PUNE As per Maharashtra State Energy Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), residential, commercial, municipal, and industrial consumers owe the power utility firm arrears of ₹1,950 crore as of April 10. Street light power usage accounts for a significant portion of the arrears, said officials. This covers Zilla Parishads, Sangli, Satara, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, and other municipal corporations in the Pune division that have unpaid invoices.
According to officials, the street lights power bills estimated to be worth ₹1,188 crore are pending to be paid, while 1,0747 industrial electricity consumers are yet to pay ₹420 crore as arrears, 1,362,329 domestic consumers owe ₹170 crore and commercial users owe ₹54 crore while another industrial category owes ₹82 crore.
