CHENNAI: Over the past one month, 5.4 lakh Chennai residents complained to Tangedco about electricity bills with exorbitant amounts. Most said that the bill amount was disproportionate to consumption and requested the power supplier to check if the meters were faulty.
The issue
The residents were handed earlier year’s bills owing to the ongoing lockdown and the consequent suspension of meter reading. “If the power consumption has not been noted during the lockdown (that is, if the 60th day since previous month’s calculation falls during this period), the consumers will have to pay the amount as calculated in the same month in 2019 (year without Covid),” said an official.
