India, April 22 -- LUCKNOW Consumers in Uttar Pradesh will have to pay 1.24% more for electricity in April and the increase would be levied as a fuel surcharge for January. The UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has already issued an order in this regard, along with necessary changes to the billing software.

"The surcharge stems from the revised multi-year tariff distribution regulation 2025, which now allows for a monthly fuel and power purchase adjustment surcharge (FPPAS) to be recovered from consumers till 2029," said people in the know of things. The state has nearly 3.45 crore electricity consumers who will be impacted by this change.

According to the power corporation, the fuel surcharge for January was calculated at Rs.78.99 c...