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Patna : Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) on March 20, 2020, slashed the retail power tariff by 10 paise per unit for all categories of consumers of the state for the financial year 2020-21. It has reduced 10 paise per unit in the electricity tariff rate across all categories of consumers which include rural, urban, commercial ,and industrial ones.
The BERC has decided to reduce retail tariff by 10 paise/kWh across all category of consumers uniformly for 2020-21. It has retained the existing fixed charge unchanged, according to BERC Chairman S K Negi said. The distribution loss trajectory for the North Bihar Power Distribution Company and the South Bihar Power Distribution Company for 2020-21 has been fixed as 15 %, according to Negi. He, however, made it clear that loss will not be passed on to the consumers.
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