Delhi power prices likely to rise in April: Know Will Government Offer Relief

New Delhi: After a very long period, the electricity rates in the national capital are likely to increase from April 1 as the Delhi government is preparing to clear pending dues of over Rs 38,000 crore to the three power discoms, according to official.

What is the Government planning?

The government is planning to do this by imposing higher Regulatory assets (costs that are expected to be recovered in future) surcharge in power bills so that RA accumulated since 2007 can be recovered in a phased manner over seven years.

The official said that the authority is also planning to subsidise the hike in power tariff to cushion the impact on the consumers.

What did the Supreme Court say?

In August last year, the Supreme Court directed that the regulatory assets, including carrying costs of Rs 27,200 crore, be paid to Delhi's three private discoms, BRPL, BYPL and TPDDL, in seven years.

The court had also directed DERC to prepare a recovery plan, account for carrying costs (interest) and conduct a detailed audit explaining the prolonged delay in cost recovery.

What is the reason of increase?

Delhi has not seen a tariff hike since 2014-15. Regulatory assets have risen sharply due to a lack of any power tariff hike in the past decade.

The cost of supplying electricity kept rising but tariffs were not revised during this period, leading to the creation of a huge RA load.

What did DERC say?

The affidavit of the city's power regulator, Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC), of January 2026 before Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL), says recovery will start April 1.

APTEL has been asked to monitor the implementation of the SC order.

DERC infgormed the central agency, APTEL, in January that total regulatory assets in Delhi stand at Rs 38,552 crore.

As per DERC filing, the outstanding amount includes Rs 19,174 crore for BRPL, Rs 12,333 crore for BYPL and Rs 7,046 crore for TPDDL. The amounts are approved expenditures incurred by the discoms for supplying electricity

The original regulatory asset amounts have increased due to piling up interest because of the delay in recovery, the officials said.