LUCKNOW, Oct. 6 -- Power consumers in Uttar Pradesh are set to receive a Diwali gift in the form of no tariff hike for the sixth consecutive year. Unless there are last-minute changes "for some special reasons", the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) is expected to retain the existing power tariff.

The commission is likely to announce its annual tariff order for the year 2025-26 between October 8 and 10 having already considered views from all stakeholders. People in the know disclosed that the order had been finalsed and, if issued in its current form, Uttar Pradesh would perhaps be the only state in the country to have kept power tariffs unchanged for six straight years.

"The commission has finalised the tariff or...