Report of Indian Institute of Public Administration ... - Ministry of Power

Maharashtra
Commercial Performance
Billing for Energy Consumption
The billing system is computerised for all consumers in MSEDCL. Consumer’s meter
reading and payment data is fed in the system to compute the bill as per prevalent
tariff as well as to update the master file and creation of MIS data.
Meters of all residential, commercial and industrial consumers in urban areas and all
HT consumers including those in rural areas are read monthly. Bi-monthly reading is
done in respect of consumers in semi urban areas and quarterly reading is done for all
consumers in rural areas (except HT consumers) and agricultural consumers. Billing is
done in accordance with the frequency of meter reading.
Bills are raised on the basis of actual reading of the meter. In accordance with the
"Electricity Supply Code and Other Conditions of Supply Regulations 2005" laid
down by MERC, the distribution licensee can issue bills on average basis only up to
two billing cycles. In case of a faulty meter, consumer can be billed on average basis
up to a period of 12 months. In urban areas spot billing is being introduced.
Presently 7.94 per cent consumers are billed on average basis and meters of 8.82 per
cent consumers are faulty. The extent of delayed billing per billing cycle is less than
five per cent.
Progress of Metering
MSEDCL has requested permission of MERC to extend the period for installation of
meters on all agricultural connections till March 2008. All other consumers are
supplied electricity only through meters. The progress of installation of meters is
given in table below:
Table: Metering as a Percentage of Total Connections
Category
2000
-01
2001
-02
2002
-03
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
2006
-07
2007
-08
Agricultural 38 43 60 100
All other categories 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
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