Kashmir DISCOM refutes reports about tariff revision

“No change in Electricity Tariff since last 4 years”
Srinagar: Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Ltd (KPDCL) today  contested reports appearing in a section of Media about revision in the  electricity tariff saying that no revision of tariff, whatsoever, has been  carried out in Jammu &Kashmir.
KPDCL in a statement released to the Media said that no revision in  electricity tariff has taken place in J&K during the last four years now. It  further clarified that the DISCOM on its own is not authorized to revise  the tariff and the only authority vested with the powers to revise  consumer tariff is the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) of  Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh. It further clarified that even the JERC has  neither revised tariffs nor it has notified any new tariff slabs.

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