UP smart meter update: Will apartment and society prepaid meters also shift to postpaid? Check full details hereUttar Pradesh government has discontinued the prepaid system for smart electricity meters and shifted to postpaid billing. However, this ch...
07 May, 2026, 03.06 PM IST
Global funds, Adani, GMR, others in race for NIIF's smart meter businessGlobal infrastructure investors and domestic smart meter makers are showing strong interest in acquiring IntelliSmart Infrastructure. The c...
15 Apr, 2026, 11.31 AM IST
Prepaid power meters not mandatory; defaulters may be shifted: Govt in Lok SabhaThe government has clarified that pre-paid electricity meters are not mandatory for consumers. Power Minister Manohar Lal Khattar stated th...
02 Apr, 2026, 12.47 PM IST
Genus Power Infrastructures arm bags order worth Rs 2,210 croreGenus Power Infrastructures on Tuesday said its subsidiary has bagged a Rs 2,209.84-crore order for supply and installation of 21.77 lakh s...
08 Aug, 2023, 09.11 PM IST
Assam has the second highest number of consumers aware of and using the smart meter app after BiharCEEW found that Assam has the highest satisfaction rate among the 6 states with 93 per cent of the smart metered consumers satisfied with t...
21 Mar, 2023, 09.32 PM IST
Smart prepaid meters to reduce power bills by up to 2.5 pc: Union minister R K SinghUsage of smart meters will lead to digitisation of systems, automation and further efficiencies. It will help in energy accounting, which h...
20 Mar, 2023, 05.50 PM IST
PowerMin asks govt departments to switch to prepaid smart metersThe ministries have also been asked to issue all enabling orders in this regard. This follows a clarification issued by the Finance Ministr...
12 Aug, 2021, 05.19 PM IST
Smart meter operators may get first claim on consumer power billsThe government may allow prepaid electricity meter suppliers the first claim on consumer power bills in a bid to avoid payment delays and a...
11 Aug, 2021, 11.48 PM IST
EESL to install 23.4 lakh smart prepaid electricity meters in Bihar"EESL...signed agreements with South Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd (SBPDCL) and North Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd (NBPDCL) ...
30 Jan, 2021, 06.28 PM IST
Discoms generate 95pc billing efficiency due to smart metersThe discoms using smart meters have seen 15-20 per cent average increase in monthly revenue per consumer, the Energy Efficiency Services Lt...
12 May, 2020, 04.33 PM IST
Power ministry mandates use of smart prepaid meters from April 2019Power minister R.K Singh has, in the past, made a strong pitch for smart and pre-paid metering as a means of making state utilities more ef...
24 Dec, 2018, 08.02 PM IST
All electricity meters to be smart prepaid in 3 years: R K Singh"In the next 3 years, metering will go smart...and gone will be the days of bills reaching your house. So need of the hour is to scale up m...
07 Jun, 2018, 04.28 PM IST
EESL to procure 10mn prepaid meters to be deployed in U.PThe pre-paid meters, which will allow consumers to pay beforehand for their electricity usage, are most likely to be supplied between Febru...
24 Nov, 2017, 11.17 AM IST
Government to push prepaid, smart meters in universal electrification drivePrime Minister Narendra Modi in September launched the Saubhagya scheme to electrify four crore un-electrified households in the country by...
17 Nov, 2017, 01.01 AM IST
New metering system in Arunachal to curb power pilferageThe new initiative was taken up in view of a large number of unauthorised power consumers in Itanagar, Naharlagun and Nirjuli areas.
05 Jan, 2015, 03.59 PM IST
Pre-paid electricity meters can help people manage consumptionThe body is meeting state-level energy regulators from Bihar, Gujarat and Maharashtra to discuss the findings of the survey, which covered ...
27 May, 2014, 05.27 PM IST
Smart meters: Breakdown consumption details on a real-time basisBy breaking down consumption details on a real-time basis, smart meters make households aware of usage patterns and help identify reduction...
17 Mar, 2014, 05.00 AM IST