Remove Advertisement Read Only News Updated: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 01:30 (IST) State Electricity Consumers Board has objected to the Power Corporation charging arbitrary price of smart prepaid meter without the permission of the Electricity Regulatory Commission … Read More State Bureau, Lucknow. The State Electricity Consumers Council has registered an objection against the power corporation management charging arbitrary prices for smart prepaid meters without taking permission from the Electricity Regulatory Commission. Said that the Regulatory Commission has said that it does not approve of making smart prepaid meters mandatory on new connections and the price charged to consumers. Remove ads just read news The corporation must accept its mistake in this matter. This issue will be raised in the meeting of the Supply Code Review Panel Sub-committee on 18 December. Board President Awadhesh Kumar Verma said that the Corporation should stop the recovery of Rs 6016 by making smart prepaid meter mandatory on new connections without the permission of the Commission. The Board filed a contempt petition with the Regulatory Commission against this restoration. In the draft of the proposed cast data book sent by the Regulatory Commission to all the electricity distribution companies, it is clearly written that the cost of single phase smart prepaid meter is Rs 2800 and the cost of three phase smart prepaid meter is Rs 4100. Despite this, the corporation is recovering Rs 6016 for single phase 1 phase meter and Rs 34 for 1 phase 1 phase meter and Rs.