Kurnool, Feb. 21 -- The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has announced that there will be no increase in power tariffs for the financial year 2025-26.

The Commission released a Retail Supply Tariff (RST) order for the financial year 2025-26 on Friday.

In fulfilment of a key election promise, APERC passed a tariff order stating that retail electricity tariffs remain unchanged in the next financial year 2025-26, the commission said in its order.

In a major reform measure, APERC has introduced time-of-day tariffs for commercial and industrial connections above 10 KW, with a rebate of 50 paise per unit. "This would result in effective power utilisation and enable customers to take advantage of lower daytime power pr...