The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has stepped up pressure on the UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) to install meters in the residences of power employees and pensioners as well.
In Uttar Pradesh, around one lakh power personnel and pensioners consume unmetered electricity. They are said to put up strong resistance to any bid to install meters in their houses. They argue that unmetered power was part of their service conditions.
Taking a serious view of their using unmetered power supply in violation of the Electricity Act, 2003, the UPERC in 2016-17 abolished the separate category for them. Back then, the regulator clubbed them with other domestic consumers after which they were supposed to pay bills like any other unmetered consumer till meters were not installed in their residences.
