Shimla: In Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh, 11 lakh domestic electricity customers have got a big relief. Because domestic customers consuming up to 60 units of electricity monthly in the state will not get electricity bills from this month. In such a situation, people will get electricity bill at the rate of Re 1 up to 125 units. Where this new system has been implemented in the state from last Tuesday. In such a situation, the monthly electricity consumption of about 4 lakh domestic consumers of the state remains up to 60 units.
Let us tell you that now Rs 40 for meter rent and Rs 15 for fixed charge will not be charged from these people. In such a situation, no bill will be issued by the board to the people consuming electricity up to 60 units. In fact, according to the Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission, 7 lakh people consuming electricity up to 125 units will be billed at the rate of Re 1 per unit instead of Rs 1.55 per unit.
At the same time, according to Pankaj Dadhwal, Managing Director of Electricity Board, all those consumers whose electricity consumption is 60 units per month, who had to pay electricity bill of Re 1 per unit. However, now no money will be taken from them. In this, there will be complete exemption of fixed charge and meter rent. Let us inform that in the category coming up to 60 units in the state, more than 4 lakh domestic electricity consumers and more than 7 lakh domestic electricity consumers consuming up to 125 units beyond 60 units will get the benefit.
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