DW BUREAU / Chandigarh The Shiromani Akali Dal said that today that day light loot of electricity consumers by the Amarinder Singh led Government has been exposed by the Central Electricity Regularity Commision (CERC) who has disclosed that Punjab was 15th state in the country who is purchasing cheaper power in the country. In a statement released here today, the SAD Spokesman Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema said that the CERA has released a report regarding purchase of electricity by different states bases on calculation of average power purchase cost (APPCC) rate at the national level. He said that this APPCC report for financial year 2020-21 clearly states that Punjab is purchasing electricity at an average cost of non RE power Rs. 3.65 paise per unit and the state has purchased 50883.00 million units of power during last year. He said that in this report Punjab has been ranked 15th and shockingly it is purchasing cheaper power than Haryana and Delhi who are providing much cheaper power to their consumers. He also said that after inclusion of transmission charge this cost comes at rs. 4.93 per unit whereas the Punjab State Power Supply Corporation (PSPCL) state government power utility is supply power to consumers at rate ranging from Rs. 9.50 to Rs. 11.50 per unit. The SAD leader asked the state government to reply to the factual report disclosed by the CERC which has exposed the Congress government on its claims of cheaper power that even after getting power at much cheaper rates than a maximum states of the country, the Punjab Government is supplying costliest power to the state consumers. He urged the state government to accept the reality that it minted money all there four years and now it is time to slash these power rates by half immediately to provide much needed relief to the power consumers of the state who are already crushed under the high electricity prices in state. (editor@dailyworld.in)