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Chasing errant consumers for non-payment of bills may eventually be a thing of the past for power distribution companies. This is because the government is thinking on the lines of making prepaid meters mandatory across the country.
During a meeting with meter manufacturers, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, R K Singh, has advised the officials of his Ministry to consider making smart prepaid meters mandatory after a particular date, according to an official statement.
This move will revolutionise the power sector by way of reduced aggregate transmission and commercial losses, better health of discoms, incentivisation of energy conservation and ease of bill payments, among others, the statement added.
“In the next three years, metering will go smart prepaid, and gone will be the days of bills reaching your house. So, the need of the hour is to scale up manufacturing of smart prepaid meters and to bring down their prices,” Singh said.
He also advised companies to scale up the manufacture of smart prepaid meters as demand would grow in the coming years.
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