Federal Minister for
Power Division Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Laghari has directed to issue final
warning and show cause to Chief Executive Officer Peshawar Electric Company,
Mr. Shabbir Ahmed on non-compliance of directions regarding accurate meter
reading and consumer billing.
The Federal Minister issued the
directions in a review meeting attended by the officials of the Power Division,
PEPCO, PITC, AEDB and other concerned organizations here today.
The Minister directed to issue show
caused notices to CEOs of SEPCO, HESCO and QUESCO for poor performance
regarding accurate mobile meter reading and directed them to fix
responsibilities on the poorest five performing sub division officers under the
existing rules.
The Federal Minister appreciated CEOs
of FESCO and MEPCO for achieving 99% accuracy in mobile meter reading.
The Federal Minister also directed to
issue displeasure to CEOs of QUESCO and SPECO for not displaying load and other
related information for facilitation of Net Metering on their websites.
Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Laghari
directed that 100% meter reading for Agriculture tube well in MEPCO region from
this month i.e. November 2017 shall be through Automated Meter Information to
ensure 100% accuracy. There are 43000 AMI meters already installed in MEPCO
region for agricultural tube wells.
It was further directed that SMS must
be sent to the agricultural consumers regarding the meter reading in time so
that they should have complete record of their energy consumption.
The Federal Minister for Power
Division directed that SMS service for consumers for dissemination of
information regarding meter reading, bill and electricity related matters be
initiated in all DISCOs on the pattern of IESCO’s Roshni services.
Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Laghari
directed to develop a smart phone application for consumers which can help them
to get information regarding load management, shut down etc of their
respective feeders besides their own electricity bills.
The Federal Minister was informed that
the AEDB and the PEPCO are working closely for promotion of net metering in the
country. It was informed that Distribution companies have uploaded
necessary information regarding feeder load etc necessary for installation of
net metering. The AEDB has already issued advertisement for short listing of
vendors for provision of services regarding installation of net meters. The DICSOs
have also notified designated officers for facilitation of net metering upto
250KV and NEPRA has also sought proposal/ comments on new regulations proposed
by the Power Division.
The Minister was informed that after
analysis of the first batch of the Distribution companies for meter reading the
the FESCO has been able to produce 99%, MEPCO 99%, LESCO 99%, GEPCO 98%, IESCO
98 %, HESCO 78%, SEPCO 54%, QUESCO 55% accuracy. However PESCO failed to share
its data in the stipulated time.
The Minister was informed that all
DISCOs have initiated publicity campaign to register the mobile numbers of
consumers for sending SMS alerts regarding the meter reading and generation
bills. He was informed that till mid of next month the process is expected to
be completed.
The Minister was briefed that DISCOs
are also working to put in place transparent and consumer friendly services for
provision of new electricity connections. The system will be centrally
connected with IT based solutions and the consumers will be getting information
via SMS regarding his application on the analogy of system developed by NADRA.
The PITC informed that as per the
directions of the Minister, a Power Sector related smart phone application
will be finalized by early next month.
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