EV Charging To Cost More, No Changes in Domestic Power Tariffs

Hyderabad: Charging of electric vehicles has just become a little more expensive in Telangana if EV owners decide to recharge their vehicles during peak power demand periods in the mornings and evenings, especially at commercial plug-and-pay charging stations.

However, there will be no changes in the existing tariffs for domestic consumers for this year.

The Telangana Electricity Regulatory Commission on Wednesday released its tariff orders for various categories of consumers for 2026-27, in which it said it was introducing a ‘Time of Day (ToD)’ rate for charging EVs, as well as for various categories of high tension (HT) consumers.

It said as per the new ToD norms, all commercial EV charging stations will have to pay Re.1 more per unit of power used from 6 am to 10 am, and again from 6 pm to 10 pm. There will be no changes in charges during the rest of the day or night hours.

However, the increased ToD rates for EV charging stations will be limited to commercial outlets, but not for domestic EV charging points, unless a separate EV charging connection is obtained under HT categories ranging from 11 KV to 132 KV rated connections.

The ToD rates, ranging between Rs 1 and Rs 1.50 per unit, will also apply to all commercial connections that fall under HT categories, including industries, poultry farms, wholly religious places, and airports, railway and bus stations, the TGERC said.

The commission, which approved the Annual Revenue Requirements of the two Dicoms, the Southern and Northern, said they sought approvals for total revenue generation of Rs.72,996 crores, but that the TGERC determined that approvals would be given for a total of Rs.64,950.72 crore for the year. It also approved a revenue gap of Rs. 15,105.91 crore against the claim of Rs.22,104 crore, adding that the government committed a subsidy of Rs.14,000 crore for the year, and that the balance Rs.1,105.91 crore has been allocated as Regulatory Asset.