‘Monthly billing not possible’: Chandigarh admin tells electricity commission

The Chandigarh administration, in a written reply to the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC), has stated that the ‘implementation of monthly billing for domestic and commercial category of consumers at this stage was not feasible’.

The reply was filed after JERC had asked the administration to submit a progress report in the matter in a month’s time. The administration has already spent Rs 28 crore on installation of smart meters in the city.

Earlier, during a monthly hearing, residents of the city had demanded that electricity bills be generated monthly. Officials of Chandigarh’s power department had then said that after the installation of smart meters in the city had been completed, bills would be generated monthly.