Kerala State Electricity Board to collect 10 paise per unit as surcharge in October
The Hindu
Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) to collect 10 paise/unit surcharge in October to recover ₹41.57 crore in additional power purchase costs. KSERC regulations permit passing of surcharge to consumers in bills. Centre amended rules to make recovery automatic, setting 10 paise/unit as max surcharge.
The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) will collect 10 paise per unit as surcharge on power bills in October. The surcharge is meant for recovering the additional spending by the KSEB on power purchases in the month of August.
The surcharge will be collected automatically from the consumers under the amended regulations of the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) on the basis of the Electricity (Amendment) Rules, 2022 notified by the Centre.
The surcharge is meant for recovering ₹41.57 crore, the variation in the power purchase cost approved by the commission and the actual cost. The KSERC (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Tariff) Regulations permit distribution licensees to pass the surcharge to the consumers in their electricity bills.
After the Centre amended rules to make the recovery automatic, the commission had fixed 10 paise per unit as the maximum surcharge that can be imposed on consumers in a month.
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