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J.L.B.Haripriya
APCPDCL, Hyderabad
AP Distribution Companies
AP Central Power Distribution Company Limited
23.75 Million Population
As on March 2008 6.31 Million Consumers
HYDERABAD (Figures in Lakhs)
MEDAK
36.86 (Population)
26.62 (Population) 13.31 (services)
5.83 (Services) (Services)
RANGAREDDY
5.58 4.08 3.64
35.06 (Population) MEDAK (North) (South) (Central)
HYDERABAD
12.42 (Services)
RANGAREDDY
NALGONDA
MAP NALGONDA
MAHBOOBNAGAR MAHABOOB NAGAR
35.06 (Population)
32.38 (Population)
6.46 (Services) KURNOOL 8.60 (Services)
KURNOOL
ANANTAPUR
ANANTHAPUR
35.12 (Population)
36.39 (Population)
7.82 (Services)
8.72 (Services)
Billing of LT services
Before introduction of Spot Billing
1. At Section offices noted down Meter reading of all the LT meters in Meter Reading
Books (MRB) and submitted to EROs to generate consumer wise bills.
2. Bills generated were passed on to the concerned section offices for issuing the same to
consumers.
3. This entire process used to take 4 to 5 weeks.
4. To verify the billing process of services review of MRBs is a lengthy and time
consuming process.
5. Review of Exceptional like Meter Struck up ,Meter Burnt, Reading Not
furnished,Meter sluggish,Nil consumption ete.. Is also a complicated process.
Fast
1. The required billing data is generated from the Central Database server
located at Corporate Office and loaded into the SBMs at the concerned
Revenue Offices.
2. The SBM is taken to the consumer premises and the Meter Reader
3. The SBM calculates and generates a printed bill for that consumer,
5. The billed data is uploaded back into the Central Database Server,
6) Meter Reader does not have any facility to 6) The Meter Reader can check for any billing
check for any billing mistakes. mistakes at the spot itself before printing the
bill.
7) Possibility of Human Errors and Manipulations
7) There was a possibility of Data Entry errors. in the process of Bill Calculation is eliminated.
Common Billing System A Typical Structure
With the implementation of
Common Billing System (CBS)
all the PAAs and EROs have
common software for seamless
migration of data between
different offices.
Covers wide business processes
from new customer account,
metering, billing, collection
details to customer account
termination
Helps in integration of all billing
and payment channels,
Information available for back
offices, customer call centers
and customer service centers
for redressal of customer
grievances
SMS alert facility for registered
consumers on bill amount &due
date and receipt of payments.
Online Billing enquiry
Collection facilities
All HT service meter readings are read through MRI dumps for billing
purpose and tamper analysis.
For 1MVA and above Contracted Maximum demand services DE/Opn and
for other 11KV services ADE/opn take the readings through MRI dumps and
upload the dumps at Base station.
Bills generated for all the HT services with the available software (Phoenix)
in the base station and with Tariff issued by APERC.
All the bills are passed to the consumers through respective circle offices.
All HT meter readings is being taken in between 20th to 23rd of every month.
All Bills are generated and issued to the consumers on 26 th of every month.
The due date for payment of the bill is 15 days from the date of issue of the
bill.
HT collection
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