Chandigarh, January 7,2021 (Yes Punjab News)
Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh dedicated smart meters to the people of Punjab here today. Launching the Rs. 75.64 Crore 3-phase Smart Metering project, the Chief Minister said the consumer-friendly scheme will help reduce human error in manual reading through automatic uploading of data.
From January 2021 to December 2021, a total of 96,000 meters will be installed across the state by PSPCL under the project, which will also help to curb the malpractice of reading concealment/theft of electricity and improve the reading/billing efficiency and quality, he said.
These meters will enable consumers to view instantaneous/live data as well as the last bill data via PSPCL Consumer App, besides maintaining and regulating power consumption.
They will have the option to change meter to prepaid or post-paid. Rebate in tariff is admissible to the consumer under prepaid option and the same meter can be used as a Bidirectional meter for Solar Net metering, said Captain Amarinder Singh.
Consumers will not need to visit DISCOM offices to register complaint of wrong meter readings now, he added.Shri A.Venu Prasad gave a presentation about the silent features of SMART METERS
