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Lucknow, 14 September (HS). There is now a possibility of a ban on reckless recovery by builders in single point connections. The Electricity Regulatory Commission has now abolished the single point connection system with a penalty of Rs 5000 for the first mistake, Rs 10000 for the second mistake and Rs 15000 for the third mistake. Now it will be converted into multi point. Along with this, all builders will also have to make their audited accounts public. Now no builder or housing society can disconnect the connection in the name of maintenance charges.
The Consumer Council Chairman met Electricity Regulatory Commission Chairman Arvind Kumar and member Sanjay Kumar Singh and expressed his gratitude to them for fixing the electricity rate in the interest of consumers. This time, strict noose has been tightened on the builders in the electricity rates issued by the Electricity Regulatory Commission, for which the Consumer Council was struggling for a long time and had raised this issue in every hearing. Still, on a large scale in entire Uttar Pradesh, some builders are taking care of the arrangements themselves by taking single point connection. At some places, a franchise-like Residential Welfare Committee has been formed and the electricity rate fixed at Rs 110 and energy charge at Rs 7 per unit has been fixed by the Electricity Regulatory Commission. They collect more than that and do not even give any bill to the consumers but now this will not happen.
Chairman of Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Consumer Council and member of State Advisory Committee, Awadhesh Kumar Verma today met Electricity Regulatory Commission Chairman Arvind Kumar and member Sanjay Kumar Singh and expressed his gratitude to them for fixing the electricity rate in the interest of consumers and also Also appreciated the steps taken to rein in the builders. The Consumer Council said that now the Commission should ensure smooth implementation of the system made for the consumers by continuously monitoring it, so that the companies are not able to cheat.
Chairman of Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Consumer Council and member of the State Advisory Committee, Awadhesh Kumar Verma said that the arrangement has now been given in the tariff order issued by the Electricity Regulatory Commission. According to this, Power Corporation will create an online portal on which separate electricity bills of all the consumers will be sent to the builder or the franchisee-like residential welfare committee formed there, which will be sent to the consumers through their email, WhatsApp or electronic mode. It will have to be entered and at the same time the builder or the franchisee who is formed in the form of a housing society will also have to enter his mandatory audit account which has complete accounts. Failure to do so will result in a penalty of Rs 5,000 for the first mistake, Rs 10,000 for the second mistake and Rs 15,000 for the third mistake, along with taking away the rights of the single point connection and converting it into a multi-point system. Will be done. Besides this, the Electricity Regulatory Commission has also said that all such builders or franchised housing societies will have to pay the bill for the generators and DG sets installed there separately to the consumers and will also have to pay the bill for the maintenance charges separately.