Monthly electricity bills in Telangana to become heavy from November 2026; ERC approves true-up charges recovery

Increase in the electricity bills for consumers in Telangana will reflect from November | Photo Credit: Screenshot of https://www.billdesk.com/pgidsk/pgmerc/tsspdclpgi/TSSPDCLPGIDetails.jsp

HYDERABAD

Consumers of electricity in Telangana, except those availing energy to run their agricultural pump-sets, are in for yet another shocker with the Telangana Electricity Regulatory Commission (TGERC) approving true-up charges of ₹5,420.23 crore to be collected from consumers other than farm power consumers, for energy consumed during 2022-23 and 2023-24.

The total true-up charges approved stand at ₹7,635.22 crore including ₹2,214.99 crore for energy consumed by agricultural pump-sets, which is being provided free of cost. The Commission suggested the two Discoms to approach the State Government for recovery of true-up charges in lieu of energy used for agricultural pump-sets.

What are true-up charges?

The true-up charges are the cost of difference for energy already consumed — the difference between cost of power supplied and the price recovered from consumers. Increase in the cost of supply is attributed to unexpected spike in fuel, power purchase and operational costs.