JAIPUR: Solar power plants with a total of 17,143MW capacity have been successfully installed in the state, but only 3,326MW has been utilised for the local population. The state consumes about 23% of the solar energy it produces and sells 77% outside the state through power purchase agreements (PPAs) with private companies.
The state has also established wind energy plants with a total capacity of 5,193MW but a significant portion of the electricity generated by these plants was sold to private companies rather than utilised within the state, he alleged.
The government had announced to increase free electricity from 50 to 100 units per month in the 2023-24 Budget and declared that farmers would receive 2,000 units of free power monthly. "On the contrary, the government is burdening consumers with a fuel surcharge two to six times higher than the grant provided for 100 units of electricity. The fuel surcharge has been imposed on over 80 lakh state consumers.
"From July to September 2022, the fuel surcharge was 45 paise per unit, and from October to December, it increased to 52 paise. Under the previous BJP government, the average rate was only 18 paise per unit," Rathore said.
The BJP leader alleged that discrepancies had been found in the past in rates of coal imported from Indonesia, and an additional seven paise per unit "Adani tax" was collected from 1.39 crore consumers in the state.
Rathore says govt levied ‘Adani tax’
Solar power plants with a total of 17,143MW capacity have been successfully installed in the state, but only 3,326MW has been utilised for the local population. The state consumes about 23% of the solar energy it produces and sells 77% outside the state through power purchase agreements (PPAs) with private companies.
The state has also established wind energy plants with a total capacity of 5,193MW but a significant portion of the electricity generated by these plants was sold to private companies rather than utilised within the state, he alleged.
The government had announced to increase free electricity from 50 to 100 units per month in the 2023- 24 Budget and declared that farmers would receive 2,000 units of free power monthly. “On the contrary, the government is burdening consumers with a fuel surcharge two to six times higher than the grant provided for 100 units of electricity.
The fuel surcharge has been imposed on over 80 lakh state consumers. “From July to September 2022, the fuel surcharge was 45 paise per unit, and from October to December, it increased to 52 paise. Under the previous BJP government, the average rate was only 18 paise per unit,” Rathore said.
The BJP leader alleged that discrepancies had been found in the past in rates of coal imported from Indonesia, and an additional seven paise per unit “Adani tax” was collected from 1.39 crore consumers in the state.
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