Mumbaikars : How are your electricity bills treating you? - Team-BHP

GTO · 17th July 2007, 18:16

Man, I just got my office power bill (B.E.S.T.) and its up a whopping 75% MORE compared to the previous month!! This has nothing to do with the summer as our power consumption was near identical to the previous months. Apparently, rates have shot up in the recent past.

Quote:

Reliance Energy Limited consumers will have to pay between 4% and 69% more while BEST consumers will have to pay between 15% and 84% more. This means households across Mumbai will get bills with a Rs 50 to Rs 100 hike on an average.

Have you got the shock yet?

Links to TOI news article

scooby05 · 17th July 2007, 18:29

Yes we have recd bills for office and residences and they are straight away a hike from an average Rs.5 per unit to Rs 8 per unit. The additional charges are mainly termed as "Reliability Charges"
Meaning thereby that otherwise we would also have load shedding like all other parts of the country and state.
Guess its again the Premium for Mumbai the future Shanghai to be!!

kurmist · 17th July 2007, 18:45

Yep...got the bill from Reliance Energy, mentioning the aforesaid "Reliability Charge". I guess the "reliability" they refer to means consistent (and reliable) power outages. In the last one month, we have had power off so frequently, that Reliance customer care execs probably recognise my voice now when I call.

Sorry state of affairs for sure, when you pay through your nose, and don't even get what you pay for.

bill1182 · 17th July 2007, 18:46

I get my bills from MSEB (Mulund - Bhandup). Still no jhatka for this month. Instead what we get is frequent power cuts.

GTO · 17th July 2007, 18:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by scooby05

Yes we have recd bills for office and residences and they are straight away a hike from an average Rs.5 per unit to Rs 8 per unit. The additional charges are mainly termed as "Reliability Charges"
Meaning thereby that otherwise we would also have load shedding like all other parts of the country and state.
Guess its again the Premium for Mumbai the future Shanghai to be!!

Aha, so thats the premium we have to pay for not having power cuts? Suddenly I am not complaining so much anymore.

But the first choice would still be reliability + old rates. Should'nt that have been a given? How much longer are these "reliability" charges going to continue?

spadival · 17th July 2007, 19:46

Good that I have bought shares of Reliance energy

scooby05 · 17th July 2007, 19:51

Till the time you are given reliable power. well lets face it, once a levy is started, do we still expect a withdrawal?
or do we want power cuts or load shedding? there are towns in our country that go without power for 10 hours a day!!
On a manufactured product we have the following levies
Excise duty, Education cess, Octroi duty, Entry tax, CST, Vat, after all that we still have the Income tax, Dividend Tax,STT,BTT, Surcharge.
phew Im tired.
Petrol has gone up and up only. If at all they increase by Rs 3 and reduce by 70 paisa. so overall only goes up.
Lets learn to live with "reliability Charges" dont want a generator in every shop/office/flat!!

lurker · 17th July 2007, 19:53

So what is the residential electricity bill in mumbai like including 'reliability charges' ?? Can we have some numbers ?

manaa45 · 18th July 2007, 15:19

I stay as well as work in Navi mumbai. The power bills have shot up by 50 % at my home for last one year as they charge something called ASC(Additional Surcharge) for the power purchased from outside the state or other parties.

75% increase in office/factory bills as the ASC charged is very high and as a industial unit we already pay very high charges compared to the residential charges. Above ASC they also charge something called FAC(fuel Charges). my average bill around a year back was 25000/month, which has now reached upto 40000/- month just because of ASC which is levied.

when asked when will all this ASC thing end, they just reply that when MSEB will stop purchasing power from outside, they will stop charging but still i dont know when will it end.

service is pathetic as we end up with power cuts intermittently, sometimes from the main line or sometimes from the local distribution boxes.

Mansi

RishiSuri · 18th July 2007, 18:31

The electricity Bill is astrnomically High.. Imagine the bill which was last year with A/C is now coming without A/C.

Any respite man??

Aditya · 19th July 2007, 00:47

Just got the electricity bill for my recidence from BEST. It's 40% more than the last month's.
Think you've heard it all? Now hear this.
My aunt who lives in the same locality as I, gets a bill of approximately Rs.1000/- per month. This time, BEST has charged her a whopping Rs. 7000/-!
She's shocked big time!

17th July 2007, 18:45	#3 (permalink)
kurmist BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 77	Yep...got the bill from Reliance Energy, mentioning the aforesaid "Reliability Charge". I guess the "reliability" they refer to means consistent (and reliable) power outages. In the last one month, we have had power off so frequently, that Reliance customer care execs probably recognise my voice now when I call. Sorry state of affairs for sure, when you pay through your nose, and don't even get what you pay for. __________________ Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.......

17th July 2007, 19:51	#7 (permalink)
scooby05 BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 746	Till the time you are given reliable power. well lets face it, once a levy is started, do we still expect a withdrawal? or do we want power cuts or load shedding? there are towns in our country that go without power for 10 hours a day!! On a manufactured product we have the following levies Excise duty, Education cess, Octroi duty, Entry tax, CST, Vat, after all that we still have the Income tax, Dividend Tax,STT,BTT, Surcharge. phew Im tired. Petrol has gone up and up only. If at all they increase by Rs 3 and reduce by 70 paisa. so overall only goes up. Lets learn to live with "reliability Charges" dont want a generator in every shop/office/flat!! Last edited by scooby05 : 17th July 2007 at 19:52.

18th July 2007, 15:19	#9 (permalink)
manaa45 BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: nerul, navi mumbai Posts: 288 View My Garage	pathetic I stay as well as work in Navi mumbai. The power bills have shot up by 50 % at my home for last one year as they charge something called ASC(Additional Surcharge) for the power purchased from outside the state or other parties. 75% increase in office/factory bills as the ASC charged is very high and as a industial unit we already pay very high charges compared to the residential charges. Above ASC they also charge something called FAC(fuel Charges). my average bill around a year back was 25000/month, which has now reached upto 40000/- month just because of ASC which is levied. when asked when will all this ASC thing end, they just reply that when MSEB will stop purchasing power from outside, they will stop charging but still i dont know when will it end. service is pathetic as we end up with power cuts intermittently, sometimes from the main line or sometimes from the local distribution boxes. Mansi __________________ Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

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17th July 2007, 18:29	#2 (permalink)
scooby05 BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 746	Yes we have recd bills for office and residences and they are straight away a hike from an average Rs.5 per unit to Rs 8 per unit. The additional charges are mainly termed as "Reliability Charges" Meaning thereby that otherwise we would also have load shedding like all other parts of the country and state. Guess its again the Premium for Mumbai the future Shanghai to be!!

17th July 2007, 18:46	#4 (permalink)
bill1182 BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 71	I get my bills from MSEB (Mulund - Bhandup). Still no jhatka for this month. Instead what we get is frequent power cuts.

17th July 2007, 19:46	#6 (permalink)
spadival Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,741 View My Garage	Good that I have bought shares of Reliance energy

17th July 2007, 19:53	#8 (permalink)
lurker BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tura Posts: 467	So what is the residential electricity bill in mumbai like including 'reliability charges' ?? Can we have some numbers ?

18th July 2007, 18:31	#10 (permalink)
RishiSuri BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Delhi Posts: 93 View My Garage	The electricity Bill is astrnomically High.. Imagine the bill which was last year with A/C is now coming without A/C. Any respite man??

19th July 2007, 00:47	#11 (permalink)
Aditya Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2,380 View My Garage	Just got the electricity bill for my recidence from BEST. It's 40% more than the last month's. Think you've heard it all? Now hear this. My aunt who lives in the same locality as I, gets a bill of approximately Rs.1000/- per month. This time, BEST has charged her a whopping Rs. 7000/-! She's shocked big time!