VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has on Wednesday announced electricity tariff for 2021–22.
The average unit price has been reduced to Rs. 6.37 from present Rs. 7.17. Domestic consumers will no more have to pay minimum user charges. However, Rs. 10 will be collected per kilowatt of power consumed. The new tariff will come into effect from Thursday, April 1.
Disclosing elements of the new power tariff to media, APERC chairman Justice C. V. Nagarjuna Reddy disclosed that the state government has agreed to bear the burden of Rs. 7,297 crore on free electricity supplied to non-corporate farmers, sugarcane crushing units, rural horticulture nurseries and to dhobi ghats during 2021-22. The government will also pay Rs. 1,657 crore for supplying electricity free of cost to consumers involved in caste occupations, apart from Rs.136.72 crore on concessional tariff extended to the domestic consumers of APEPDCL.
In addition, the state…