ERC power bill shocker for consumers in new pricing

Only those who consume 10 units or less monthly stand to benefit from new structure. Bulk consumers, however, have been spared the rise, even as the regulator scraps monthly fixed charges. [File, Standard

Poor households and a majority of the middle class will feel the biggest pinch of the new electricity tariffs published yesterday.

This, as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) spared bulk consumers high power bills in a move that is likely to spark countrywide outrage.