Chief Secretary GC Pati on Thursday asked power distribution companies operating in the State to reduce distribution loss (AT&C loss) so that quality power can be provided to consumers in the State. He also directed the discoms to replace defective meters and introduce an improved billing system for transparency. He also asked them to convert power line wires and undertake energy audit.
The Chief Secretary issues these directions while reviewing the implementation of CAPEX programme in the State at a meeting held at the State Secretariat on Thursday. It was revealed that AT&C loss in the State has been brought down from 56.71 per cent in 1999-2000 to 41.21 per cent in 2013-14. The loss has come down to 39 per cent by now against 37 per cent targeted for the current fiscal.
It was also revealed that overall billing efficiency of all discoms against EHT line has been scaled up to 100 per cent and it is 91 per cent against HT lines and 47 per cent against lT lines. Till February 2015, a total amount of Rs 680 crore has been received under the CAPEX and Rs 459 crore has been spent. Energy Secretary Suresh Mohapatra, Gridco CMD Hemant Sharma and State-level officials from all four discoms were present.