Electricity Meter Shifting Charges: Electricity bills are very high during the summer season. Many times people do not use electrical appliances much but still their electricity bills are very high. Many times electricity companies prepare bills without taking the meter reading. Different reasons are given by electricity companies for this.
In which the companies also say that the consumer’s house was locked. Due to this, the reading could not be taken properly. For this, people have the option of getting a meter installed outside their houses. Let us tell you what fee has to be paid for this. And what is the process of getting the meter installed from one place to another.
Application has to be given to the electricity department
If there is an electricity meter installed near the staircase of your house, then it is better for you to get it shifted outside. This makes it easier for the electricity department and electricity companies to take the reading of your meter. And this also does not cause the reading to fluctuate, meaning there is no fraud in it.
To get the electricity meter installed in the staircase of the house shifted outside, first you have to write an application. In this, you have to give complete details of shifting the meter. After this, this written application has to be submitted to the electricity department or the electricity company. After the application is accepted, your electricity meter is shifted.
This much charge has to be paid for meter shifting
If you are shifting the meter installed in your house from one place to another, then you have to pay a charge for it. Different electricity companies have different charges for shifting. Similarly, different charges may have to be paid for shifting electricity meter according to the states. If we talk about the meter shifting charge of Tata Power electricity company in Delhi.
So for a single phase connection, one has to pay Rs 500 + GST. For a three phase connection, the charge is Rs 1000 plus GST. The meter shifting charge of BSES company is also Rs 500 + GST for a single phase connection. For a three phase connection, one has to pay Rs 1000 plus GST.
