The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) has once again postponed the announcement of new power tariff rates. 

 the commission has cited a writ petition filed in the Kerala high court against the power tariff hike proposal as the reason for delaying it till February 28, 2017.

The writ petition filed by consumer activist Dijo Kappan has questioned the rationale behind the commission's move to announce a tariff increase.

If the commission fails to substantiate the rationale behind its decision to suo motu fix the power tariff rate, the board is likely to suffer a huge financial loss. Though the KSEB authorities claim that their fiscal condition is not healthy, political interference and eroding professionalism are preventing them from openly arguing for a decent increase in the power tariff rate, which was last revised in 2014.