JERC directs Electricity Department to issue monthly bills

Chandigarh, May 21 In order to reduce financial burden on consumers, the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) has directed the Electricity Department to start issuing monthly bills instead of bi-monthly. Nearly, 85 per cent of the domestic and commercial consumers...

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 01:05 PM May 22, 2020 IST

Chandigarh, May 21

In order to reduce financial burden on consumers, the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) has directed the Electricity Department to start issuing monthly bills instead of bi-monthly.

Nearly, 85 per cent of the domestic and commercial consumers are getting bi-monthly bills at present.

Earlier, the JERC had ordered the department to switch over to monthly billing system for all categories except agriculture water pumping supply.

In annual tariff review appeal, the department had stated that they would face numerous problems in shifting to monthly meter reading from bi-monthly, as the department was facing an acute shortage of staff and software needs to be upgraded for monthly billing. — TNS

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