If there is a shop in the house then the electricity meter will be commercial. On the instructions of UPPCL, Kesco issued instructions to all XENs.
If there is a shop in the house and there is no separate commercial connection, the domestic connection will be converted into commercial. On the instructions of UPPCL, Kesco issued instructions to all XENs. Under the assisted billing system, an exercise has been started to send a departmental engineer along with a meter reader.
So far, more than a thousand such houses have been identified and notices have been issued. If there is no response to the notice, the mode of connection will be changed. During the notice period, the consumer will have to apply for a commercial connection for the shop built in the house. The fixed charge per kilowatt for domestic electricity is Rs 110 per kilowatt. According to the domestic electricity rate, the rate is Rs 6 per unit for up to 300 units and Rs 6.5 per unit above that.
For commercial connections, the fixed charge is Rs 330 per kilowatt and the electricity bill is Rs 7.50 per unit for up to 300 units, Rs 8.40 per unit for up to 1000 units and Rs 8.75 per unit above that.
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