Updated: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 03:07 am (IST) UTTAR PRADESH STATE ELECTRICITY CONSUMER COUNCIL has a high level of investigation into the need for smart prepaid meters. The Council wrote to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Energy and drew attention to issues such as raising complaints from consumers, faults in meters and wrong invoice. The council has requested an investigation to protect the interests of consumers. State Bureau, Lucknow. The state Consumer Council Council wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Energy Energy Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, demanding an investigation at a high level to make smart prepaid meters compulsory in the state. Along with restoring the facility to consumers to choose after paid or prepaid meter, a question was also made to stop the process of loading Rs 6016 of consumers for smart meters. The chairman of the council, Awadhesh Kumar Verma, informed the Prime Minister and the Minister of Energy through a letter that in violation of the law approved by the Lok Sabha, clever prepaid meters are installed in the homes of all electricity consumers without giving an option. Remove advertisement Only Read News The costs associated with the acquisition of electricity connection have risen six times due to smart meters in all the districts of the state, including Varanasi, the Premier’s parliamentary constituency. Under the RDSS scheme, the government of India has given instructions to purchase smart prepaid meters and install it for free in place of the old meters installed in the consumer premises. Nevertheless, Rs 6016 is charged in the name of Smart Meter on new connections in Uttar Pradesh.
The demand for a high level investigation into the requirement for smart prepaid meter, the Consumer Council wrote a letter to Prime Minister and Minister of Energy – smart prepaid meter investigation asked in Uttar Pradesh
