Lucknow: The UP Power Corporation Ltd’s (UPPCL) one-time settlement scheme to recover ₹27,000 crore electricity dues failed to evoke the ‘desired’ response from defaulters who chose not to clear their pending electricity bills in anticipation that the next government would waive off arrears and provide free power, people aware of the issue revealed.
“As all political parties are promising free power and waiver of arrears to voters, most of the defaulters apparently ignored our OTS because they were convinced that any government that came to power after the assembly polls in March would waive off their dues,” a top UPPCL official said.
UPPCL, in October, 2021, announced the OTS seeking to waive off 100% surcharge (interest) payable on electricity dues, provided consumers cleared all their arrears. The scheme that was applicable to farmers, domestic and commercial consumers was to be in effect between October 21 and November 30.
