Chandigarh The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) on Monday announced an average tariff hike of 12.08%, which would be levied on consumers retrospectively from April 1, 2012.

PSERC chairperson Romila Dubey said the hike for domestic consumers who consume less than 100 units would be 53 paise a unit, for consumers using 101 to 300 units, the tariff would be R5.49 paise a unit up from earlier R4.96 paise per unit. Above 300 units, it would be R5.81 paise per unit from the earlier R5.23 paise.