Lucknow: Electricity consumers across the state will have relief as their power bills for July will be 4.43% lower due to a negative Fuel and Power Purchase Adjustment Surcharge (FPPAS), marking the biggest monthly benefit in the past 15 months.Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has issued the revised FPPAS for July in compliance with the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) regulations and its recent directions. The adjustment is based on the actual power purchase cost for April 2026.According to UPPCL’s Regulatory Affairs Unit, the FPPAS for April 2026 has been calculated at minus 4.43% and will be passed on to consumers through July electricity bills. The official calculation sheet shows that the actual average power purchase cost in April stood at Rs 4.78 per unit against the approved cost of Rs 4.94 per unit, resulting in a negative adjustment of Rs 358.31 crore.The Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Upbhokta Parishad (UPRVUP) described the reduction as the largest FPPAS benefit since the mechanism began.The consumer body said the development vindicated its long-standing demand for transparency in the FPPAS process after it filed a public interest petition before UPERC questioning the methodology adopted in previous calculations.UPRVUP chairman, Avadhesh Kumar Verma, said the regulatory commission’s June 23 order made it clear that FPPAS must be based only on the actual power purchase cost and transmission charges of the relevant month, without carrying forward liabilities or adjustments from other periods.
