The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) on Wednesday launched a One-Time Settlement (OTS) scheme to provide relief to power consumers.

The key feature of this scheme is that consumers who come early for OTS, will receive more benefits and those who register by November 30 will receive maximum advantage of the scheme.

The OTS scheme will run in three phases for 54 days from November 8 to December 31, 2023. The first phase of this scheme will run from November 8 to November 30, the second phase from December 1 to December 15, and the third phase from December 16 to December 31.

The UPPCL has appealed to the consumers to avail more benefits of the scheme immediately. To benefit from this plan, consumers can register at any departmental billing counter or on the UPPCL website.

Energy Minister AK Sharma shared information of the scheme on Wednesday, stating that from November 8, OTS is being implemented for electricity consumers. He highlighted a special feature of this attractive scheme, which is ‘come early, get more benefits’. Therefore, consumers are encouraged to quickly take advantage of this scheme by registering at any departmental billing counter.

This scheme pays special attention to domestic consumers and farmers. They have been granted a 100 per cent discount on surcharges and the convenience of paying their outstanding amount in a maximum of 12 installments.

Under this scheme, domestic consumers with a load of up to one kilowatt and farmers with up to LMV-5 will receive a 100 per cent discount on surcharges for full payment of their outstanding amount by December 15. During this period, depositing the outstanding amount in 12 installments will result in a 90 per cent discount. After this, there will be 80 per cent discount on full payment and 70 per cent discount on payment in 12 installments.

Domestic consumers with power load of more than one kilowatt will get 90 per cent discount on full payment of their dues by November 30, 80 per cent discount on payment in three installments and 70 per cent discount on payment in six installments. From December 1 to December 15, a full payment will result in an 80 per cent discount, a 70 per cent discount for payment in three installments, and a 60 per cent discount for payment in six installments.

Similarly, after December 16, a 70 per cent discount will apply for full payment, a 60 per cent discount for payment in three installments, and a 50 per cent discount for payment in six installments.

Commercial consumers with up to three kilowatt load will get 80 per cent discount on full payment of their dues by November 30 and 70 per cent discount on payment in three installments. In the subsequent phases, there will be 10 per cent less discount on payment in both the options respectively.

Commercial consumers with more than three kilowatts load will get 60 per cent discount on full payment till November 30 and 50 per cent discount on payment in three installments. In the subsequent phases, there will be 10 per cent less discount on payment in both the options respectively.

Private commercial institutions will get 50 per cent discount on full payment of their dues by November 30 and 40 per cent discount on payment in three installments. In the subsequent phases, there will be 10 per cent less discount on payment in both the options respectively.

Industrial consumers will get a 50 per cent discount on full payment till November 30 and a 40 per cent discount on payment of dues in three installments. In the subsequent phases, there will be 10 per cent less discount on payment in both the options respectively.