It is unfortunate that the electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) have erroneously adopted estimated billing to be normal even as consumers have been lamenting. That piece of legislation will alleviate the burden on electricity consumers, whose plight is hardly taken into account by the authorities. For a long time, there have been a lot of complaints by electricity consumers across the country against estimated billing without remedy. Specifically, the bill, which seeks to amend the Electricity Power Sector Reforms Act prohibits and criminalises estimated billing of consumers. The issue is that the distribution firms have failed to answer one fundamental question: whether it is fair to bill consumers for services not rendered.

Source: The Guardian February 01, 2019 04:07 UTC