BESCOM : Increase of ₹ 1.15 per unit in September billing cycle

Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) will be additional charge for Fuel and Power Purchase Cost Adjustment(FPPCA) of ₹1.15 per unit in the billing cycle of September due to recent revisions.

Accordance with provisions of the KERC(Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission) Regulations, 2023 dated 23-02-2023, BESCOM has computed FPPCA charges of 27paise/unit, 9 paise /unit and 28 paise/unit on the variations in the fuel and power purchase cost in the months of April-23, Jun-23 and July-23 respectively.

Approval is hereby accorded to collect the quarterly FPPCA of 51 paise and monthly FPPCA of 64 paise (total 115 paise) per unit in all the energy bills to be issued to the consumers in the billing month of September-2023 in respect of all category of consumers.", as per the order.

However, for the beneficiaries of the Gruha Jyothi scheme, even the FPPCA charges has to be covered by the Karnataka government.