Better questions.
Clearer numbers.
Your perspective.
Understand the policies that shape everyday life in Tamil Nadu. Follow the evidence, change the assumptions, and see the trade-offs for yourself.
Try the electricity simulatorFree to explore. No sign-in. Calculations run in your browser.
Same home.
Same units.
Different policy.
450 units · one two-month billing cycle
at this consumption level
A dated policy comparison. Not a government performance score or an official bill. Consumer rules are labelled reported where primary subsidy orders were unavailable.
Inspect the sources and assumptionsPublic policy deserves
a public understanding.
Political arguments often start with a conclusion. TN Lens starts with a question: what does the evidence support, who is affected, and what changes when we choose differently?
Our purpose is to make rigorous policy analysis understandable and open to inspection. Simple controls sit above explicit calculations, dated sources, and visible uncertainty. You bring the questions and decide what matters.
ஆதாரங்களைப் பாருங்கள். அனுமானங்களை மாற்றுங்கள். விளைவுகளைப் புரிந்துகொள்ளுங்கள்.
Electricity, explained.
Start with something close to home: your electricity bill. Minnal, the TN Lens electricity lab, connects household choices with the wider power system.
Open the electricity labWhat would my household pay?
Compare dated tariffs. Adjust free units, eligibility, and rates. See exactly where a benefit ends.
How could a day of power be supplied?
Change supply limits, market prices, and battery capacity. Explore an illustrative optimized dispatch.
What if conditions change?
Explore household cost ranges under your growth and price assumptions. These are conditional scenarios, not calibrated predictions.
See what is known.
Question what is assumed.
- Evidence has a date and a source.
- Primary documents and reported rules are distinguished. Missing evidence stays visible.
- Assumptions are yours to test.
- A model result depends on its inputs and boundaries. A scenario is not an observed outcome.
- Comparisons share a baseline.
- We hold consumption constant when comparing bills. A tariff snapshot cannot measure an administration’s overall performance.
- Uncertainty is part of the result.
- Supply profiles are illustrative; future cost bands depend on your assumptions. Read limitations alongside the charts.