Mangaluru  : Consumers vehemently opposed Mangalore Electricity Supply Company’s plea to increase power tariff by an average of Rs 1.33 per unit and urged the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) to direct the company to efficiently manage its finances. MESCOM Managing Director Prashanth Kumar Mishra said that the company’s finances have been affected by the […]

Mangaluru : Managing Director of Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (Mescom) Limited Chikkananjappa on Monday exhorted for a hike of Rs 1.48 a unit of electricity supplied, to fill the projected revenue gap of Rs 700.45 crore for the next fiscal. In his presentation during the annual public hearing on tariff revision presided over by the […]

Mangaluru : The power consumers of Mescom have urged the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) to reject the appeal filed by Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd (Mescom) for a hike in the power tariff. At a public hearing on Monday, representatives from Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), farmers, Ice Plant and Cold Storage […]

Bangalore : The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Monday allowed electricity supply companies (escoms) to hike tariff by an average of 23 paise per unit for year 2013-14. The escoms had earlier sought a hike of 70 paise. The KERC, however, gave the escoms a free hand to revise tariff once every quarter as […]