HESCOM has been providing Electricity at a subsidized rate to a few categories of customers who are unable to pay the full cost of supply.

1. Kutir Jyothi

This is a scheme of providing 1 bulb connection to poor rural households. At present, there are about 4.37 lakh consumers who are benefited by this scheme. At present this category of consumers are charged a nominal tariff of Rs. 30/- per installation per month based on an estimated consumption of 18 units per month.

2. Irrigation Pump Sets

Power is being supplied to Unmetered IP sets at highly subsidized rates of Rs. 720/- per HP per annum. The realization rate from this category is Rs. 0.54 p/u in FY-03 as against the cost of supply of Rs. 3.73 pu.

Various schemes of tariff rebates are also provided to deserving sections of the society as approved by the KERC.

a) Under LT-2(a) tariff schedule, a rebate of 25 paise per unit is given for a House / School / Hostels meant for Handicapped, Aged Destitute and Orphans and Rehabilitation Centres run by Charitable Institutions.

b) A rebate of 35 Paise per unit is allowed, if solar water heaters are installed and used under LT-2(a) tariff schedule. The rebate is limited to Rs. 35 per installation per month.

c) Under LT-3 commercial tariff category, a rebate of 20% on fixed and energy charges is allowed in monthly bills in respect of telephone booths having STD/ISD/FAX facility run by handicapped people.

d) As per the tariff order issued on March 10, 2003, a rebate of 2 paise per unit is allowed if capacitors are installed as per section 23 of KERC (ES&D) Code, 2001 in respect of all metered IP set installations.

e) Rural Rebate at 25% on fixed charges is also allowed to consumers falling under category LT2a, LT2b, LT3 and LT5 fed from rural feeders which are subject to rural load shedding for six hours or more daily.