The Delhi government is soon making a plan trying to get Delhiites compensated by power distribution companies for unscheduled power cuts.
Worried about the frequent power cuts? Relax, you may soon be compensated for the unscheduled power cuts in your area.
The Delhi government is soon making a plan trying to get Delhiites compensated by power distribution companies for unscheduled power cuts. If everything goes by plan, the discoms will pay the consumers if the power cut is more than two hours.
On Tuesday, the power demand broke all the records and reached 6,526 MW, highest ever. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has directed Chief Secretary MM Kutty to place the proposal before the L-G on Tuesday, a day before his weekly meeting with Baijal. Last year, the AAP government had implemented its decision to penalise discoms for unscheduled power cuts. However, this was later struck down by the Delhi High Court as the LG's prior approval had not been sought.
In his written direction to the chief secretary, Kejriwal said, "The file of compensation to be paid to every consumer by discoms for power cuts of more than two hours to be placed before the LG today itself for approval."
According to the compensation policy on power outages that was struck down by the high court, a penalty of Rs 50 per hour per consumer was to be levied for the first two hours followed by Rs 100 for every subsequent hour.
However, the discoms are also preparing a white paper with all the details. "It is difficult to promise anything as of now. We will have to see how the plan will work. We have a meeting on Wednesday where other details will be discussed," said a discom official.
The fine amount would be adjusted in the consumers' monthly bills. The policy stated that if any consumer approached the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) after 90 days with a complaint that he or she had not received his compensation, DERC would have to order and ensure payment to all consumers affected by that power cut.
Kejriwal has also directed the discoms to put up hoarding across the city displaying their complaint numbers for the benefit of power consumers.
"Discoms have been asked to mend the faults in the supply line if there is any and ensure a continuous supply. With a capacity of producing 8,000 MW, Delhi has no shortage of power," said Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
The power department has also been asked to record, transcribe and analyse each complaint call for public satisfaction. Kejriwal has also asked for a daily report on unscheduled power cuts for the previous day.
"Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, after analysing the power demand situation of past few days, has given directions to his chief secretary to ask all three discoms to increase the number of seats in their call centres," Manish Sisodia said.
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