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If there is a shop in the house and there is no separate commercial connection, then the domestic connection will be converted into a commercial one. On the instructions of UPPCL, Kesco issued instructions to all XENs. Under the assisted billing system, the process of sending a departmental engineer along with a meter reader has been started.
So far, more than a thousand such houses have been identified and notices have been issued to them. If no response is received to the notice, the method of connection will be changed. During the notice period, the consumer will have to apply for a commercial connection for the shop built in the house. The fixed charge per kilowatt for domestic electricity is Rs 110 per kilowatt. As per the domestic electricity rate, the rate is Rs 6 per unit for up to 300 units and Rs 6.5 per unit for more than this.
The fixed charge for commercial connection is Rs 330 per kilowatt and the electricity bill is Rs 7.50 per unit for up to 300 units, Rs 8.40 per unit for up to 1000 units and Rs 8.75 per unit for more than that.
