Prices per unit have fallen so much, relief will be given in November bill, UPCL MD Anil Kumar said that the Regulatory Commission has fixed the average purchase cost of electricity purchase at Rs 5.03 per unit. Electricity consumers of the state will get the benefit of cheap electricity again next month. UPCL has given an average discount of up to 88 paise per unit in electricity rates in November under the Fuel and Power Purchase Cost Adjustment (FPPCA). This relief will be provided in the electricity bill of consumers in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UPCL MD Anil Kumar said that the Regulatory Commission has fixed the average purchase cost of electricity purchase at Rs 5.03 per unit. Under FPPCA, if electricity is purchased at more than these rates in any month, then it is recovered from the consumers accordingly. Similarly, consumers are given relief on cheap purchase. He informed that UPCL has made an average purchase of electricity at the rate of Rs. 4.71 per unit between April and September this year. During this period, UPCL’s electricity purchase cost has come down by 32 paise per unit (6.4%) as compared to the approved electricity purchase cost, resulting in a saving of Rs. 324 crore. The benefit of this saving is being given to the consumers in the monthly electricity bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UPCL has given a discount of 30 paise per unit to consumers by saving Rs. 39.06 crore in July, 52 paise per unit by saving Rs. 67.10 crore in August, 23 paise per unit by saving Rs. 28.88 crore in September, 70 paise per unit by saving Rs. 84.19 crore in October and an average discount of 88 paise per unit by saving Rs. 104.49 crore in November. This discount will be given in the bill that will come this time. Who will get how much discount
Consumer category Discount per unit
Domestic – 26 to 70 paise
Non-domestic – 101 paise
Government Public Utility – 95 paise
Private Tubewell – 31 paise
Agricultural activities – 43 paise
LT\/HT Industry – 94 paise
Mixed load\/Railway traction – 88 paise
EV charging station – 84 paise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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