Pune News : Ample stock of new electricity meter available with MSEDCL
By: Pune Pulse
July 21, 2023
Pune: Sufficient number of new electricity meters are available for new electricity connections and for replacing burnt and faulty meters in Pune Circle informed Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL). As per information, a total of 35 thousand 95 new electricity meters have been given to all 12 department offices in the last one and a half months out of which 28,495 meters were given for new electricity connections and 6,600 for replacing burnt and faulty meters.
Meanwhile, as of July 20, in Pune Circle, the number of customers who have paid the quotation amount for the new single-phase electricity connection is 9,816 however, 10,449 electricity meters are available with the regional offices for new electricity connections. So, approximately 1,200 new meters are available to replace the faulty and burnt meters. Additionally, 1392 customers have paid the quotation for a three-phase electricity connection, compared to which 1750 electricity meters are available.
As a result, the process of commissioning new electricity connections in places where the quotation amount is paid (paid pending) and infrastructure is in place has been speeded up. Therefore, in the last 18 days, 13,687 new power connections have been implemented in the Pune circle. This includes 11, 668 households, 1473 commercial, 223 industrial and agricultural and other 323 electricity connections.
Appropriate planning has been started in Pune Circle regarding the availability of new electricity meters since last January. In this, the availability of electricity meters is being reviewed section-wise along with new electricity connections twice every week. Accordingly, new electricity meters are being provided to the concerned offices as required.
Along with providing new electricity connections, action for irreparable or burnt meters has also been ordered by Chief Engineer Rajendra Pawar. After section-wise review, the new meters are being made available in sufficient numbers and immediately in those sections where faulty meters are to be replaced along with new electricity connections.
If a new meter is not available for a new electricity connection or for the replacement of a burnt and faulty meter, consumers should directly contact the executive engineer of the concerned department of MSEDCL. It has also clarified that electricity consumers do not need to purchase meters from the market as a sufficient quantity of electricity meters are available.
