Only a day after being pulled up by the state electricity regulatory commission, UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) chairman M Devraj on Tuesday directed managing directors (MDs) of discoms to ensure immediate refund of excess amounts realised from consumers.
He also asked MDs to take action against the officials who charged consumers in excess of the rates prescribed in the cost date book issued by the UP Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC). Ensure that all work estimates are issued strictly as per the prescribed rates only, the UPPCL chief added.
The UPERC had on Monday issued notices to the UPPCL chairman and MDs of all discoms instructing them to immediately refund the extra amount realised from consumers by way of inflated estimates, and appear before it on October 21 to inform the commission about the progress of the implementation of the refund.