Bangalore The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has increased power tariff across all categories by an average 13 paise per unit with immediate effect. This is the fourth such hike in the last two years.

The hike varies from 10-20 paise a unit for different category of consumers. For the industrial and commercial categories the increase has been 20 paise per unit while in the domestic segment it has been 10 paise.