The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), on May 12, Friday, announced non-telescopic tariff slabs for the domestic consumers of Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom), under which the number of tariff slabs would be reduced from four to two. However, the same would not be applicable to LT industrial consumers.
Under the new structure, the first slab would be from 0 to 100 units, for which fixed charges would be ₹110 per kilowatt (kW) up to 50 kW and energy charges would be 475 paise per kW. The second slab would be from zero to all units (every additional kW above 50 kW), and the fixed charges for the same would be ₹210, and energy charges would be 700 paise per kW.
In the existing tariff structure, those who consumed 0-50 units were paying a fixed charge of ₹100, while those who consumed 51-100 units were paying ₹110. With the new changes, the tariff would be uniform for the consumers until 100 units. While Bescom, in its proposal, had asked for slabs to be reduced from four to three, the commission has simplified it into two categories.
