Power shut down in parts of Pune city

There will be no supply of electricity to Kothrud, Shivajinagar, Ahmednagar road, Rasta Peth and Bund Garden divisions of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) on Thursday from 10 am to 5 pm.

The power has been shut down in these areas to facilitate repair and maintenance work. For more information or queries, citizens may contact toll free number 18002333435 or mobile numbers 9960677021/025.

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Old zero load-sheddding model to continue for another 15 days

49 paise per unit:

The old zero load-shedding model, where additional power was secured from interim franchisee Tata power company to prevent load shedding in Pune, Navi Mumbai, Thane and Vashi, will remain in force for the next 15 days with the old reliability charge of 49 paise per unit.

21 paise per unit:

The new zero load-shedding (ZLS) model approved by the Maharashtra electricity regulatory commission (Merc) on November 30 with a reliability charge of 21 paise per unit will be implemented by the Maharashtra state electricity distribution company ltd (MSEDCL) after it secures additional 575 MW power needed to make Pune, Thane, Vashi, Nagpur, Amravati and Aurangabad free from load-shedding.

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Sajag Nagrik Manch seeks reliability charge exemption for residential consumers

Sajag Nagrik Manch (SNM) has demanded that residential consumers with a monthly consumption of 200 units be exempted from paying reliability charge in the new model of zero load-shedding (ZLS) proposed by the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) for Pune and other revenue division headquarters.

The demand was made in a representation to the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (Merc) which has scheduled a public hearing on the proposal in Pune on November 5.

MSEDCL has proposed a reliability charge of 24 paise per unit to all consumers, except those in the below poverty line (BPL) category, in order that they be free of load-shedding.

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Slowdown and subsequent block closures by factories in Pune hits Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd's - MSEDCL's - income

Monthly revenue of the Pune zone - down by Rs 25 crore to Rs 30 crore:

Vivek Velankar, founder of the Sajag Nagrik Manch, recently obtained monthly electricity sales figures from the MSEDCL for the period from April to November 2008, which showed a steady decline in sales.

"The table of sales figures for HT industries in Pune showed that the slowdown has reduced their power consumption by 20 per cent. The figures for December are still not available, but they may be worse than those for November," he stated.

In this backdrop, Velankar adds that the Pune model of zero loadshedding should benefit from the reduction in industrial power consumption.

Pradeep Bhargava, chairman of the Maharashtra council of the Confederation of Indian Industry, who had worked out the Pune model, echoed the views. "It is an accepted fact that industrial consumption has gone down by at least 15 per cent in the state in the last three months.
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