Team Herald
PANJIM: A power shock in the form of a hike in tariff charges has come into effect in accordance with the Fuel and Power Purchase Cost Adjustment Formula (FPPCA), which will be implemented from October to December 2019. The FPPCA charges, which were set at 9.34 paise per unit in the last quarter, have been almost doubled to 18.30 paise for domestic consumers.
The Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) for Goa and Union Territories, vide is order dated May 20, 2019 has reviewed the existing Fuel and Power Purchase Cost Adjustment Formula (FPPCA) for State and UTs. In the same tariff order, the commission has approved the unit cost of power purchase and approved ‘K’ factor applicable for FY 2019-20 for different consumer categories for use in the FPPCA formula.
For domestic consumers, the FPPCA charges for the first 100 units would be Rs 18.30 paise and from 101-200 units it would be 18.79 paise. For 201 to 300 units it would be 23.96 paise, and for 301 to 400 units 29.86 paise, for units above 400 it is 33.15 paise.
Commercial users would be charged between 36.10 paise to 43.32 paise for consumption of power
from zero units to above 400 units. Industries will have to shell out 38.23 paise for consumption on the first 500 units, and anything above that would be charged 34.46 paise per unit. The hotel industry would be charged 40.92 paise per unit.
The computations of FPPCA for the 2nd Quarter of FY 2019-20 (July 2019 to September, 2019) will be levied for the consumption of October, to be billed in November, November to be billed in December and of that month to be billed in January, 2020.
