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The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) has sanctioned a acceptable of short-term powerfulness purchases for gathering the request during the 2026 summertime months of April and May.
The September 25 bid has travel connected proposals filed by the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) for gathering the 2026 summertime demand.
The purchases are meant to conscionable the request during 6 p.m. to midnight and from midnight to 5 a.m. successful April and May. In summation to this, the KSEB has besides been permitted to marque a fig of short-term purchases successful the round-the-clock (RTC) category.
The per-unit terms ranges from ₹5.83 to ₹ 6 for RTC powerfulness and from ₹7 to ₹9.49 for the peak-hour purchases.
Earlier, the Commission had observed that projections made by the KSEB for vigor request and highest request during April and May were importantly higher than that of the erstwhile years. But the KSEB had stuck to its stand.
In its latest order, the Commission said that had decided not to intervene with the KSEB estimates, adjacent though it felt that the estimates were connected higher side. But the KSEB volition beryllium required to taxable details of the existent request for the 2 months aboriginal on, according to the Commission’s order.
