Mahbubnagar: Levying extra customer down payment (ACD) fees by the electrical power circulation business in Telangana has actually come as a surprise to the customers in the current months, as the brand-new invoicing system is straining customers with extra month-to-month costs.
Unlike previously, where the customers needed to transfer some set quantity at the time of obtaining a brand-new electrical power meter based upon a thought set lots up to a specific limitation of systems. However, presently the Electricity division has actually unilaterally transformed its plan and also is billing extra customer down payment to the month-to-month electrical power expense, due to which the customers are really feeling the pinch of boosted electrical power fees.
According to elderly authorities from the Electricity division from Mahbubnagar, the brand-new levying of ACD fees on customers has actually begun just lately and also it is mosting likely to influence just those customers whose month-to-month usage of electrical power surpasses 300 systems.
“Usually, when the consumer applies for the household electricity meter a deposit of around Rs 2,000 is taken from the consumers assuming they will have a load of around 2.5-3.5 kilowatt (KW) per day, however, if the load goes beyond 4 KW then as per the new policy of the Electricity department ACD charges on those excess used units will be added to the monthly electricity bill. And this is only a one-time deposit taken from the consumers and not added every month,” claimed the elderly authorities on privacy while describing the brand-new ACD fees including in the month-to-month electrical power costs.
Explaining additionally, the elderly authorities claimed previously this plan was executed to the business and also commercial individuals, nonetheless, of late, this has actually additionally been put on the residential individuals, based upon their power usage degrees.
If a client utilizes greater than the month-to-month stated power systems past that of a residential customer after that just the ACD fees will certainly be included in that certain customer.
However, individuals are sharing their concern over the abrupt walk in the electrical power fees. While putting her distress, Laxmi, a home proprietor from Vijayanagar swarm of Jadcherla mandal in Mahbubnagar, claimed from their typical month-to-month expense of Rs 400 to 500, she needed to pay a quantity of Rs 4000 in October last year and also when attempted to ask with the Electricity division on this, they did not provide clear solution and also condemned her of utilizing excess electrical power throughout that month.
Another customer Ram Chander of the Housing Board Colony of Yenugonda town in Mahbubnagar additionally shared his worry of increasing electrical power expense throughout specific months. “These days we are receiving uneven rise in the monthly amount of electrify bills. During November, I received a bill of just Rs 150, while the subsequent month I was charged a sum of Rs 1,700. I was shocked to see such a sudden increase in the electricity bill by the Electricity department,” claimedRam Chander
The customers in Mahbubnagar area are requiring the government to do away with the ACD fees and also conserve them from the extra problem of month-to-month electrify costs. “Already, the cost of everything we buy has increased and the cost of living has increased many folds during the past two years. On the top of this, now this government is introducing stealthy way of burdening the consumers with ACD charges,” states Govind Nayak, a customer fromBadepally
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