A common domestic consumer consuming 100 units of power per month will now have to pay around Rs 10 more than what s/he is paying. Application fee for new connections, meter rent, service connection charges, meter testing fee and other existing miscellaneous charges have been left untouched.
According to Spark Network distribution transformers are one of the important areas for reducing distribution losses.
BERC has asked BSEB to fix a target of maintaining 32% line loss this year. The commission has also directed BSEB to go in for procurement of distribution transformers of up to 200kVA with 'two star' rating to minimize the losses.
BERC has also recommended meters in every 33kV and 11kV feeder and distribution transformer so that proper energy audit and accounting can be done. For energy saving, BERC has favored power supply to BPL (Below Poverty Line) consumers with CFL lamps. This will save a lot of energy with there being 7.76 lakhs BPL consumers.
A rebate of 15% has been allowed to commercial consumers for availing power supply during off-peak hours from 11pm to 5am. A surcharge of 20% would be levied on power consumption during peak hours from 5pm to 11pm.
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