Taapsee Pannu, Vir Das & Other Celebs Say Their Electricity Bills Are Triple The Usual Amount

All of us spent much more time at home during the lockdown than we usually do which meant our power usage also went up. However, when we actually received our electricity bills for the month of June, the rise seemed unusually high.

According to Mid-day, actress Taapsee Pannu shared her bill amounts for April and May which were both below Rs.5,000 and the one for June which rose to Rs.36,000.

3 months of lockdown and I wonder what appliance(s) I have newly used or bought in the apartment only last month to have such an insane rise in my electricity bill. @Adani_Elec_Mum what kind of POWER r u charging us for? pic.twitter.com/jZMMoxDMgj

— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) June 28, 2020

She said that the same happened with a vacant apartment and also complained of permission not being issued to open the electricity board’s link.

So a quick response issue but permission not issued ! Matlab is this some kind of besti link ? pic.twitter.com/N1nejZ5qB4

— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) June 28, 2020

According to The Times of India, other celebrities like Dino Morea, Pulkit Samrat, Vir Das, Renuka Shahane, Sudhir Mishra and Shruti Seth have also faced this issue.

I was just going to tweet about it. Literally got a shock, pun intended. There was no surge in electricity, just the bill 🤔 @Adani_Elec_Mum https://t.co/zaJfQzFXla

— Dino Morea (@DinoMorea9) June 28, 2020

My bill’s 30,000/- too!!!!!!! Kya mazaak hai!!?! 🤪

— Pulkit Samrat (@PulkitSamrat) June 28, 2020

Dear @Adani_Elec_Mum I got a bill of Rs5510/= on the 9th of May while in June I got a bill of Rs 29,700 combining May & June where you've charged me Rs 18080 for the month of May. How did Rs.5510/= become Rs.18080/=? pic.twitter.com/64zlmNe8Qo

— Renuka Shahane (@renukash) June 28, 2020

Omg yes! And I freaking shifted to my mom and dads house in April! They’ve been charging MY flat which I haven’t lived in for 3 months, double of what I would pay actually living there! Mine is BEST. Do you know how to stop this nonsense?

— Amyra Dastur (@AmyraDastur93) June 28, 2020

Woh smiles ka kuchh locha maalum hota hai. Smile earn power burn. https://t.co/rtpAOgTmpq

— Ali Fazal M / میر علی فضل / अली (@alifazal9) June 28, 2020

Outlook India quoted a spokesperson of Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited (AEML) explaining,

“We have re-started physical meter reading which was temporarily halted since March because of Covid-19. Bills were generated on the lower side, being an average of preceding three months; that is, December, January, and February, which are winter months. Actual consumption in the months of April, May, and June is comparatively higher due to seasonal impact (summer) and increased usage (advent of Lockdown/WFH). The bill amount for the past period shall be accounted as per the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) guidelines. The consumers will start receiving the bills based on their actual consumption with appropriate tariff slab benefits.”

Turns out, several people from Pune, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Rajasthan also received inflated bills.

We paid 6k when we were living in the flat
Now the bill is 15k when not a single soul is in that flat. Adani electricity logic.

— ChickenChunkyBurger. (@AnantJa74880211) June 27, 2020

Exactly triple of the normal monthly bill @MSEDCL what’s happening, that too during a severe pandemic

— roland landers (@rolandlanders) June 27, 2020

My electiricity bill came 3535 this month which used to be 1200-1500 in peak. I saw few more people complaining abt high price in elec bill this month? We have TATA Power. Anyone else in Mumbai facing high elec bill? https://t.co/GLdTPLogHy

— नवेन्दु (@NavenduSingh_) June 27, 2020

Our electricity bill is 10x the usual amount. A few people I know from Pune are also facing the same issue. God knows what's wrong, I guess this is all over MH

— Abhishek Khedkar (@abhi_khedu) June 28, 2020

I guess it's across the country, Kolkata experienced same issue with electricity bill last month 🤔🤨🙄😑

— Afroz Alam (@netfriend4afroz) June 28, 2020

@thevirdas in Bengaluru too. This is happening from last 2 months here.. @NammaBESCOM ?

— avg_guy (@guid1984) June 28, 2020

This is happening in rajasthan too we got our electricity bill double of what we used to get also there are lots of faults in our Bill. After speaking to electricity dept. They say – jo bhi ho bill aapko toh bharna padega 🤬

— sidहार्थ (@siddhar79343538) June 28, 2020

Have you received an exorbitant bill too?

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