Summary:
The discoms, which submitted proposals separately, said 1.64 crore power consumers in AP will stand to benefit from no hike in tariff. Farmers will get seven hours of free power supply a day. Referring to agricultural connections, the discoms said farmers will get seven hours of free power supply, benefiting around 17 lakh agricultural consumers. VIJAYAWADA: In a major relief to power consumers ahead of the 2019 general election, power distribution companies (discoms) in the state on Saturday made it clear that there will be no increase in electricity tariff for the next financial year (2019-20). In their proposals, the discoms said there will be no change in tariff despite increase in average cost of supply by 1.49 per unit.The proposal needs to be accepted by the APERC for implementation..