HYDERABAD
The Telangana Electricity Regulatory Commission (TGERC) has approved the revenue gap of the Southern and Northern Power Distribution Companies of Telangana (Discoms) and Cooperative Electric Supply Society (CESS) Sircilla at ₹13,499.41 crore with revenue at approved tariff, cross subsidy and additional surcharge and it won’t be passed on to consumers with the government committed to meeting the entire gap.
Chairman of the TGERC Justice Devaraju Nagarjun on Tuesday issued the retail supply tariff order for 2025-26 applicable from May 1 for consumers of the two Discoms and CESS. He also released the aggregate revenue requirement (ARR) and cross subsidy surcharge (CSS) approved by the Commission for the financial year.
The Commission approved the ARR of Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Ltd (TGSPDCL) at ₹41,128,21 crore and TGNPDCL at ₹17,499.87 crore, totalling to ₹58,628.09 crore against ₹65,849.74 crore claimed by the two Discoms. Similarly, the Commission approved the ARR of CESS at ₹581.38 crore against ₹654.65 crore sought by it.
The TGERC Chairman stated that the revenue gap approved for TGSPDCL was ₹4,980.34 crore and for TGNPDCL it was ₹8,141.70 crore. Similarly, for CESS it was approved at ₹377.37 crore. He noted that the subsidy committed by the State government was 17.4% higher compared to last year – ₹ 13,499.41 crore for 2025-26 against ₹11,499.52 crore. The subsidy committed by the government includes ₹11,602.60 crore for free power to agricultural pumpsets and ₹1,896.81 crore for domestic consumers, particularly for the 200 units a month free power supply scheme.
As announced by the Commission already, there is no revision of tariff for any category of the consumers. Public hearing on the tariff and ARR proposals were held at Sircilla, Hanamkonda and Hyerabad on March 18, 19 and 21, respectively.
The Commission has enhanced the contracted load limited for the electric vehicle (EV) charging stations (LT-IX) from the existing 56 kilowatt/75 HP to 150 kW/201 HP. Similarly the grid support charges are approved at ₹18.48 per kilowatt per month.
The standby charges for open access consumers would be 10% over and above the applicable tariff only to the extent of energy drawn in excess of contracted maximum demand. However, the standby charges would not be levied if the open access consumer gives advance notice of 24 hours to the licensee (Discom). The standby charges would also be not levied if the open access consumers draw green energy with notice at least a day in advance.
Published – April 29, 2025 08:53 pm IST
