Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Jan 5: Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd (Mescom) has proposed to increase power tariff by 62 paise per unit for the year 2020-21. It has sent a proposal recommending this hike to Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Authority (KERC). Mescom has jurisdiction over Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga districts.

In putting up the proposal, Mescom said that it has considered all classes of power consumers from the city and rural areas.

The company had sought permission from the KERC to increase the power tariff by Rs 1.38 per unit las year, but the KERC which held public meetings at various places, had permitted Mescom and other electricity supply companies to increase power rate by an average of 33 paise per unit. For domestic consumers in rural and urban areas, only 25 paise per unit hike was permitted.

The power tariff hike, which was announced on May 31 by KERC, was made retrospectively effective from April 1.

People who have objections to Mescom's proposal may file objections by sending the same in requisite format to the receiving officer, KERC, 16C-1, Miller Tank Bed Area, Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru. The objections should be in six sets and one set should be sent to the superintending engineer (commercial), Corporate Office, Mescom Bhavan, Bijai, Mangaluru along with affidavit.