Meeting UP electricity regulator’s deadline for meters on power staff’s premises may be a tall order in poll year

Taking a serious view of non-implementation of its earlier directions on installation of energy meters on the premises of power personnel till date, the UP Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has set a deadline for UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) to complete the task by the end of the current financial year.

“The commission directs that metering of LMV-10 connections should be completed by end of FY 2021-2022,” the commission said in its tariff order issued on July 29. The LMV-10 category refers to the unmetered power staff.

A senior energy department official, however, said: “Considering the fact that there are assembly polls early next year, it is impossible for the state government to give a go-ahead to the UPPCL to install meters on the powermen’s premises and invite their wrath.”