Consumers’ body opposes proposal

UP Rajya Vidyut Upbhokta l Parishad chairman Avadhesh Kumar Verma on Tuesday filed a petition in the UPERC urging it to reject the UPPCL’S entire ARR which he claimed was based on imaginary figures Verma alleged that the l proposal for change in the consumer categorization is an attempt to get tariff increase through the backdoor

The ARR has put the l corporation’s total revenue requirement for the fiscal 2021-22 at ₹81,901 crore that also included an estimated expenditure of ₹62,020 crore on the purchase of 1,20,043 million units of electricity during the year