The power discoms have registered a significant rise of up to 90 per cent in digital payments of electricity bills in Delhi during the coronavirus-induced lockdown. The Tata PowerNSE 1.68 % Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL), serving around 70 lakh consumers in north and northwest Delhi, received over 90 per cent of its bill payments through digital modes during the lockdown. Earlier, only 65 per cent of its consumers used digital modes of payment, said a spokesperson of the company.
The BSES discoms — BRPL and BYPL — are also receiving 90 per cent of payments of electricity bills through digital modes and only about 10 per cent through cheques and demand drafts, said a spokesperson of the company.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown, around 72 per cent consumers used to pay online and around 22 per cent though cheques and drafts, he said.
