At a time when power tariffs in the State are up for a revision, it appears that the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has not made much headway in collecting the arrears on electricity bills despite clear directives of the State Electricity Regulatory Commission when tariffs were last hiked in June 2022.
Power bill arrears have, in fact, mounted to a whopping ₹3,260.09 crore as on March 31, show the quarterly statement on arrears of low tension (LT) and high tension (HT) electricity consumers released by the KSEB.
They have, in fact, increased from ₹2,778.89 crore on March 31, 2022 and ₹3030.53 crore on December 31, 2022.
