Power point: 1 unit more & pay more than double
27 Feb 2015 5:22 AM IST
As per the power rates to be effective since March, a consumer using 400 units in a month will be charged Rs 1,190 while who uses 401 units will pay Rs 2,807.
“The power rates for marginal consumers will be definitely high but it would promote energy saving,” said Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi announcing the decision of the Cabinet. Thus, a marginal domestic consumer using 401 unit will have to over 135.88 percent more than a consumer using 400 unit of power.
As per the current rates if we calculate the power consumption for standard electricity equipment almost all those used in a lower class and lower middle class family come under this bracket of 400 units of electricity per month. As the present power tariff fixed by DERC is Rs 5.95 per unit up to 400 unit and government providing a subsidy of 50 percent, the consumers falling in the bracket of 400 units will be charged Rs 2.975 per unit but those exceeding the limit even by one unit will be charged at Rs 7 per unit.
The adversely affected people will be of the areas where water has a low pressure.
“The power consumption of a normal water pump of 740W comes 60 units per hour per month,” said a senior officer of electricity department.
The electricity bills of these areas will automatically go up in the summers when water is supplied on very low pressure due to increased consumption and water crisis.
The air conditioners will also push the electricity bills in summers beyond this limit as 1.5 ton AC consumes 60 units per hour per month. If run for seven hours an AC alone will consume 420 units pushing the bill beyond the subsidised limit, so are the geysers, heaters and blowers.
The tenants with combined meters will be out of this exemption limit as the 400 units will not cover power consumption of more than one household.
“The power rates for marginal consumers will be definitely high but it would promote energy saving,” said Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi announcing the decision of the Cabinet. Thus, a marginal domestic consumer using 401 unit will have to over 135.88 percent more than a consumer using 400 unit of power.
As per the current rates if we calculate the power consumption for standard electricity equipment almost all those used in a lower class and lower middle class family come under this bracket of 400 units of electricity per month. As the present power tariff fixed by DERC is Rs 5.95 per unit up to 400 unit and government providing a subsidy of 50 percent, the consumers falling in the bracket of 400 units will be charged Rs 2.975 per unit but those exceeding the limit even by one unit will be charged at Rs 7 per unit.
The adversely affected people will be of the areas where water has a low pressure.
“The power consumption of a normal water pump of 740W comes 60 units per hour per month,” said a senior officer of electricity department.
The electricity bills of these areas will automatically go up in the summers when water is supplied on very low pressure due to increased consumption and water crisis.
The air conditioners will also push the electricity bills in summers beyond this limit as 1.5 ton AC consumes 60 units per hour per month. If run for seven hours an AC alone will consume 420 units pushing the bill beyond the subsidised limit, so are the geysers, heaters and blowers.
The tenants with combined meters will be out of this exemption limit as the 400 units will not cover power consumption of more than one household.
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