City power tariff may go up as₹38k cr recovery plan on anvil

New Delhi: After more than a decade, power tariffs in Delhi are likely to increase from April 1 as Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) may soon issue an order to recover more than Rs 38,500 crore accumulated regulatory assets (RA, unrecovered costs) from consumers.

This will be done by imposing higher RA surcharge in power bills so that RA accumulated since 2007 can be recovered in a phased manner over seven years, reports Alok K N Mishra.DERC's affidavit of Jan 2026 before Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, says recovery will start April 1. On discoms' plea, SC passed an order in Oct 2025 directing DERC to liquidate RA in seven years, from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2031.