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electricity bill: The Additional Security Deposit (ASD) collected from consumers will be recovered in installments every month. Earlier this amount was collected in lump sum in one year.
This security deposit amount is determined based on the annual electricity consumption of the consumer. Which the Energy Corporation has started recovering in installments from the April bill. However, there is still confusion among common consumers regarding this.
In Uttarakhand, electricity rates have been increased by 6.92 percent from this month. Regarding which consumers and opposition political parties are continuously protesting. Meanwhile, the uneasiness of consumers has increased due to the addition of additional security deposit in the April bill. Actually, earlier ASD was collected only once a year.
Notices sent to those who did not pay security money
Notices were also sent by the Energy Corporation to those who did not pay the security money. However, due to the huge amount, it was not possible for the common consumer to make lump sum payment at the end of the financial year and the Energy Corporation had to make a lot of efforts to recover the huge amount.
Now the system of recovering the security amount in installments has been started from the beginning of the financial year 2024-25. Which will be added to the monthly bill every month.
This amount remains with the Energy Corporation as a security fund.
Central Zone Executive Engineer Gaurav Saklani said that the security amount is decided on the basis of electricity consumption of the consumer. If the consumer does not pay the electricity bill, some amount is already deposited with the Energy Corporation as security fund.
On closing the connection, the entire security amount is returned to the consumers. Also, it is paid along with interest. Those whose bill is less than the security deposit already deposited, their bill is reduced by adding to the deposit.
How to understand additional security deposit
While taking a new connection, both the consumer and the energy corporation are not aware of the annual electricity consumption on the connection. In such a situation, it is very common to deposit security deposit while taking the connection.
If the consumer consumes more electricity than the security amount, additional security amount is demanded from him. Consumers whose electricity consumption is less than the security deposit are sent a reduced bill.
The cycle lasts for 30 days
The cycle of electricity bill is 30 days, whereas it takes two to seven days to prepare it and deliver it to the consumers. Consumers are given seven to 15 days to pay the bill. In such a situation, the consumer would have consumed electricity for 45 days by then. In such a situation, ASD charge is levied even on excessive consumption of electricity.