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Synopsis of State Reports (Vol.-IV)
Study on `Impact of Restructuring of SEBs’
(d) Metering: The improvements made in metering by the DISCOMs are:
• The percentage of metered services in all categories, other than
agricultural, is almost 100 per cent;
• Metering of agricultural services is 21 per cent in SPDCL, 8 per cent
in EPDCL and 2 per cent in the other two DISCOMs;
• The metered electricity consumption has increased from 38 per cent
in 1999-2000 to 52.4 per cent by 2004-05;
• All industrial and high value services are provided with electronic
meters;
• All 33 kV and 11 kV feeders have been metered; and
• Metering has been completed in respect of about 36,300 DTs.
(e) Billing and Collection: There are marked improvements in the billing
and collection of revenue after the restructuring. The position is given
below:
• Billing demand has improved from Rs 4,841 crore (1999-2000) to Rs
8,817 crore (2004-05);
• The overall collection efficiency in the post-reform period is ranging
from 96.52 to 102.87 per cent as compared to 92.74 per cent in 1999-
2000; and
• Though the receivables are increasing, the percentage of receivables
over the billing demand is reducing year after year. The percentage
of receivables at the end of 2003-04 stood at 21.5 per cent of the
demand.
(f) Subsidy: Prior to restructuring, no cash subsidy was provided by the State
Government, though there were accounting adjustments like conversion of
loan into equity, etc. Consequent to restructuring, the Government has
provided revenue subsidy in cash as required in the tariff orders of the
Commission. The year-wise revenue subsidy provided is as follows:
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