Inflated Power Bill : Woman wins Rs. 10K

New Delhi: BSES Yamuna Power Ltd has been asked by a consumer forum here to pay Rs 10,000 to one of its customers as compensation for "harassing" her by sending an inflated bill and then disconnecting her electricity supply for not paying it.

The Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum said that the "arbitrary and illegal" act of the discom of sending an inflated bill of over Rs 81,000 to the complainant, Zarina Khatoon, amounts to "deficiency" of service and "illegal trade practice."

"The bill raised by the respondent is quiet arbitrary and illegal and the amount which has been fastened upon the complainant is not at all recoverable from the complainant.

It is a clear case of deficiency and at the same time the action of the respondent is illegal and amount to illegal trade practice," said N A Zaidi, President of the forum.

The forum directed the discom to remove the arrears of more than Rs 78,000 which were billed to her connection and to issue her a fresh bill of the actual electricity consumed.

with thanks : Financial Express : LINK for detailed news.

Letter to DERC

The Chairman.
DERC
New-Delhi.

Dear Sir,

Gd Mrng!

Kindly refer to my mail on this subject whose reply is awaited. In the meanwhile some of the Civil Societies and my Peer Groups that one represents have agreed to back the Commission on the following--

1) The one hour saving by way of these Groups of x MW of POWER,should be either 

a) Made available during shortages in the on coming summers and not to be TRADED upon as has been the practice of the DISCOMS specially BSES/BRPL as per data available on the Power Exchanges and the buyers

b) They give a concession on TARIFF to all subscribers under this regime for this x MW saved.

c) These Civil /Peer Groups are also willing to carry this Programme to the last mile on the road with DERC provided they get some financial support

In order to do the same they require from DERC a written order to be passed at the earliest as time is running out the same should be done by the 2/03/12 after which it is too late.

Also would like to know if DERC is doing any thing to promote the 'INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY' as Power effects the Woman the maximum.

Awaiting your valuable comments on the same.

Thanking You.
Yours Sincerely.
B.B.Tewari.
Adviser A-2 Block RWA (Reg)

Happy Womens Week (March 1 to 8th)

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CELEBRATING WOMENHOOD : Happy Womens Week (March 1 to 8th)Let us Take a pledge to PUT A SELF BAN ON USE OF PLASTIC CARRYBAGS

Govt policies and law can only be effective if we take action at individual level. It will bring about the change we wish for.The plastic carrybags we use are not only choking drains and water bodies,but are also choking our mother Earth. Let us take baby steps to reduce toxic waste we are dumping in our environment.

Baby Steps we can take:

Let us make little effort to keep environment friendly carry bags  in our vehicles.

Return the polybags to your colony fruit and vegetable vendor.

Collect all the accumulated  plastic carry  bags in your house and gift  the polybags to your veg and fruit vendors or better still gift him a cane or plastic basket used during earlier times.

LET US SAY NO TO NON BIODEGRADABLE POLYBAGS.

 

"Be a catalyst for safeguarding Environment"  Shield-Citizen's initiative

 

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NHPC snaps supply to Delhi BSES, trades surplus in energy exchange

NEW DELHI: State-owned power companiesincluding hydropower giant NHPC have snapped supplies to defaulting utilities - BSES Delhi and a distribution firm in Uttar Pradesh - and have started trading the electricity profitably in open market, top executives told NHPC chairman and managing director ABL Srivastava told ET that the company began selling through exchanges on Thursday to recover losses arising from defaults. He said BSES Delhi owed about Rs 460 crore to NHPC while another Rs 490 crore were due from Uttar Pradesh power distribution company. 

The trend could mean further trouble for the distribution companies ahead of summer season as they have already accumulated huge financial losses but generating companies are happy as most of the power is fetching higher rates than being offered under bilateral agreements. 


with thanks : Economic Times : LINK for detailed news.

Soon, different power rates for peak, off - peak hours

New Delhi: Power regulator Delhi Electricity Regulatory Authority (DERC) has fast-tracked the proposal to introduce different tariffs during peak and off-peak hours, and the move will be implemented this year. The differential tariff is expected to change power consumption patterns in the Capital, reducing the demand gap in peak and off-peak hours.

Following the implementation of the new tariff method, power consumers in the Capital are expected to get advanced metering systems that will give them real-time information on the price of power — depending on availability and procurement cost. This metering system, popular in the US as well as European countries, will have the option of making energy consumption a matter of informed choice as consumers will be able to shift their power usage to non-peak hours, thereby, saving on power cost.

with thanks : FinancialExpress : LINK for detailed news.

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We have numerous examples in Delhi, the proud initiator of the Bhagidaari movement, where details of projects that directly affect the lives of millions of residents are rarely put before the RWAs even as they meet high-level officials regularly at gatherings hosted by the government. The planning and execution process is not part of even legislative business. Most of these projects are rarely discussed in the House and rarely take into account inputs from the MLAs or councillors. The authorities find it easier to have their way where the RWAs are a divided lot. Proliferation of more than one RWA in a locality, each trying to subvert the other, is the biggest handicap for the citizen's movement in Delhi and the NCR. Half a dozen residents from a disgruntled faction and a few thousand rupees are all it takes to register yet another RWA under the Societies Registration Act.

with thanks : Hindustan Times : LINK FOR DETAILED NEWS.

DERC to bring 'smart' metres, consumers will mange consumption

New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) Taking a giant leap forward in bringing next-generation reforms in power sector, Delhi's power regulator DERC has decided to introduce a smart metering system through which consumers can make "informed choices" about electricity use based on varying cost and availability during the course of a day. Through the initiative, first of its kind in the entire country, consumers will get real-time information about price of power depending on availability and procurement cost and accordingly they will have the option of shifting energy consumption, like running water pump or using washing machines, to non-peak hours. For this, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), widely used in US and European countries, will be installed to facilitate a two-way wireless communication between consumers and power distribution utilities. "We have decided in principle to introduce the advanced metering system which will empower the consumers to voluntarily decided on their power consumption based on price of power, availability and load factor," Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission chairman P D Sudhakar told PTI. He said DERC wants to installation of AMI to put in place an effective demand response mechanism through which consumers will be able to save money on power consumption while discoms will be able cut down power purchase cost as price of power goes up during peak hours. The AMI is The DERC had already the major stakeholders like power distribution companies and industrial consumers who hailed the initiative terming it as "quite encouraging and acceptable. "Initially we are planning to involve the industrial consumers having a load of 300 Kilo Watt and above. "We do not want to impose it on anybody," Sudhakar said adding issues like who will incur cost of AMI and making the distribution network compatible with the proposed metering system are being finalised.

with thanks : IBNLive : LINK for detailed news.

BSES in its petition to DERC says that :

11. The Petitioner is in a scenario where its financial health and ability to pay for power procurement besides statutory dues has been constrained such that presently the applicable tariff in terms of Tariff Order dated 26.08.2011 is not adequate to even meet 40% of the Aggregate Revenue Requirement of FY 2011‐12.

Plz comment.

Please participate in the discussion on RTI on BSES

The right to information is implicitly guaranteed by the Constitution. However, with a view to set out a practical regime for securing information, the Indian Parliament enacted the Right to Information Act, 2005 and thus gave a powerful tool to the citizens to get information from the Government as a matter of right. This law is very comprehensive and covers almost all matters of governance and has the widest possible reach, being applicable to Government at all levels- Union, State and Local as well as recipients of government grants. 


UNDER RTI Act, A Public Authority includes : The bodies owned, controlled or substantially financed by the Central Government or a State Government and non-Government organisations substantially financed by the Central Government or a State Government also fall within the definition of public authority. The financing of the body or the NGO by the Government may be direct or indirect.

As the BSES has been bailed out by the Delhi Government, by giving a grant of Rs. 500 crores, Why can't we ask BSES under RTI act on various discrepancies, cost of purchase & profitability ?

140 सड़कों पर सीलिंग अटैक !

नई दिल्ली।। राजधानी की करीब 140 उन सड़कों पर सीलिंग का खतरा मंडराने लगा है, जिन पर एमसीडी ने पहले से कारोबार करने की इजाजत दे दी थी। एमसीडी ने इन सड़कों का दोबारा सर्वे कर नियमानुसार उन्हें कारोबार के योग्य नहीं पाया है। यह सर्वे सुप्रीम कोर्ट के आदेश से किया गया था। वैसे एमसीडी की स्थायी समिति ने अभी इन सड़कों को डिनोटिफाई करने से इनकार कर दिया है, लेकिन एमसीडी के सामने कोर्ट की अवमानना का अंदेशा खड़ा हो गया है। इस मामले में अगली तारीख मार्च में है। माना जा रहा है कि अभी इतनी ही और सड़कों पर भी कारोबार बंद करने की गाज गिर सकती है। 

स्थायी समिति की बैठक में शुक्रवार को कमिश्नर के. एस. मेहरा ने इस आशय का प्रस्ताव पेश किया, जिसे फिलहाल एमसीडी नेताओं ने मानने से इनकार कर दिया है। प्रस्ताव में जानकारी दी गई है कि 2006 में एमसीडी ने केंद्रीय शहरी विकास मंत्रालय के आदेशानुसार बड़े पैमाने पर सर्वे कर राजधानी की 2183 सड़कों को कारोबार करने के लिए नोटिफाई किया था। इनमें से कई सड़कें कमर्शल (सभी फ्लोर पर कारोबार की इजाजत), कई मिक्स्ड लैंड यूज (सिर्फ ग्राउंड फ्लोर पर कारोबार) और कई पीएसएस (पेडस्ट्रियन स्ट्रीट शॉपिंग) रोड शामिल थी। 


With thanks : NBT : link for detailed news.