The first orders signed by CM Vijay.

What was signed: CM Vijay signed an executive order granting 200 free units of electricity per two-month billing cycle to domestic consumers, effective 10 May 2026. The order is tagged as a tariff subsidy of ₹1,730 crore per annum (per ANI / Asianet / The Federal / ThePrint / Newsdrum). Funding mechanic: the expenditure will be met initially via an advance from the Contingency Fund pending legislative approval, then included in the Revised Budget Estimate for 2026-27 as a 'New Service'. The order falls under the Electricity portfolio held by C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar. The full Government Order text — with G.O. number, the formal eligibility wording, the slab structure — is expected from the Energy Department in the coming days.

From CM Vijay's oath-day speech (per live Tamil-channel coverage): the 200-unit free benefit is for domestic households whose total bi-monthly consumption is at or below ~500 units. The 500-unit figure aligns with an existing slab boundary in the current TANGEDCO tariff. We'll confirm the exact threshold and any tiers above it once the formal G.O. is published.

Helpful context on Tamil Nadu's electricity tariff:
• 0–100 bi-monthly units are already free under the existing 'lifeline' slab — a universal domestic benefit that pre-dates this order.
• TANGEDCO's slab system is non-telescopic for higher slabs — i.e., crossing into a higher slab can re-price all units in your bill at that slab's rate. For example, 400 bi-monthly units bills at ~₹870 today, while 410 units bills at ~₹1,330 under the existing 2026 tariff.
• Whether the new 200-unit free benefit is structured telescopically (first 200 always free; pay slab rate above) or as a full waiver up to a cap (zero bill if total ≤200 in a 2-month cycle, otherwise revert to slab rates) will be clarified in the Energy Department's G.O.

Quick read for households:
1. The 0–100 free baseline continues unchanged.
2. An additional 100 units (101–200) becomes free for households whose total bi-monthly consumption stays within the threshold the speech referenced (~500 units).
3. For households above the threshold, pricing was left to the slab structure of the G.O. awaited on 28 May 2026.

This list covers 10–28 May 2026 and was not updated after that; by 28 May 2026 the Energy Department had not published the slab table, eligibility wording, rollout date or G.O. number.

UPDATE · 24 May 2026: The Tamil Nadu government clarified that the scheme takes effect from the next bi-monthly billing cycle and that ~2.23 crore of the state's 2.46 crore domestic consumers (about 90%) fall in the eligible slab. The benefit applies bi-monthly — 200 free units per two-month cycle — only when total cycle consumption stays under 500 units. Annual subsidy burden is confirmed at ₹1,730 crore.