Relief to sure classes, no energy tariff hike in Haryana

The energy authorities in Haryana Tuesday claimed that ‘major relief’ has been given to sure classes of shoppers insisting that no additional improve within the electrical energy tariff has been made for the shoppers.
Out of little over 70 lakh shoppers in Haryana, virtually 33 lakh belong to UHBVN (Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam) whereas little lower than 38 lakh are of DHBVN (Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam). While referring to the Aggregate Revenue Requirement (ARR)/Tariff Order of Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) for the distribution corporations for 2021-22, an official said the brand new electrical energy prices can be relevant with retrospective impact from April 1.
“The new tariffs will be very beneficial in bringing the industry and economy back on track,” the official claimed, including main aid was given to agro industries final yr.
According to officers, bulk provide (home) fastened prices have been diminished. For crematoriums and burial grounds, the bottom power prices of the HT/LT (excessive stress/ low stress) can be charged and no fastened prices shall be levied. Electrical car charging stations have additionally been given concessions with the Commission contemplating the necessity for selling sooner adoption of electrical automobiles in Haryana whereas proposing fastened prices on the fee of Rs 100/kW/kVA monthly.
The final tariff hike of about 13% was ordered in 2013-14 and eight.5% hike, on a mean, was accepted by the HERC in 2015-16. Thereafter, the patron tariff has been retained on the identical ranges besides discount in tariff for the home shoppers falling in category-I within the FY 2020-21.
The concessional tariff, for incremental consumption, for the time slot of 9 pm to five:30 am (from November 2021 to March 2022 ) has been significantly diminished in order to encourage HT shoppers to shift load from peak to off peak hours and thereby scale back their very own common price of energy used within the manufacturing processes in addition to keep away from scheduling of pricy energy throughout the peak hours/interval by the discoms, thereby lowering the typical price of energy buy of the discoms as properly.