CHANDIGARH: Giving a big sigh of relief to power consumers in Haryana, chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday lowered tariff by 37 paise by waiving off fuel surcharge adjustments (FSA) for ever in the state.
Sharing more details in this regard, an official spokesperson said that the siscoms have achieved a substantial reduction in the average power purchase cost of about 46 paise per unit during FY 2020-21 over the previous year due to better planning and scheduling.
This has also been reflected in FSA calculations done by HERC where FSA is negative, hence to pass this benefit in reduction of cost to the consumers particularly during these Covid time, the state government has decided to waive off the 37 paise FSA being charged from the consumers henceforth, informed the spokesperson. With this, electricity consumers will get relief of about Rs 100 crore per month, he added.
It is pertinent to mention that the FSA burden in respect of agriculture consumers is already being borne by the state government.
The spokesperson further said that the state government has endeavored to provide quality power to the electricity consumers of the state at affordable rates.
Over the last few years Haryana power distribution companies have turned around and their excellent performance is also reflected in the integrated rating of power discoms done by the ministry of power Government of India where Haryana has emerged as the second best-performing state after Gujarat, he added.
