Lucknow: Energy minister AK Sharma has directed the UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) management to start installing meters in the power personnel’s residences as well, ensuring that all power officials, employees and pensioners consumed electricity as per the provisions.
He, along with chief secretary Durga Shankar Mishra was holding a meeting with energy department officials and discoms’ managing directors (MDs) here in the Shakti Bhawan to review efforts being made to improve power supply and enhance revenue collection.
The minister said that the Electricity Act 2003 did not permit unmetered power to any class of consumers and questioned why power personnel in the state did not have energy meters in their residences.
