Maharashtra: Consumers flood MSEDCL offices seeking correction in ‘excessive’ power bills for June
EVEN AS the BJP has spoken out against “excessive” power bills received by consumers, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) has been flooded with complaints seeking a review of bills.
Consumers have continued to pour into MSEDCL offices across the state, seeking correction in their massive billing amounts. The MSEDCL has 2.7 crore consumers statewide. Of these, two crore are domestic users, and remaining are industrial and agri-consumers. The power utility has 16 zones and 44 circles.
In Pune district, the MSEDCL has 29 lakh consumers. In the district, there are two zones: Pune and Baramati. Baramati zone handles six talukas and districts of Satara and Solapur, while Pune zone looks after two civic bodies of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, three Cantonment boards and remaining talukas of Pune district.
