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Consumer organisation in Coimbatore seeks TNERC intervention on tariff for retirement communities
The Hindu
Residents of a few retirement communities in Coimbatore were in a shock recently as the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) issued notices asking the residents to pay commerc
Residents of a few retirement communities in Coimbatore were in a shock recently as the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) issued notices asking the residents to pay commercial charges for electricity.
K. Kathirmathiyon, secretary of Coimbatore Consumer Cause, petitioned the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) Thursday against the notice.
Mr. Kathirmathiyon said the licensee, in the notice issued to a retirement community, claims that it is issuing the notice as per TNERC Tariff order dated August 11, 2017. The Tangedco issued the notice to the management of the community asking the senior citizens to pay commercial tariff for their domestic usage of electricity, he said.