The Haryana Government through its distribution companies (UHBVN and DHBVN) has taken an important decision to provide relief to the industrial and general consumers of the State.
Nitin Yadav, Managing Director, Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam on Friday said that considering the demands of industrial associations and general consumers, the Discoms have decided to recover the additional Advance Consumption security Deposit (ACD) in installments through energy bills. Now the domestic and commercial consumers can pay their ACD in 12 months and industrial consumers in six months respectively.
The Discoms are further giving 9 percent interest currently to the consumers on the amount of Advance Consumption security Deposit.
This ACD amount is recovered as per the stipulated guidelines by Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission in reference to section – 47 of the Electricity Act-2003. If the consumer fails to pay the ACD, disconnection of the electricity supply be effected for the period during which the failure continues.