Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has been levied penalty of Rs. 1 lakh by the Appellate Tribunal on Electricity (ATE). This was an outcome of the Mumbai‘s embarrassment, as this was mandated in concern with the rule passed by the MERC stating “The power consumer consuming 1MW and above can opt for the supply [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) ordered for the power distributors in Mumbai to supply power to the Group Housing Societies (GHS) in bulk. Also to consider GHS as franchise which also has many possibilities for common power consumers. MERC has made a mandatory rule for the power suppliers to sign a franchisee agreement including [...] Continue Reading »
The residential consumers who have single-phase connection and also consumers who consume 500 units and more per month will have to end up paying a marginal amount of Rs. 0.03 extra in suburban Mumbai. Non-domestic, commercial, industrial, temporary and advertising power consumers in Mumbai and Maharashtra who have switched suppliers will have to pay more [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST), that supplies power to south Mumbai, on Wednesday proposed to gradually increase the average cost of supply from its existing average tariff of Rs 4.22 per unit to Rs 5.60 per unit by 2015-16. Power tariff for around 10 lakh consumers in the island city of Mumbai-—from Colaba [...] Continue Reading »
