KSEB Sure-for-Profit model, Keralites Blindsided?
A different post from my usual, this is on the KSEB (Kerala State Electricity Board) and the blind spot of Keralites, with or without the awareness of its governance system. While states across India follow the pattern of monthly billing for electricity consumed, consumers in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and parts of Haryana are billed on a bimonthly basis and the monthly consumption is considered to be average of the total bimonthly consumption. In Haryana, there has been a shift from bimonthly bill payment to monthly payment. Consumers in Kerala have been asking for a monthly based bill for they feel they are being overcharged on months they consume less. The exorbitant billing by the KSEB for our average household connection is what had us take a closer look at its bimonthly billing system and this post is an outcome of that. Suppose your total bimonthly consumption is 1120, but in the first month you consumed only 490 units and in the second month you consumed 530 units. In the bi...