On Sunday, the panel held its first meeting under the chairmanship of Justice Narasimha Reddy and collected information with regard to the three issues.
Last year the power consumption touched 79.33 MU on May 19, whereas this year it crossed 79 MU in March itself, indicating that the power demand may increase in the coming days.
The BRS working president thanked the Congress government for at least admitting in the white paper that it could ensure only six hours of supply being in rule for 55 years.
All the senior Energy department officials are attending the meeting and will be presenting details of the financial situation of the utilities – TSTransco, TSGenco, and the two power distribution companies, TSSPDCL and TSNPDCL.
The Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister had earlier landed the Congress in Telangana in soup when he admitted that only five hours of power was being supplied to farmers in Karnataka.
As per the data submitted in Lok Sabha, Gujarat was sanctioned Rs. 1242.71 crore during 2021-22 and Rs. 1114.65 crore during the 2022-23 financial years, whereas during the same period Telangana was given just Rs. 49.11 crore and Rs. 42.81 crore respectively
Minister said Centre was planning to hike power charges by 20 percent for industries and commercial establishments and 10 percent for other categories of consumers under the ToD policy
Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited has simplified the process of changing the title of ownership of electricity service connection.