The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday annulled its decisions of hiking retail power tariffs for two bottom-placed household consumers, according to officials of the Power Division.

The regulatory body revised the decision a day after it stipulated that the lifeline consumers using up to 50 units would pay Tk 5.32 per one kWh of electricity in place of the previous Tk 4.63 per one kWh.

The BERC also decided to impose Tk 6.18kWh power tariff instead of the previous Tk 5.26kWh for consumers using up to 75 units, falling under the first slab of the seven categories of household clients.

Acting on a recommendation earlier on the day by the Energy Division amid criticisms from economists and rights groups on power tariff hikes, the BERC took the new decisions of keeping rates unchanged for the bottom-placed consumers. 

A press release issued by the Energy Division in this connection also said that the government would compensate losses by the power distributing companies because of the new decisions.

On the same ground, the retail power tariff on weighted average will now stand at Tk 10.40kWh in place of the previous Tk 10.63kWh, added the Energy Division.