Question : REVISED TARIFF IN DERC

(a) whether the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) have recommended increase in the tariff for both the domestic and the industrial units;

(b) if so, the revised tariff recommended and the decision taken by the Government in this regard;

(c) the date from which the revised tariff is to be made effective; and

(d) the details of different tariff stages for consumers of electricity of both domestic and industrial in different States, State-wise?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER ( SHRIMATI JAYAWANTI MEHTA )
(a) to (c) : The last tariff Order was issued by Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) on 23rd May, 2001 and was made effective from 1st June, 2001 and is still effective. The tariff schedule contained in this tariff order is at Annexure-I
(d) : The detail tariff of both domestic and industrial consumers in different States is at Annexure-II.
ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (c) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2732 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 5.12.2002.

Tariff for the year 2001-2002
1. Domestic	Category	Minimum	Demand	Energy	Normative	Charges	Charges	(Paise/kWh)	(Rs./kW/	(Rs./kVA/	Limit	Charges	Month)	Month)	(kWh/	(%)	month)
 
1.1	Domestic	60	-	Lifeline 125	Light/Fan and	Power (Single	(upto 50	Delivery Point)	units)	Units/	Energy	month Charges
0-100	150	101-200	210	201-400	300	Above	360	400


1.2	Domestic	Lighting/Fan	and Power on	Separate	Delivery	Points/Meters 

(a)	Lighting/Fan	60	-	Same as in 1.1	- - 

(b) Power	60	- 360	- -

1.3	Domestic	Rs.150/kVA	consumption	Energy	Lighting/Fan A or part	-	on/month Charges3	and Power on	thereof per	11kV single	month on	First 22.2%	150	delivery	maximum	Next 22.2%	210	-	-	point for CGHS demand	Next 44.4%	300	and other	Next 11.2%	360	similar Group	housing complexes 

1.4	Domestic	Lighting/Fan	and Power	connections in	regularised/	unauthorised -	-	Rs.150 per month	-	-	colonies. Left -	- Rs.255 per month	-	-	outpockets & -	-	Rs.360 per month	-	-	villages both -	- Rs.510 per month	-	-	electrified -	-	Same as 1.1	-	-	and unelectrified	plot sizes: i)	up to 50	Sq.yds.
ii) between	51-100 Sq.yds
iii) between	101-150	Sq.yds
iv) between	151-200	Sq.yds 
v)	more than	200 Sq.yds	only through	installation	of meters by	DVB
As per	As per	As	As

1.5	Misuse	category	category	600	per	per	of misuse	of misuse	category	category	of misuse	of misuse 
2. Non 2.1	Non-Domestic	-
Domestic (Low Tension)4	- NDLT-I
a)	single phase(10kW)

2.1.1	Non-Domestic	Rs.200/kV	- 5005 with a rebate of 15%	- -	Light/Power on	A or part	11kV Single	thereof/	Delivery Point	month on
or commercial	billing
complexes	demand	NDLT-II

2.1.2	Misuse as	As per	As per	600	As	As industrial	category of	category of	per	per
misuse	misuse	category	category	of misuse	of misuse 

2.2	Mixed Load 

(High Tension)MLHT6,7
a) supply on 11kV	-	150	390 Paise/kVAh	-	- 
b) supply	on LT	-	200	465 Paise/kVAh8	-	-	(400 volts)
2.2.1 Misuse	-	As in 2.2 510 Paise/kVAh	-	-	as industrial 
3.Industrial 
3.1	Small industrial	Power - SIP9
a)	Non	200	-	410	300	30	continuous	industry
 b)	Continuous	200	-	410	400	30	industry
3.1.1	Misuse10	a)	in non-	300	As per	600	300	30	continuous	Category	industry	of misuse
 b)	in continuous	300	600	400	30	industry
3.1.2	Industrial	Rs.200/kV	Power (SIP)	A or part	on 11kV Single	thereof per	- Same as 3.1 above11 with	Delivery Point	month on rebate of 15%	-	-	for Group of	billing	SIP Consumer	demand

As per	As per	As per

3.1.2.1 Misuse	350	category of	600	category of	category of	misuse	misuse
3.2	Large	industrial -	150	340 Paise/kVAh13	-	-	Power LIP12 -	200	425Paise/kVAh	-	-
a) Supply on 11kV 
b) Supply on LT (400	Volts)

Minimum	3.2.1	Induction/Arc	consumption	furnaces	guarantee	As in 3.2	As in 3.2	-	-	charges14

3.2.2	Misuse	-	As in 3.2 510 Paise/kVAh	-	-

4.	Agriculture	-	-	75	-	-

4.1	Mushroom cultivation	100 -	200	-	-

As per	As per	As per

4.2	Misuse	As per	category	600	category	category
category of of misues	of misuse	misuse	misuse 
5. Public Lighting Maintenance
charges @	-	360 - -
Rs.60/
month/
street
lighting
point
6. Railway Traction15 Capacity	As in 3.217 As in 3.2	-	-
blockage-
fixed
charges16
7. Licensees (NDMC/MES) -	-	270 Paise/kVAh	-	-

8. Temporary Supply
8.1	for a total 50% of the	Same as	High by 50%	Same as	same as	period of	relevant	that of	(temporary surcharge)	that of	that of	(a) less than	category	relevant	of the relevant cate-	relevant	relevant	16 days	Same as that of	category	gory of tariff	category	category	(b) more than	relevant category	or equal 16 days
8.2	for residential	same as	-	Domestic tariff with-	-	cooperative group	that of	out any surcharge from	housing connections	relevant	the date of payment	category	of their payable shae in	full towards electrification	cost. Normal tariff avia-	lable after one year	from release of electrifi-	cation scheme.

8.3	for religious functions	Same as 1.1	-	Same as 1.1 without	-	of traditional and	temporary surcharge	established characters	and cultual activities
8.4	for major construction	Same as that	Same as that	Same as that of relevant	300	30	projects	of relevant	of relevant	category with temporary	category	category	surcharge
8.5	for threshers

(a)	during the thresing	Electricity	-	Flat rate of Rs.3000	-	seasons for 30 days	tax of MCD;Rs.1	-	On pro-rata basis for each	50 per	week or part thereof	connection
(b)	for extended period

1. Minimum charges are to be levied on per kW or part thereof sanctioned/connected/declared connected load, whichever is higher.
2. The entitlement of various slabs under domestic category shall be worked out on pro-rata basis depending upon the duration billing cycle.
3. With a rebate of 15%.
4. Connection sanctioned for dispensaries, Hospitals, Public Libraries, Schools Run/Aided by MCD/Government of NCT of Delhi other schools as recommended by Department of Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Places of worship, Shelters for animals including Go-sadans, Chaupals, community halls in Rural Areas and J.J. Bastles/Conlonies. Recognised Centres for welfare of Blind, Deaf and Dumb, Spastic Children and Physically Handicapped Persons. Working Women Hostels run/aided by MCD/Govt., Cheshire Homes/Orphanages Charitable homes and Small Health Centres approved by Directorate of Health Services, Govt. of NCT of Delhi for providing Charitable Services only, electric crematoriums or any other similar establishment as may be approved by the Board/licensee shall be billed at domestic category tariff if such premises are being used exclusively for the specified purposes.

5. Where the MDI reading exceeds contract demand by more than 5% a surcharge of 30% shall be levied on the total demand plus energy charges for such billing cycle.
6. Same as 4 above.
7. Where the MDI reading exceeds contract demand by more than 5%, a surcharge of 30% shall be levied on the total demand plus energy charges for such billing cycle.

8. The incumbent shall be entitled for a rebate of 2.5% on the energy charges on 11kV rates for availing 3 phase supply on 33/66kV and 4% for supply on 220 kV.
9. For industrial consumers having valid MCD licence/Lal Dora Certificate in case of Rural Villages.
10. Industrial activity without municipal licence including that in urbanised villages, non-conforming areas.
11. Same as 5 above.
12. Same as 7 above.
13. Same as 8 above.
14. Comprising of demand charges plus consumption charges of 360 kVAh per kVA or part thereof per month of the billing demand. Constant `K` shall be applicable as in the case of Normative Consumption, for the purpose of calculating minimum consumption guarantee charges.
(i) : The MCG shall not be chargeable for the period of recorded load shedding from grid substations duly certified by District Executive Engineer with reason(s) and recorded breakdowns for the period exceeding 12 hours in a billing cycle.

(ii) The Demand Charges will, however, be chargeable for this period as in
(i) above.

15. The above tariff is based on the supply being given through a single delivery and metering point at single voltage.
16. Rs.1260x(2.97A+5) where `A` is contract/maximum demand, whichever is higher, in MVA subject to a minimum of Rs.25000.
17. The simultaneous maximum demand, for all metering points, shall be considered for levying demand violation charges.
ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (d) & (e) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2732 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 5.12.2002 REGARDING REVISED TARIFF IN DERC.


Consumer Category-wise Average Tariff, 2001-02 (Annual Plan)

(Paise per Kwh)
States Domestic	Commercial	Agriculture/	Industrial
_______________________________________________________	Irrigation_______________
1. Andhra Pradesh 174.00 426.00	15.00	439.45

2. Assam	186.76	468.66	272.41	429.66

3. Bihar 109.50	276.60	13.37	362.26

4. Delhi(DVB) 149.86	415.81	50.00	424.80

5. Gujarat 243.00	448.00	39.00	439.57
6. Haryana 259.33	411.73	37.02	428.00

7 Himachal Pradesh	104.00	261.00	50.00	265.00

8. Jammu & Kashmir	85.00	160.00	220.00	135.00

9. Karnataka	198.00	572.12	30.51	409.93
10. Kerala	81.02	436.40	67.21	225.18
11. Madhya Pradesh	159.58	430.64	7.20	437.77
12. Maharashtra	248.02	456.39	82.28	419.93
13. Meghalaya	135.53	192.23	51.72	208.26
14. Orissa (GRIDCO)	175.72	369.74	107.73	322.98
15. Punjab	211.46	368.56	0.00	300.26
16. Rajasthan(Transco)	190.87	429.76	46.26	392.88
17. Tamil Nadu	169.26	401.70	1.31	379.60
18. UP(Power corp.)	185.17	431.50	107.83	464.44
19. West Bengal	148.88	237.28	57.87	320.01
Average :SEBs	184.16	406.65	35.38	368.37
II EDs
1. Arunachal Pradesh	300.00	300.00	0.00	300.00

2. Goa	134.41	390.48	112.84	379.76

3. Manipur	181.90	250.00	171.00	198.50

4. Mizoram	129.00	199.00	0.00	245.00

5. Nagaland	160.00	280.00	0.00	225.00
6. Pondicherry 94.95 235.82	7.51	205.54

7 Sikkim 97.00 152.00	0.00	135.00

8. Tripura 92.00 120.00	68.00	118.00
Average of EDs 119.09	254.45	41.69	266.74
All India Average 183.13	404.21	35.40	366.50

Source: Planning Commission Document

Question : REVISED TARIFF IN DERC

Answer given by the minister

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