Nowadays everyone is troubled by the rising prices of electricity bills. Meanwhile, the Yogi government in Uttar Pradesh is preparing to give a shock to the electricity consumers. If this rule is implemented then electricity will become expensive in Uttar Pradesh. In fact, now Time of Day (TOD) tariff can be implemented on domestic consumers in the state. Under this, different electricity prices will be applicable for day and night. Due to which the expenditure of electricity consumers is expected to increase by 20 percent. It has been proposed to implement this system in the draft of Multi Year Tariff Regulation 2025. At present this system is applicable only to consumers of heavy and small scale industries category.
Necessary changes have been made by the Central Government in the Electricity (Consumers’ Rights) Rules, 2020. In this, it has been said to implement the system of Time of Day (TOD) tariff. There is a rule to keep electricity rates separate for day and night. This system has been implemented on small and heavy industry category consumers. Preparations have been made to implement it on all consumers from April 1, 2025.
Time of Day (TOD) tariff may be implemented in UP in April
It is being said that if everything goes well then this proposal can be approved. In such a situation, Time of Day (TOD) tariff can be implemented on all electricity consumers except farmers from April 1. Therefore, increase in electricity prices is almost certain. Under the new tariff, electricity prices in all the districts of UP during peak hours i.e. from 5 pm to late night will become costlier than during the day. According to a figure, there are a total of 3.45 crore electricity consumers in Uttar Pradesh. Out of which 2.85 crore domestic consumers are included. Those who will be directly hit by it. There are 15 lakh farmer consumers in the state. These farmers have been kept out of the TOD tariff plan.
There were preparations to implement TOD tariff in 2023
An attempt was made to implement the TOD system in the year 2023 also. But there was opposition from the Consumer Council. Along with this, a threat was given to knock on the door of the court. In such a situation, the state government was on the backfoot. This tariff was put on hold. Now preparations are being made to implement it again from April 2025. In this matter, Consumer Council Chairman Awadhesh Kumar Verma says that this TOD tariff will not be allowed to be implemented under any circumstances. If this happens then a legal battle will be fought.
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