Of about 23 lakh totally free power farming connections in the State, around 3.5 lakh have actually been supplied with meters Of about 23 lakh complimentary power farming connections in the State, around 3.5 lakh have actually been offered with meters The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC)’s most current tariff order is quiet on the controversial problem of metering of farming connections, numbering almost 20 lakhs, regardless of the Commission recognizing farming as the biggest customer of power, just beside domestic customers for the next 4 years. Of about 23 lakh totally free power farming connections in the State, around 3.5 lakh have actually been supplied with meters. This year alone (2022-23), the farm sector, falling under the low stress (LT) classification, is predicted to represent 16,780 million systems of energy offered, of an overall of 86,166 MU. The domestic sector is most likely to take in 32,158 MU. In 2026-27, while the overall quantity of energy offered will be 1,02,342 MU, the domestic and farm sectors are anticipated to take in 38,363 MU and 20,097 MU respectively, according to the panel’s functions discussed in the tariff order. A minimum of, in the previous tariff orders, consisting of the very first order of March 2003, there were instructions from the TNERC with regard to metering. In the very first order, the Commission had actually asked the now-defunct Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) to finish hundred percent metering within 3 years, as committe
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