The report also found that TOU (Time of Use) electricity metres of 70 percent consumers were outdated, which either loot the consumer or deprive the government from justified charges.
“TOU meters of 70 percent consumers were outdated due to which some consumers were billed off-peak rates and some with peak rates.”
The report said that TOU meters help the consumers to pay less while in other cases it makes them pay more than what they had actually consumed.
Some of the observations made in the report are as follows:
– The connected/running load of most of the consumers under domestic, commercial and industrial B-2 consumers was more than their sanctioned load. However, no action in the form of issuing notices or extending the load has been taken by DISCOs. Transformers are running on 80% to 100% overloading due to which frequent tripping was occurring.
– TOU meters of 70% consumers were outdated and out timed due to which some consumers were billed off-peak rates and some with peak rates.
– 11KV metering rooms were found in miserable conditions, having no protection (relay) system.
– Lines and poles were found in poor condition, which is also a reason for increased number of interruptions, resulting in non-achievement of reliability standards.”
