Discoms to pay 10 times fine ‘falsely’ imposed on consumer for power theft

Discoms will have to compensate a consumer nearly 10 times the fine they ‘falsely’ impose on him for power theft, the city’s power department has said. Noting a ‘delay’, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has asked the power department to expedite the implementation of the notification, which was earlier issued to Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC).

According to the notification, DERC will depute senior officials to give requisite permissions required to carry out inspections of discoms wherever cases of power theft and misuse are reported.