Electricity News: Lakhs of consumers of Himachal Pradesh are going to get a shock of inflation. This shock of inflation will come from the electricity bill because the Himachal government is going to impose two special types of cess on every unit of electricity, which will increase your electricity bill.
10 paise milk cess will be levied on every unit
Actually, Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu introduced the Himachal Pradesh Electricity (Fees) Amendment Bill 2024 during the monsoon session of the Assembly on Monday. In which two amendments have been made. Under which there is a provision of 10 paise milk cess on per unit electricity consumption on domestic consumers.
However, consumers whose electricity bill will be zero will not be burdened with this cess. The revenue coming from this cess will be used to increase milk production in Himachal as well as to benefit the milk producers.
Environment cess will be imposed on industries
In the second provision of this bill, environmental cess will be collected from the industries present in the state. However, it will be taken from 2 paise per unit to Rs 6 per unit according to the industries.
According to the bill, 2 paise per unit will be levied as environmental cess on small industrial energy units, 4 paise per unit on medium industrial energy, 10 paise per unit on large industries and 10 paise per unit on commercial sector.
Along with this, 2 rupees per unit will be levied on temporary connections, 2 rupees per unit on stone crushers and 6 rupees per unit on electric vehicle charging stations. The revenue generated from environmental cess will be used to increase power generation through renewable energy and save the environment.
How many electricity consumers in Himachal?
Himachal Pradesh, which has a population of about 70 lakh, has about 22 lakh domestic electricity consumers. At the same time, the number of commercial consumers is about 2 lakh. Although this new cess will be levied on every consumption of electricity unit, but the consumers whose electricity bill is zero will not have to pay milk cess.