The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has given permission to the power Discoms to issue the bill in April (for the power consumed in March) provisionally, as per the bill raised in March (February consumption) for all low tension (LT) consumers.
The regulator’s order comes in the backdrop of the difficulties electricity staff would face in taking meter readings due to the lockdown on account of Covid19.
The State’s three distribution companies — APSPDCL, APEPDCL and APCPDCL — had made a request to the Commission stating that they were unable to deploy staff to record meter readings of LT services at the consumers’ premises, as stipulated in the regulations due to the lockdown in the State.
