The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission on Saturday gave the nod for revising the electricity tariffs in the State after a gap of three years. The revised tariffs will come into effect on Saturday midnight.
The commission has permitted the tariffs to be increased by 6.6% overall, which is about one-third of the hike proposed by the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB). Domestic category tariffs will go up by, on an average, 25 paise a unit.
There is no tariff revision for the following consumer categories: BPL (below the poverty line) families with connected load up to 1,000 watts and having a monthly consumption of up to 40 units; domestic consumers with monthly consumption up to 50 units (25 lakh consumers); and orphanages, anganwadis, and old age homes (32,500 consumers).
