The CEB has projected that it would cost the board Rs. 268 billion to generate, transmit and distribute electricity this year. Generation alone will amount to Rs. 235 billion. The estimate last year was Rs. 218 billion. Although the PUC had whittled this down to Rs. 186 billion, it still resulted in a 25 per cent increase in electricity prices to consumer
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