Resident associations in Visakhapatnam urge State govt. to revoke levying of true-up charges
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VARWA and NIVAS urge State government to revoke True-up and fuel power purchase charges, citing financial burden on consumers.
Two different associations — Visakhapatnam Apartment Residents’ Welfare Association (VARWA) and Greater Visakha Resident Colony Associations’ Federation (NIVAS) — on Wednesday urged the State government to revoke its decision to levy True-up and fuel power purchase charges from electricity consumers.
The State government’s decision would result in a steep financial burden on the people of the State, who will be forced to pay a total of ₹14,000 crore, said the association leaders Pitta Narayana Murthy (NIVAS) and B.B. Ganesh (VARWA) in a press release.
The AP Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has already given its clearance for the recovery of true-up charges of ₹6,072 crore pertaining to the year 2022-23. Now, the Discoms have sent another proposal to the APERC for recovery of Fuel and Power Purchase Cost Adjustment (FPPCA) charges pertaining to the year 2023-24.
Some amount is already being charged under FPPCA through monthly bills. Now, two more charges will be included in our monthly bills. This will be highly burdensome on the people. The monthly consumption charges are quite low compared to the additional true-up charges and fuel adjustment charges. People are being subjected to harassment, the press release said, recalling that the announcement to levy the additional charges is surprising given the NDA government’s pre-poll assurance that electricity charges would not be hiked.
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