The Power Sector Table 23.4: Electricity Consumption by Type of Consumer Electricity Consumption by Type of Consumer –(Gwh) Households g(%) Commercial g(%) Industrial g(%) Other g(%) Total g(%) 2000-01 22765 2774 14349 8697 48555 2004-05 27601 4.8 4080 9.6 18591 6.5 11055 6.0 61327 5.8 2009-10 34272 4.3 5605 6.4 19823 1.3 14648 5.6 74348 3.9 2014-15 41450 3.5 6512 3.0 24979 4.6 12877 2.6 85818 2.9 2019-20 55132 5.7 7874 3.8 25647 0.5 23417 12.0 112070 5.3 Source: PES The power tariffs by type of customer are characterized by significant variation and with different rates of increase since 2009-10, as shown in Table 23.5. There is a sharp progressivity in domestic tariffs as the level of monthly consumption increases but the rate of increase is regressive in nature. The latest increase of Rs 1.95 per kwh was the same for all consumer. Tariff rates are relatively high and comparable for commercial and industrial consumers with variation by peak or off-peak use. Agricultural tariffs are relatively low. Table 23.5: Level of Tariffs and Average Rate of Annual Increase (01 – 1 – 2019 to 12 – 2 – 2021) Residential Level*(Rs per Kwh) (01-1-2019) 12-2-2019 £ 50 2.00 3.95 £ 100 5.79 7.74 £ 200 8.11 10.06 £ 300 10.20 12.15 301 – 700 17.60 19.55 > 700 20.70 22.65 Commercial( < 5 kw, Peak) 18.00 19.95 Industrial 18.78 – 18.84 20.79 – 21.9 Agricultural 5.35 7.30 *Date of last two increases Source: PES and NEPRA ACGR(%) 8.1 6.6 6.0 5.7 6.9 6.8 6.4 8.4 4.0 There has been a single-digit rate of increase in tariffs annually from 2010 to 2019. The highest rate of increase is of 8.1 percent annually for the smallest domestic consumers and almost 7 percent for big domestic consumers. Agricultural tariffs have increased annually by about 4 percent. The tariff schedule is the same for all distribution companies, the DISCOs. 223