Electricity Bill Reduction Order: Taking a big decision, the Haryana government has implemented the rule of not imposing MSC on electricity bills in rural and urban areas.
Electricity Bill Reduction Order: Haryana CM Naib Saini has decided not to impose MMC in rural and urban areas. Under this rule, electricity consumers falling in tariff category-1 with domestic connected load up to 2 kW will have to pay a minimum monthly charge (MMC) of Rs 115. This rule was brought during the tenure of former Chief Minister Manohar Lal, which has now been implemented by CM Saini.
Let us tell you that this rule was brought by the former CM on 23 February during the announcement of giving relief to the poor people in his 2024-25 budget proposals. Which has now been implemented after four months.
Lakhs of families will get benefit
Former CM Manohar Lal had said in the Haryana Assembly that I propose to abolish the MSC for consumers of tariff category-1 with domestic connected load up to 2 kW. He had said that with this decision of the government, poor families in the state will get relief of about Rs 180 crore. Along with this, about 9.5 lakh poor families of the state will benefit from this decision of abolishing MMC fee.
A senior official of the state government informed that this rule will be implemented from the next billing cycle and consumers can get relief of minimum 2 percent to maximum 91 percent in their total electricity bill. He said that if this decision of Rs 115 per kilowatt on domestic connection and load up to two kilowatts had come before the Lok Sabha elections, the picture would have been different.
Understand this rule like this
- According to this scheme, consumers will have to pay only for the electricity units consumed. For example, earlier if a family with 1 kilowatt load consumed 30 units of electricity in a month, the bill would be Rs 115, which will now be reduced to Rs 60 because MSC will not be applicable.
- Earlier a consumer with 2 kilowatt load had to pay Rs 230 for consuming 30 units in a month, because MMC per kilowatt load was Rs 115. Under the new billing cycle, this bill will be reduced to Rs 60, as the per unit charge is Rs 2 and there will be no MMC charged with it.
- The electricity charge in the state is Rs 2 per unit for zero to 50 units and Rs 2.50 per unit is charged if the consumption is between 51 to 100 units. If the electricity consumption every month is in the bracket of 101-150 units, the cumulative charge is Rs 2.75 per unit, with units from zero to 150 being counted for billing.
