STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: Assam Power Distribution Company (APDCL) levied Fuel and Power Purchase Price Adjustment (FPPPA) at 30 paise per unit for all power consumers with effect from November 2022. The consumers, however, were ignorant of the APDCL flip-flop on FPPPA. It came to the levy after receiving the power bill of November in December 2022.
The APDCL announced on November 25, 2022, that it would levy a Fuel and Power Purchase Price Adjustment (FPPPA) charge of 79 paise per unit on all categories of consumers on electricity bills for the months of November, December this year and January 2023. However, the power distribution company withdrew the EPPPA levy on November 26, 2022. Again on December 9, 2022, APDCL levied FPPPA at 30 paise per unit and issued a notice to that effect. "…It is decided to levy the Fuel and Power Purchase Price Adjustment (FPPPA) at 30 paise per unit (kWh) to all categories of consumers from the month of December 2022 (energy consumed during November 2022," the notice read.
The notice specified that "any adjustments regarding short/excess recovery due to seasonal variation of consumption within the stipulated period will be adjusted in subsequent periods or as may be directed by the AERC."
Further, the notice mentioned that "the adjustment will remain in force unless replaced by any other order to that effect".
According to the official, there are three categories of domestic consumers under the APDCL based on units of power consumed – one category of consumers (up to 120 units) is charged Rs 5.30 (less 75 paisa subsidy under a government scheme) per unit, the next category (121-240 units) is charged Rs 6.60 per unit and the last category (over 241 units) is charged Rs 7.60 per unit. A hike of 30 paise per unit will be added to these three rates.
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