Goa, July 1 -- The Goa government on Tuesday acknowledged that near ly 70,000 electricity consumers - around 10 per cent of the State's 7.5 lakh power users - were saddled with excess demand, ex cess energy and delayed payment charges, announcing a one-time rollback of the penal levies even as Power Minister Sudin Dhavalikar hinted that administrative lapses dating back to 2005 were respon sible for the situation. Addressing a press conference, Dhavalikar said revised electrici ty bills have begun reaching con sumers from June 29, with the additional penal components re moved.

Consumers will now pay only the normal tariff applicable to the electricity actually con sumed, while delayed payment charges on the revised bills have also been w...