Nearly 73 lakh consumers of Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL), headquartered in Visakhapatnam, are facing unusually high electricity bills. Many allege that authorities are adding extra charges to recover expenditures or losses incurred in previous years.
According to one electricity bill (No. 116597XXXXXX741), 342 units were billed, and the total net amount came to ₹2,444.55. This included ₹169.46 under Fuel and Power Purchase Cost Adjustment (FPPCA1), ₹83 under FPPCA2, and ₹0.45 under FPPCA3. As a result, all APEPDCL consumers are seeing monthly bills with these additional FPPCA charges.
