Hyderabad, Feb. 4 -- The Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission has introduced fixed charges for new electricity connections, doing away with the earlier practice where consumers were charged based on distance from poles and lines.

These new guidelines will come into effect from Thursday, February 5; however, a gazette notification on the new guidelines was issued on January 19, and all applications received for new connections from this date onwards will be exempt from the distance-based charges, the Electricity Department's PRO told Siasat.com.

According to the gazette notification, the new guidelines apply to supplies given through overhead lines and to all Low Tension (LT) categories except LT-VIII Temporary Supply and El...