3.8.6
LT Industries
3.8.6.1
It is proposed to have only two categories
with connected load upto 150 HP as under:
|
(i) |
|
Rs. 2.75
per unit |
|
(ii) |
All
other LT industries upto 150 HP |
Rs. 5.50
per unit |
3.8.7
Municipal Services
Rate of Rs. 2.25 per unit for water works
on LT and Rs. 2.75 per unit for public
street lighting is proposed. For electric
crematoria, energy charge of Rs 1.80 per
unit is proposed.
3.8.8
Railways
The Railway’s tariff has not incresed
since July 1996. An increase of 28.4% is
proposed.
3.8.9
Coal Mines
Electricity tariff for coal mines has also
not been revised since July 1996 even
though rates for coal supplied by them
have gone up by 45% to 53% during this
period. An increase of 33.7% in
electricity tariff is proposed.
3.8.10
Other HT Consumers
These comprise cement factories,
mini-steel plants, electro-chemical
industries, electro-thermal industries,
other general industries and bulk
consumers. Their tariffs are proposed to
be increased by about 6-12%. Higher
increase is proposed in the case of water
works and public irrigation.
3.8.11
Rural Electric Cooperative Societies
There are 14 Rural Electric Cooperative
societies in the State which have been
licensed by the State Government under
Section 3 of Indian Electricity Act 1910
for distribution of electric energy. They
are supplied power at 11 kV by the Board
at rates ranging from 3 to 12 paise per
unit. The societies sell power to LT
consumers at the same rate as prevalent in
the Board’s area. The tariff of the
societies has not been revised for the
last ten years. The Board has proposed
that the tariff applicable to societies
may be increased uniformly to 150 paise /
unit.
3.9
Measures Proposed by the Board for
Improvements of Performance and Cost
Control
3.9.1
The Board has recently taken a decision
to:
·
Reduce the
staff strength by reducing retirement age
from 60 to 58 years.
·
Not to fill
up vacancies created on retirement or
those lying vacant.
Other cost
control measures proposed are:
·
Control on
use of vehicles
·
Suspension
of payment of earned leave encashment and
LTC encashment
·
Restriction
on promotion.
·
Measures
adopted by State Government regarding
terminal benefits have been made
applicable in the Board.
·
Consumers
have been permitted to use their own
materials for construction and service
connection as per Board’s specification,
which has reduced the stores inventory
level and reduced procurement cost. After
bifurcation of the State, the Board is
bearing heavier burden of staff cost and
pension as the number of sanctioned posts
in Chattisgarh SEB vis-ŕ-vis the Board is
much lower than the respective population
ratio of 26:74. Due to the above, although
several steps have been taken to reduce
the cost on employees, administration and
generation, yet desired results have not
been achieved.
