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PRESS NOTE

Pay APEPDCL power bills online

Online payment of electricity bills is a easy method now a days when compared to Current bill payment offline i.e in person. Electricity bill Payment Online is enables in APEPDCL.You can also use these sites to view Electricity bill Online. Visakhapatnam: Feb 2: Now you need not fret in queues to pay your electricity bill. Instead you can pay from the comforts of home or office online (www.apeasternpower.com) using your debit, Visa, Master, credit card and through your net Banking account. In a Press Relese issued here TheAPEPDCL Managing DirectorAhmad Nadeem has requested for use of this facility in view of the ongoing e-seva centers strike. This facility was provided by the Eastern Power Distribution Company ofAPLimited (APEPDCL) in the company limits of five districts in association with Bill Desk. The APEPDCL has a secure two-stage method for online electricity Bill Payment for Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and West Godavari Districts. First you need to register with the site and get a Username and password. Then you can log in using the username and password to view your Electricity Bill Online or to pay your Electricity Bill Online. The consumers can pay their bills through credit cards of visa, Master card, diners club international and debit cards of Bank of IndiaATM cum Debit Card, Citi Bank Debit Card,Indian overseas Bank,LVBATM cum Debit Card,UBI ATM cum Debit Card. In addition to that who having net banking with reputed 45 nationalized and private banks can also use this facility, he stated. The Consumers will get the e-receipts after payment and can view six months payment details online. However, the e-payment has a no ceiling per transaction. Every such payment entails a transaction fee of Rs.6 as bank service charge on the transaction fee. E-payment is the best option provided by APEPDCL to pay monthly power bills after payment through company cash counters, anytime payment machines (ATPs) he stated. Now you can pay your electricity bills in advance. The Discom has put forth an arrangement whereby power consumers would be able to deposit money in advance with the online payment, which would get it adjusted in your next bill. The arrangement was abandoned in the past as consumers had to get it attested by the power authorities.The CMD said that the arrangement would help those who are often outstation and therefore, cannot pay their bills on time. Ahmad Nadeem appealed to consumers to come forward in large numbers to avail the opportunity. According to in the month December 2010 records 2663 consumers paid their online and collected Rs.15.33 Lacks it is the highest figure in the online payment collections.At present 8884 consumers registered for using this facility in our databases, he added. The customers are requested to send feed back through our web site their views if any while paying the bills through on line with their card or Net banking account

To All the Bureau Chiefs/ Staff Reporters, Print and Electronic Media. Visakhapatnam City,SKLM,VZM,East and West Godavari Districts..

Dy.General Manager-Corporate Communication, APEPDCL,Corporate Office,Visakhapatnam.

PNo: CCW/APEPDCL/Issued on Date:07-02-11