NEW DELHI: Three power distribution companies in Delhi want consumers to pay for their accumulated gaps for the last four years in the new tariff.
The discoms - BSES Rajdhani, BSES Yamuna and Tata Delhi Power - have proposed in their public notices for levying a revenue gap recovery surcharge wherein the surcharge amount should be over and above the new tariff fixed by Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) for financial year 2012-13 . The discoms have not specified any time period for which they want the surcharge to levied in electricity bills but have made it clear they need all past dues to be recovered at the earliest to avoid further burden of carrying cost (interest) to consumers. The stakeholders have to reply to the public notices by March 31 to DERC, following which a public hearing will be held.
While asking for a consumer tariff hike of 19.7% for financial year 2012-13 , Tata Delhi Power has said the revenue gap recovery surcharge is proposed to help recover past arrears, which had accumulated to the tune of Rs 2,200 crore, which will not be part of tariff but a separate item in electricity bills. "The surcharge is proposed as a separate item in electricity bills applicable till the recovery gap with carrying cost is got back or an alternate plan worked out,'' said Tata Delhi Power officials.
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