APROPOS the editorial Nepra’s verdict (July 24). Many households’ consumption units have remained static between 300 and 325 for the last six to seven years when loadshedding was not as threatening. But irrespective of eight to 10 hours of daily loadshedding, the consumption of units shown on the bills remains the same i.e., 300.

How does KE manipulate its billing matrices where the monthly units consumed shown do not deduct the impact of loadshedding hours and the consumers are being inevitably coerced into following its arbitrary method?

In a layman’s parlance, if the households whose consumption of units remained 300 or so per month, KE should calculate their bills on proportionate consumption, which if we calculate on the basis of 10 hours loadshedding per day will not exceed 170 units.

Consequently, the billing payment must justifiably be reduced by 50pc.

Zahid Yusuf

Karachi

Published in Dawn, August 3rd, 2015

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