Come April, the UP power discom Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited, or PVVNL, will offer all residential societies and sectors in Gautam Budh Nagar the option to go for prepaid electricity meters. This, PPVNL hopes, will do away with the exhausting process of exacting outstanding bills and prevent power thefts.
And as a start, the discom has decided to instal prepaid meters in all government offices in Lucknow and Ghaziabad.
In the second phase, starting from April, prepaid meters will be installed in other districts of Uttar Pradesh, including Gautam Budh Nagar.
The department has asked for 5,000 prepaid meters from the state government.
AK Singh, superintending engineer of the Noida electricity department, confirmed, “It has been decided to instal prepaid meters in all government offices. Once the meters are installed, the respective departments will keep track of the power consumed in their offices, as electricity will only be available when the meters are recharged. The electricity department will also be relieved from the non-payment of electricity bills. This will put a stop to wastage and power theft, and people will use electricity responsibly.”
Under the new system, the departments will recharge according to their consumption requirements.
All government departments in Noida will have a prepaid meter, and a notice will be issued to offices that are yet to clear their outstanding bills.
