Summary:
Going by the average cost of electricity to all categories of consumers (except for agriculture, where free power is supplied), the power utility is pocketing around 100 per cent profit on the sale of electricity, which is beyond comprehension by any standards. However, the effective cost of electricity to domestic, non-residential, and industrial consumers, including consumption, and fixed charges for the current financial year is anything from Rs 7.5 to Rs 10 per unit. State general secretary of the Akhil Bhartiya Grahak Panchayat Dr SB Pandhi said it was most unfortunate that the power utility had made a necessity like electricity a profit-making business. It is unfortunate that the power utility has made a necessity like electricity a profit-making business. Consumers are also made to shell out extra money by way of fixed charges, electricity duty, municipal tax, cow cess and infrastructure development tax, which need to be cut down to make power cheaper for consumers..