While rejecting UT administration’s proposal to increase the power tariff by 10% for 2023-24, the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) has also directed the electricity wing of UT engineering department to expedite the installation of smart electricity meters on priority.
Under the Smart Grid project, approved by the National Smart Grid Mission (NSGM), the UT administration had planned to install smart electricity meters across the city as part of power sector reforms. Since 2018, UT has already installed 24,000 smart power meters at a cost of ₹28 crore.
However, in November 2022, the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) had dropped the project for the rest of the city in the wake of the UT power department’s privatisation, which is in advanced stages.
