KARACHI: (HRNW) After admitting overbilling consumers, Karachi’s electricity distribution company, K-Electric on Thursday agreed to adjust the amount in next month’s bills.
This was agreed upon by the power company during a National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) hearing on the issue of billing by electricity distribution.
In the beginning, the representatives of the power companies made various excuses for the daylight robbery. However, they finally admitted that there had been overbilling.
The Karachi power distribution company also admitted that billing was done for 34 days. KE Chief Financial Officer Muhammad Aamir Ghaziani said that the utility company billed consumers for 34 days, but it did not do so “deliberately”. He also said that the overbilling would be adjusted in the next month.
During the hearing, a consumer from Rahim Yar Khan complained that he was billed for 52 days by Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO). Imtiaz Ahmed, head of Power Information Technology Company, a subsidiary organisation of the power division, also confirmed the overbilling by power distribution companies.
NEPRA Chairman Tauseef Farooqi said overbilling was not just perception anymore and was certain about it now.
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