Power bills up 4.67% this month as discoms apply fuel surcharge
Bhopal: Power bills will rise by 4.67% this month, with consumers set to pay more from April 24 to May 23 due to a fuel and power purchase adjustment surcharge (FPPAS) of 3.92%. In the same period last month, the
FPPAS
stood at -0.75%.
Since this month's FPPAS is 3.92%, effectively this month's bills will be 4.67% dearer compared to the same period in the previous month.
The FPPAS is levied over and above the standard tariff determined annually by the state electricity regulator.
The levying of FPPAS month on month is being done under an amendment of
MPERC
that allows discoms to increase the tariff month on month since the last fiscal.
Sources said the FPPAS for April 24 and May 23 is based on the difference between the actual power purchase cost and the estimated power purchase cost for the month of Febr of this financial year.
As per an amendment to MPERC Regulations 2021 last fiscal, the regulator allowed for FPPAS to be "calculated and billed by the distribution licensee to consumers, automatically, without going through the regulatory approval process, on a monthly basis".
The power tariff is decided by the regulator on the basis of the estimated cost of production of energy for a financial year. If there is an increase or decrease in costs after the end of the fiscal, discoms move 'true up petitions' before the regulator.
After new regulations, the difference in the estimated cost of fuel for production in a particular month and the actual cost can be levied on consumers in the next month in the form of a revised tariff.
Besides these, the hearing on the actual overall annual revenue requirement (ARR) petition of the discom, in which the discom urged the regulator to allow it to increase the power tariff by 7.52% for the financial year 2025-26 starting from April 1, however, the regulator has allowed a hike of 3.46% for this year. This FPPAS will be above this 3.46% hike.
Bhopal: Power bills will rise by 4.67% this month, with consumers set to pay more from April 24 to May 23 due to a fuel and power purchase adjustment surcharge (FPPAS) of 3.92%. In the same period last month, the FPPAS stood at -0.75%.
Since this month's FPPAS is 3.92%, effectively this month's bills will be 4.67% dearer compared to the same period in the previous month.
The FPPAS is levied over and above the standard tariff determined annually by the state electricity regulator.
The levying of FPPAS month on month is being done under an amendment of MPERC that allows discoms to increase the tariff month on month since the last fiscal.
Sources said the FPPAS for April 24 and May 23 is based on the difference between the actual power purchase cost and the estimated power purchase cost for the month of Febr of this financial year.
As per an amendment to MPERC Regulations 2021 last fiscal, the regulator allowed for FPPAS to be "calculated and billed by the distribution licensee to consumers, automatically, without going through the regulatory approval process, on a monthly basis".
The power tariff is decided by the regulator on the basis of the estimated cost of production of energy for a financial year. If there is an increase or decrease in costs after the end of the fiscal, discoms move 'true up petitions' before the regulator.
After new regulations, the difference in the estimated cost of fuel for production in a particular month and the actual cost can be levied on consumers in the next month in the form of a revised tariff.
Besides these, the hearing on the actual overall annual revenue requirement (ARR) petition of the discom, in which the discom urged the regulator to allow it to increase the power tariff by 7.52% for the financial year 2025-26 starting from April 1, however, the regulator has allowed a hike of 3.46% for this year. This FPPAS will be above this 3.46% hike.
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