PPAC component of power bill reduced, relief for consumers in Delhi: OfficialsPower Purchase Adjustment Charges (PPAC) in Delhi have been reduced significantly, leading to expected lower electricity bills for consumer...
27 Dec, 2024, 10.25 PM IST
Delhi power tariffs to rise as regulator gives its nodConsumers in the Capital could see a rise in electricity costs with the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) giving its go-ahead ...
27 Jun, 2023, 12.14 AM IST
PPAC hike in Delhi: AAP, BJP indulge in blame game"Delhi's consumers are being forced to bear the brunt of the central government's coal crisis through a hike in the power purchasing adjust...
26 Jun, 2023, 10.51 PM IST
Consumers to shell out more for electricity in DelhiThe increase in PPAC has come ahead of the inflated prices of imported coal by the central coal generating stations, increased prices of ga...
11 Jul, 2022, 12.57 PM IST
Electricity bills in Delhi go up with 4% rise in PPA costThe PPAC is a surcharge to compensate the discoms for variations in the market-driven fuel costs. It is applied as a surcharge on total ene...
10 Jul, 2022, 10.46 PM IST
Delhi: Up to 6% drop in electricity billsThere will be some relief for consumers in their electricity bills with the provisional power purchase adjustment charges levied from June ...
17 Mar, 2016, 12.05 PM IST
Revised PPAC due, but DERC unlikely to hike it immediatelyDERC is due to revise power purchase adjustment charges for the city's three power companies, BYPL, BRPL and Tata Power Delhi from April 1.
06 Feb, 2016, 11.24 AM IST
Power tariff hiked in Delhi by up to 6%, will be applicable from MondayThe hikes are due to power purchase adjustment charges that the regulator has not been giving to discoms for the last 6 months.
12 Jun, 2015, 09.45 PM IST
Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission may hike power tariff by 20 per cent over delayed power purchase chargesDERC may pass power purchase adjustment charges for the BRPL, BYPL and Tata Power Delhi, early next month.
28 May, 2015, 11.21 AM IST
Electricity bills may shoot up by 5%-20% this JuneThe discoms stated that they were getting PPAC for three quarters (July 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015) despite submitting petitions to DERC reg...
26 May, 2015, 10.41 AM IST
As tariff hike looms, costs rise for AAP's 50% free power pledgeLast November, Delhiites were spared an increase in electricity costs when DERC withdrew its order on power purchase adjustment charges (PP...
18 Feb, 2015, 10.39 AM IST
Post Poll plan: Discoms biding time to seek fuel surcharge"DERC must pass the order 120 days after discoms submit tariff petitions. The new tariff should be announced by April," said a power sector...
07 Feb, 2015, 11.04 AM IST
Flip-flop by Delhi power regulatorDelhi Electricity Regulatory Commission issued an order, in its usual lucid, transparent fashion, that the Power Purchase Adjustment Charge...
05 Dec, 2014, 03.10 PM IST
Scheduled power rate hike may be put on holdThe discoms, particularly BRPL and BYPL, have been demanding significant hike in tariff citing rise in power purchase cost.
28 Oct, 2014, 12.42 PM IST
DERC told to show no rules broken for hike in power tariffThe court's direction came while hearing a PIL, filed by Madhuresh Lakhaiyar, that alleged DERC had permitted them to increase PPAC costs.
21 Feb, 2014, 10.52 AM IST
Tariff hike uncalled for as audit on: GovernmentThe government has condemned the regulator’s decision to hike power tariff, finding it ''completely uncalled for'' since an audit by the CA...
01 Feb, 2014, 11.25 AM IST
- Discoms cannot levy 8% surcharge on latest tariff hike
DERC has directed private power distribution companies not to levy eight per cent additional surcharge on the tariff hike it effected from ...
24 Feb, 2013, 12.08 PM IST