UP smart meters relief: Prepaid electricity bills cancelled; Check new billing cycle & disconnection rules hereUP Smart Meter (Google Trends): Uttar Pradesh government has discontinued the mandatory prepaid system for smart electricity meters. Follow...
07 May, 2026, 09.27 PM IST
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
Big global investors, local cos eye IntelliSmart as smart meter push gains pace in IndiaA host of global investors and Indian firms are positioning themselves to acquire IntelliSmart Infrastructure, signaling a vibrant growth p...
02 Apr, 2026, 11.03 PM 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
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
Jio partners with EESL to provide 1 million smart prepaid meters in BiharJioThings Smart Utility Platform on Monday announced its partnership with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) to deploy 1 million sma...
10 Mar, 2023, 05.49 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
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
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
10 million prepaid meters to be procured for UP under Saubhagya schemeLeading national and international companies, including L&T, HPL, Landis and Gyr, Secure Meters have expressed their interest in the global...
24 Nov, 2017, 08.12 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
With meter-card set, Bescom hopes to plug revenue leaksBescom, is set to roll out prepaid meters for electricity consumption in the city to plug leaks in revenues and cut costs incurred on physi...
30 Jul, 2015, 10.55 AM 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