The Kerala government is likely to take a strong stand against the draft Electricity (Amendment) Rules, 2022, which seek to allow power distribution licensees to automatically recover the additional expenses they incur on fuel and power purchase from the consumers on a monthly basis.
The Union Ministry of Power had sought comments from the States on the draft rules published earlier this month.
Electricity Minister K. Krishnankutty has already come out against the draft proposal. He said that Kerala would oppose it. Such a surcharge that would automatically reflect in the consumer tariffs would burden consumers and create a situation where electricity prices went up every now and then like petrol and diesel prices, he told The Hindu.
