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The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission will allow units of both companies to recover 80 billion rupees over the next eight years, DERC's Chairman PD Sudhakar told Reuters.
Domestic electricity utilities have long suffered financially as Indians view cheap or free power as a right, not a privilege, leading politicians to keep tariffs low.
Sudhakar said he expects an 8 percent surcharge that DERC had imposed on tariffs two years ago would pay for the reimbursement, but any shortfall could see tariffs rise further in the future.
(Reporting by Thomas Wilkes)