During the 81th board meeting of Uttarakhand Power Corporation limited (UPCl) on Tuesday, the State Secretary (Power) Radhika Jha directed the officers to reduce ATC (aggregate technical and commercial) losses and also to strengthen the power supply position. While the officers discussed UPCl’s performance till June 30, 2017 UPCl’s tariff order for the year 2017-18 also figured during the meeting. Jha stressed on the collection efficiency be strengthened, adding that the performance report (ACR) would be based on their efficiency as judged against the parameters thus set. She also strictly directed the UPCl officers to complete the ongoing projects in time.
Sources says that while UPCl is trying to bring ATC (aggregate technical and commercial) losses below 14 per cent by March 2020 the matter related to the huge gap between demand and supply of electricity is yet to be solved. While the incidence of power pilferage officers said that Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts top the tally in terms of power thefts.