Maharashtra Electricity Bills

A Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) staffer was beaten up by a consumer on Thursday when he went to collect pending power bills of Rs 6,000, a police official said.

A businessman from Maharashtra's Thane district has fallen prey to the 'outstanding bill' fraud and lost Rs 3.67 lakh to cyber fraudsters, police said on Tuesday.

A case was registered against a 25-year-old man for allegedly manhandling an employee of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL) when he was asked to pay pending electricity bill in Nagpur district, police said on Tuesday.

A 48-year-old man from Nagpur in Maharashtra lost Rs 2.14 lakh after he clicked on the online link sent by fraudsters posing as state discom officials who asked him to "update" his electricity bill, police said on Tuesday.

India has blocked nearly half the country's provinces from accessing spot power exchanges after they failed to pay bills worth 51 billion rupees ($640 million), as it implements new rules aimed at forcing states to make timely payments.

The Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) has stopped power supply to over 1,500 schools in Maharashtra's Raigad district over non-payment of dues, an official said on Tuesday.

His comments come at a time when farmers in the state have been protesting against electricity bills. Mr Raut, however, has made his intentions clear that power supply will be cut off if bills are not paid on time.

As many as 5,279 Zilla Parishad schools in eight districts of the region owe Rs 9.82 crore to the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. The schools whose power supply has been stopped are required to pay Rs 3.47 crore.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today said the notion that people of the state had got "inflated" electricity bills was incorrect.

Maharashtra's Energy Minister - the Congress's Nitin Raut - has announced a "Diwali bonanza" for people of the state after complaints over inflated power bills

The companies are ready to reduce electricity bill and a decision would be taken after Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari conveyed it to the Chief Minister, said Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray after meeting Koshyari on Wednesday.

Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut on Friday demanded that the Centre take all states into confidence with regard to the proposed Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020.

People in Mumbai, including celebrities, were left shocked by this month's hefty electricity bill and have accused the power companies of issuing inflated invoices.

A consumer forum in Maharashtra's Thane district has ordered a power distributor to pay Rs 35,000 for issuing incorrect bill to a consumer in 2008 while observing the complainant is entitled for "reasonable compensation" forthe "mental agony" caused by deficiency in service.

Taking cognisance of the media reports about the consumers complaints on sudden tariff hikes in the city, state electricity regulator MERC has slapped a notice to Adani Electricity.

A Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) staffer was beaten up by a consumer on Thursday when he went to collect pending power bills of Rs 6,000, a police official said.

A businessman from Maharashtra's Thane district has fallen prey to the 'outstanding bill' fraud and lost Rs 3.67 lakh to cyber fraudsters, police said on Tuesday.

A case was registered against a 25-year-old man for allegedly manhandling an employee of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL) when he was asked to pay pending electricity bill in Nagpur district, police said on Tuesday.

A 48-year-old man from Nagpur in Maharashtra lost Rs 2.14 lakh after he clicked on the online link sent by fraudsters posing as state discom officials who asked him to "update" his electricity bill, police said on Tuesday.

India has blocked nearly half the country's provinces from accessing spot power exchanges after they failed to pay bills worth 51 billion rupees ($640 million), as it implements new rules aimed at forcing states to make timely payments.

The Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) has stopped power supply to over 1,500 schools in Maharashtra's Raigad district over non-payment of dues, an official said on Tuesday.

His comments come at a time when farmers in the state have been protesting against electricity bills. Mr Raut, however, has made his intentions clear that power supply will be cut off if bills are not paid on time.

As many as 5,279 Zilla Parishad schools in eight districts of the region owe Rs 9.82 crore to the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. The schools whose power supply has been stopped are required to pay Rs 3.47 crore.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today said the notion that people of the state had got "inflated" electricity bills was incorrect.

Maharashtra's Energy Minister - the Congress's Nitin Raut - has announced a "Diwali bonanza" for people of the state after complaints over inflated power bills

The companies are ready to reduce electricity bill and a decision would be taken after Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari conveyed it to the Chief Minister, said Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray after meeting Koshyari on Wednesday.

Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut on Friday demanded that the Centre take all states into confidence with regard to the proposed Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020.

People in Mumbai, including celebrities, were left shocked by this month's hefty electricity bill and have accused the power companies of issuing inflated invoices.

A consumer forum in Maharashtra's Thane district has ordered a power distributor to pay Rs 35,000 for issuing incorrect bill to a consumer in 2008 while observing the complainant is entitled for "reasonable compensation" forthe "mental agony" caused by deficiency in service.

Taking cognisance of the media reports about the consumers complaints on sudden tariff hikes in the city, state electricity regulator MERC has slapped a notice to Adani Electricity.