Shimla, August 11
The Average consumption of domestic electricity per consumer in the State is 91.283 units per month during the financial year 2020-21, was stated by the power minister Sukh Ram in the written reply to a question asked by the CPI(M) member Rakesh Singha today.
The Minister said that the total number of domestic consumers in the State during 2020-21 is 21,51,303 and the total consumption of electricity by the domestic consumers is 235,65,35000 units. The total number of consumers with electricity consumption of 60 units or less with effect from Jan 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021, has been 10,66,172 units. The Minister said that if a consumer uses three bulbs of 60 watts for three hours in all 30 days then their consumption per month would be16.2 units. The state government decided to provide free power to consumers who were consuming 125 units as the billing is being done by the HPSEB on a Monthly or BiMonthly, Tri Monthly and four-monthly basis.
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