After achieving 100% electrification, Bihar replaces old reading meters with smart prepaid ones

PATNA: With the state meeting the records of all time high demand of 6627 MW power recently, the government has started replacing old eletric meters with Smart Prepaid meters.

As on June 1st, the state electricity department has installed a record number of 1,47,582 Smart Prepaid Meters as one June 1. CMD –cum-secretary of Bihar State Power Holding Companies, Sanjeev Hans said that a target has been fixed to install 23,50,000 Smart Prepaid Meters across the state. “Of the fixed target, 1, 47,583 mart Prepaid Meters have been installed and the remaining 22, 02,418 meters will be installed by December 2022 ,” he said.