Summary:
The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) has sought the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (KERC) nod to implement separate tariffs for domestic consumers falling under different slabs. Furthermore, consumers will be charged ?5.3 for 31 to 100 units of consumption, and ?7.1 for 101 to 200 units. In its amended petition for a revision in tariff for the coming financial year, the power utility has proposed a ‘telescopic tariff’ for domestic consumers. What it proposes to do is to have different tariffs for people who keep their consumption under 200 units a month. “The electricity bill of poor and middle-class consumers (consumption between 50 and 100 units) who consume less pay more than affluent consumers who consume an excessive quantity of electricity..