Between August and October 2022, the subsidy bill of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) due to zero power bill was around Rs 3060 crore against the subsidy bill of Rs 1051 crore in the same period in 2021. The Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Admi Party government, which has implemented its much touted pre-poll promise, now needs to look at ways to refund the PSPCL.
The Sunday Express accessed the data of power bills from August 2022 to October 2022 and compared it to the similar period in 2021 and found that the number of consumers getting zero power bills increased seven times on a monthly basis.
