The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued draft guidelines on March 24 asking the stakeholders, including the distribution companies (Discoms), in the name of “Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Amendment Rules, 2023 to provide their comments, if any, by April 14. As per the MoP draft, the ToD tariff has to be specified by the State ERCs and it should not be less than 1.2 times of the normal tariff for commercial and industrial consumers and not less than 1.1 times for other consumers except agricultural consumers. Further, it stated that the ToD tariff should be made effective not later than April 1, 2024 for industrial and commercial users and not later than April 1, 2025 for other users, after installing smart meters.