Jammu, Apr 13 : The Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (JPDCL) on Thursday said that more than 2050 Crore has been collected for the Financial Year 2022-23 against the collection of Rs. 1736 Crore in the previous year.
“During the current last Financial Year of 2022-23 a total of 8416 Million Units of electricity was consumed as against 7824 Million Units in the previous Financial Year,” the JPDCL official communiqué said.
It read that the Aggregate Transmission and Distribution losses have been brought down to 47 percent for the Financial Year 2022-23 as compared to 53 percent for the previous year.
Notably, the Electricity losses for Jammu region have been brought down below 50 percent for the first time.
It has also been informed that the increase in power consumption can be attributed to the improved services provided by the JPDCL to its consumers.
The power outages have also reduced in the last year by more than 13 percent and JPDCL has added huge infrastructure including new Distribution Transformers, Cables among others to provide quality power to the consumers, said the communiqué.
It also added that the damage rate of the existing Distribution Transformers has brought down by more than 20 percent, adding, “JPDCL will continue its efforts to provide uninterrupted power to the consumer by adding new power infrastructure.”
The JPDCL has also requested the consumers to facilitate the installation of smart meters as it will further help in stabilizing power and voltage across Jammu and will further play an important role in providing interruption free power to the consumers.