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Officials mentioned {that a} minimize of fifty paise to Re 1 per unit will are available impact for home energy customers within the state from June 1 until March 31, 2022. The state 2022 meeting elections shall be fought earlier than that.
With a watch on the Punjab polls, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday introduced that energy tariff for customers within the state has been lowered. The small and medium trade tariff will stay unchanged with a lower than two per cent enhance for giant industrial customers.
Officials mentioned {that a} minimize of fifty paise to Re 1 per unit will are available impact for home energy customers within the state from June 1 until March 31, 2022. The state 2022 meeting elections shall be fought earlier than that.
The per-unit tariff for home customers with load as much as 2kW and consumption slabs of 0 to 100 items and 101 to 300 items has been lowered by Re 1 and 50 paise. For these having load between 2kW and as much as 7kW and consumption slabs of 0 to 100 items and 101 to 300 items, the charges have been lowered by 75 paise and 50 paise.
The transfer goals to raise monetary aid to the tune of Rs 682 crore to those customers. The new tariff order was introduced by the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC).
In a aid for the trade, the particular night time tariff has been allowed to proceed this yr if these customers use energy completely between 10 pm and 6 am. The facility granted to the trade permits them to make use of energy for extra 4 hours between 6 am to 10 am all year long on the regular tariff.
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