Deferred payment of power bills: PD issues instructions to Discos

Power Division on Thursday issued instructions to the power Distribution Companies (Discos) about Prime Minister relief package for deferred payment of electricity bills of domestic consumers using up to 300 units in a month due to COVID 19 pandemic.
Accordingly, Power Division has issued the following instructions: (i) private domestic consumer( single phase) having consumption up to 300 units will be considered eligible for payment of bill in " three installments" ;(ii) total payable amount including arrears and previous installments( if any) will be considered for calculation of installments :(iii) Late Payment Surcharge (LPS) will not be levied in case of non-payment to such consumers;(iv) no mark-up will be charged on this deferred amount ;(v) domestic consumers of Tesco and Hesco (Thar subsidy) will be excluded from this relief package (as their bills are paid by the GoP and GoS);(vi) consumer can pay total amount during current month if he/she wants and ;(vii) following message will be displayed on bill "PM Relief for COVID 19".