LESCO Consumers to Get Higher Than Expected Bills

Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) is set to issue higher-than-expected electricity bills, amounting to billions of rupees. According to a private news channel, citing sources, LESCO has instructed field officers to meet line loss targets based on last year’s figures.

The company will need to over-bill consumers by at least 150 million units to meet its targets. To meet the targets for July, LESCO will need to overbill consumers by Rs. 9 billion.

LESCO aims to reduce line losses from 12.9% to 11.9%. Last year, the company reported 12.9% line losses.

Following Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s directives, a crackdown was initiated to address over-billing. Despite this, the company’s line losses increased to 17.9% in June, according to the documents.

This month, LESCO instructed field officers to reduce line losses to 11.9%. To meet this goal, they must cut line losses by six percent. The sources stated that cutting line losses by six percent will require overbilling.

They also accused LESCO Chief Shahid Haider and Director of Customer Services Sarwar Mughal of pressuring officers to meet this target. Furthermore, Superintending Engineers and XENs are also allegedly putting pressure on SDOs to achieve the goal.