This waiver among other concessions will cost the government Rs 90 crore as the state government will give this amount to the HPSEBL in a year. There will also be a complete waiver of fixed charges and meter rent for such types of consumers, he clarified.
HPSEBL spokesperson said the board has implemented Chief Minister’s announcement made on statehood day. As many as many as 11 lakh baseline domestic consumers will benefit from the new policy decision of the government, he said.
The domestic electricity consumers whose consumption is up to 125 units. At present. they are already paying subsidized rate of Re 1. 55 paise per unit have been given a further exemption of 55 paise. Now they will have to pay only ₹ 1 per unit.
The special concessions will be allowed for domestic consumers from March 2022 and for agricultural consumers from April 2022 onwards, HPSEBL added.
On the other hand, in order to give relief to the agriculture consumers, the existing subsidized rates of electricity have also been reduced from 50 paise to 30 paise per unit.
In lieu of these reliefs on behalf of the state government, the state government will give about Rs 90 crore annually to HPSEBL.
