Bengal move to switch to monthly power bills
The Mamata Banerjee government has directed the Bengal power regulator to revise the billing cycle from the existing quarterly to a monthly one.
Published 05.08.21, 05:50 PM
The Mamata Banerjee government has directed the Bengal power regulator to revise the billing cycle from the existing quarterly to a monthly one, the move raising questions of the authority of a government over a statutory entity. The move, if it gets a nod from the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (WBERC), a statutory body, will bring an end to the practice of quarterly billing cycle in the state since 1955.
A letter signed by additional chief secretary S Suresh Kumar on August 3, states, ‘… the state government, in public interest, under section 108 of the Electricity Act 2003 issues the following policy directions to the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission as under
- Define the billing cycle or billing period as one month for all consumers of WBSEDCL (West Bengal State Electricity Development Corporation Limited)
- Work out the transitional plan for WBSEDCL to roll over to the monthly billing cycle from the existing quarterly billing cycle.
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