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Consumers who pay their electricity bills within seven days from the date of issue of the bill will now get a discount of one per cent as per a directive from the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC). This is being implemented due to the efforts of the Sajag Nagrik Manch (SNM). They have been following up on this matter [...]

Well, this certainly qualifies as a WTF thingy first up in the morning !!! The TOI reports that Pune is in for around seven hour power cuts from today, all thanks to the MSEDCL which seems to have no alternative other than completely screw up things to this extent. Industry is likely to be even more affected, thanks [...]

Just when we thought our electricity related woes had ended, MSEDCL plays spoilsport again… Difficult to understand why these guys are so hell bent on screwing up people’s daily schedules like this… And all this after having merrily announced just two days ago that there was adequate power to avoid load shedding in Pune…

After being at the receiving end of power cuts and problems with getting diesel for gensets, this comes as a boon, although only for four days, till 11-Aug.   Effective today, the MSEDCL has cut down the average load shedding per week from 34 hrs to 24 hrs, which should provide some much needed relief for those still [...]

Someone seems to be doing a pretty good job of bringing Pune to it’s knees… or atleast that’s the impression I’ve been getting of late. If the recent power cuts weren’t enough to throw everyone’s schedules out of gear, we are now faced with another BIG problem, namely, getting diesel to run the gensets !

The past week has been a nightmare, what with these six hour plus power cuts. At the workplace, power is provided by a genset. It runs on diesel, so as long as it is adequately supplied, there should be no issues. And that is where the difficulty lies ! There is  a huge problem procuring diesel from the fuel [...]

The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. (MSEDCL) has come up with a drastic solution to the power problem in the city. Earlier, they had indulged in ‘salami-tactics’, increasing the load shedding time ‘slice by slice’, from two hours per day to almost six hours presently. However, now it is a no-holds barred scenario, with the MSEDCL declaring that [...]