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Amid the speculation of hike successful the powerfulness tariff, the regulatory assemblage Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) connected Wednesday announced that determination volition beryllium “no tariff hike for 2026-27 crossed each categories” arsenic it decided to support the tariff complaint unchanged for adjacent fiscal twelvemonth starting April 01.
The determination volition supply a large alleviation to the 2.22 crore powerfulness consumers successful Bihar.
The Commission rejected the connection of some Discoms — North Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd & South Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd — for 35 paise tariff hike crossed categories successful vigor charges.
A afloat committee comprising Chairman Amir Subhani and 2 members Parshuram Singh Yadav and Arun Kumar Sinha pronounced the tariff orders for fiscal twelvemonth 2026-27 connected a clump of petitions filed by some the Discoms and different powerfulness companies similar transmission company, Bihar Grid Company, SLDC and others.
“The connection of DISCOMs for an summation successful vigor charges by 35 paise per portion crossed each categories of consumers is not accepted. There volition beryllium nary hike successful energy tariff complaint successful the adjacent fiscal twelvemonth starting April 01,” Mr. Subhani told reporters during the property league successful Patna.
“The Commission aft thorough introspection and prudence cheque of their proposals has approved the nett Aggregate Revenue Requirement (ARR) of ₹16555.69 crore with gross surplus of ₹2.69 crore for NBPDCL and nett ARR of ₹18908.97 crore with gross surplus of ₹1931.35 crore for SBPDCL aft considering the gross from approved merchantability of powerfulness successful FY 2026-27 and trued up gap/surplus of FY 2024-25 including carrying cost,” it said portion citing the fiscal presumption of the utilities and the request to debar burdening consumers.
The caller tariff complaint volition travel into effect from April 1, 2026 and volition stay successful unit till March 31, 2027 oregon the adjacent tariff bid of the Commission, it said.
It has besides implemented a azygous tariff complaint for some municipality and agrarian home consumers, replacing the earlier strategy of differentiated rates for antithetic slabs.
The Commission has accepted the connection of some Discoms to merge 2 slabs into azygous class for DS-II (urban home consumers), NDS-I (rural commercialized users) & NDS-II consumers (urban commercialized consumers) and kept the vigor complaint of existing little slab which volition effect successful an effectual simplification of tariff (in presumption of vigor charge) by ₹1.53 per portion for DS-II (urban home consumers), ₹0.42 per portion for NDS-I (rural commercialized users) and ₹1.20 per portion for NDS- II (urban commercialized consumers).
At present, DS-II consumers are charged successful 2 slabs. For the archetypal 100 units, they person to wage ₹7.42 per portion and ₹8.95 per portion for implicit and supra 100 units. Similarly, NDS-I consumers wage ₹7.79 per portion for upto 100 units portion ₹8.21 per portion for implicit and supra 100 units. NDS-II consumers wage Rs 7.73 per portion for the archetypal 100 units and ₹8.93 per portion for implicit and supra 100 units.
But now, the 2 slabs person been merged into a azygous class which is intended to marque billing much transparent and easier to understand.
Mr. Subhani said that the determination would payment astir 27 lakh powerfulness consumers from the merger of slabs. He added that consumers volition proceed to avail concessions/exemptions announced successful the existent year’s tariff complaint (2025-26).
The tariff rates announced by the Commission bash not see the subsidy announced by the authorities authorities each year. The authorities is apt to denote subsidy connected energy tariff rates for the adjacent fiscal twelvemonth of 2026-27 successful the adjacent fewer days.
The State authorities is giving 125 units of escaped energy to 1.86 crore powerfulness consumers of the state. The escaped energy is being provided nether Mukhya Mantri Vidyut Upbhokta Sahayta Yojana.
The determination to springiness subsidy based escaped energy of 125 units has saved ₹550 per period to each municipality user portion others consuming upto 125 units successful agrarian areas is redeeming ₹306 per month. The savings, a powerfulness user would marque connected relationship of escaped electricity, has been calculated connected the ground of the energy tariff complaint announced for 2025-26 by BERC.
