Grahakjago (S.K.Virmani)©

A couple of posts have been written in this blog on unethical business practices of Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd (DHBVN), a PSU Discom in the State of Haryana. Some of the articles from the relevance point of view for the present post are listed below:  Corona pandemic in India vs unfair business practices of Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) a State-run DISCOM PSU under Govt. of Haryana for generating inflated bills and pressurising/ misleading consumers to pay the bills much prior to the due date of payment during lockdown  http://skvirmani-jagograhak.blogspot.com/2020/05/corona-pandemic-in-india-vs-unfair.html   Trust-Based Meter Reading by Haryana DISCOMs like DHBVN and UHBVN- How much accurate electricity billing  http://skvirmani-jagograhak.blogspot.com/2020/06/electricity-billing-and-trust-based.html   हरियाणा में नए बिजली कनेक्शन देने में सर्विस केबल देने के नाम पर क्या भ्रष्टाचार चल रहा है ? Is there a scam in providing new electrici...

The author has been coming across views from several electricity consumers across the country that the electricity utilities or distribution companies (DISCOMs) are deceiving the consumers by sending the electricity bills on bimonthly basis. It is true that the domestic consumers are to be charged for electricity consumption by the DISCOMs as per rules and regulations mandated by the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) as under provisions of Electricity Act,2003. The power tariffs are fixed/approved on annually or biannually basis by the respective State Electricity Regulatory Commission and therefore the rates per unit basis are different in various states.  Now there is a misconception commonly prevailing among consumers that the electricity bill would be double if charged on bimonthly basis than charged on monthly basis. This misconception is prevailing not limited to any specific city/town or State or rural and urban areas but is prevailing across the country....