The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has stated that there will not be any revision in the power tariff for the financial year 2024-25 except for the railways.
APERC Chairman C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy released the Retail Supply Tariff (RST) Order for the year 2024-25 here on March 11 (Monday).
Later addressing a press conference, he said that the revenue gap filed by the three Discoms, SPDCL, CPDCL and EPDCL, was ₹13,624 crore. The Discoms have not considered the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) while calculating the revenue gap. The APERC has determined that the revenue gap would be ₹15,299 crore, including the DBT. The Discoms have not communicated how they would bridge the revenue gap for the coming year. There are apprehensions that the power tariff would be hiked to bridge the gap, when the APERC conducted public hearings, he said, adding, “the State government has communicated to the APERC that it would pay the subsidy amount to the Discoms.”
