Starting June, Smart Power Meter consumers to transition to Prepaid Mode for Tariff Payments

Starting June, Smart Power Meter consumers to transition to Prepaid Mode for Tariff Payments

Around 57,000 smart electricity meter users in Kashmir will have to pay electric bills in prepaid mode, starting in June, replacing the present practice of paying tariffs at the end of the month. The power tariff amount would need to be recharged in advance before the beginning of the month, much like a prepaid recharge for cellular services, according to officials with Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited. As a result, all smart power meters would become prepaid starting in June. Chief Engineer of KPDCL Javid Yusuf Dar told KIF that the…

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