Sunday, August 26, 2012

DERC penalises Tata Power Distribution Ltd for violations

New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) Delhi's power regulator DERC has imposed a penalty of Rs 25,000 on Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd (TPDDL) for committing a number of violations including wrong assessment of a consumer's electricity bill and snapping of supply. The order by Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission came in response to a petition filed against TPDDL by Anita Goel, a resident of Sector-2 of Rohini. When asked, a TPDDL official said the company would fully comply with the DERC order. In the order, the DERC said the connection to the consumer was issued for non-domestic purposes but the same was billed by TPDDL for domestic tariff by "mistake". The company later revised the bill based on commercial tariff instead of domestic rates which was not paid by the consumer. The company had issued a disconnection notice to the consumer for defaulting in making the payment of Rs 57,373 on November 24, 2010. The revised demand was raised pursuant to revision of the tariff category from domestic to non-domestic. Upset over the disconnection notice, the consumer had then approached the Consumer Grievances Redressal Forum (CGRF) which had ordered restoration of the power supply. 


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