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Just months before the crucial 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Uttar Pradesh power consumers have received a poll bonanza of sorts with the power watchdog announcing to keep the power tariffs unchanged for 2018-19.
In its tariff order, the UP Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has decided to hold the existing power tariffs for different category of consumers.
During the last power tariff order announced in November 2017, the UPERC had only spared the industrial sector from a hike in 2017-18, while announcing an average tariff increase of 12.72% across the board. The average power tariff hike then was the steepest during the
