New Delhi: North Delhi power distribution company Tata Power Delhi proposes to levy a new "reliability charge" on commercial and industrial consumers who use more than 600 units in a month.
According to the average revenue requirement (ARR) petition filed by the discom, the extra fee is in return for better service and augmented supply as high-end consumers no longer need to depend on expensive alternatives such as diesel gensets.
In the ARR petition, the discom asked Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) to allow them to charge a reliability fee as a "separate component of tariff." The discom said that high-end consumers should be asked to pay an extra fee as the company has managed to cater to the city's growing demand for power and made it possible for high-end consumers to almost do away with gensets.
The DERC will take up the proposal at the tariff determination hearing that will be held in a few weeks, before arriving at new tariff figures for 2012-13. So far other discoms, BSES Rajdhani and BSES Yamuna, have not made any such case for charging a reliability fee.
with thanks : TOI : link in headline for detailed news.
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