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What are single phase and three phase connections and how to choose between the two?
A few days back a friend asked: “My society is going for three phase connection, should I go for it? What impact will it have on my bills and also what is the benefit of using three phase connection?” He has 2 ACs and everything else that a regular upper middle class family would have in his house. His was a single-phase connection and everything was working fine. So the doubt about going for a three-phase connection was obvious. We suggested him to continue with
Electricity Bills and the tariff change confusion
Electricity tariff changes happen almost every year. They are difficult both for the consumers as well as utility (distribution companies). For the utilities, generation of electricity bills become challenging due to varied tariffs for various dates. And for consumers, it becomes difficult to understand the tariff applicable to them. We started Bijli Bachao in early 2012 and one of the first things that we came out with was our electricity bill calculator. And it has
PUVVNL / MVVNL / PVVNL / DVVNL – Uttar Pradesh (UP) Electricity Bill Payment Online
Paying electricity bills online is the easiest way to avoid standing in queues for electricity bill payment. Most states in India now have online bill payment and Uttar Pradesh is not behind. Recent unbundling of state electricity boards has resulted in 3 different utilities or electricity providers in Uttar Pradesh. So the UPEB or Uttar Pradesh Electricity Board is
KSEB – Kerala Online Electricity Bill Payment
Paying electricity bills online is the easiest way to avoid standing in queues for electricity bill payment. Most states in India now have online bill payment and Kerala is not behind. KSEB or Kerala State Electricity Board now has an online portal to make payment of electricity bills. It provides the most convenient way of payment by using both credit or debit cards:
DHBVN / UHBVN – Haryana Electricity Bill Payment Online
Paying electricity bills online is the easiest way to avoid standing in queues for electricity bill payment. Most states in India now have online bill payment and Haryana is not behind. Recent unbundling of state electricity boards has resulted in 2 different utilities or electricity providers in Haryana. So the Haryana State Electricity Board is no longer supplying
GEB / UGVCL / DGVCL / MGVCL / PGVCL – Gujarat Electricity Bill Payment Online
Paying electricity bills online is the easiest way to avoid standing in queues for electricity bill payment. Most states in India now have online bill payment and Gujarat is not behind. Recent unbundling of state electricity boards has resulted in 4 different utilities or electricity providers in Gujarat. So the GEB or Gujarat Electricity Board is no longer supplying
MPEB / MPPKVVCL / MPMKVVCL – Madhya Pradesh Electricity Bill Payment Online
Paying electricity bills online is the easiest way to avoid standing in queues for electricity bill payment. Most states in India now have online bill payment and Madhya Pradesh is not behind. Recent unbundling of state electricity boards has resulted in 3 different utilities or electricity providers in Madhya Pradesh. So the MPEB or Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board
PSEB / PSPCL – Punjab Electricity Bill Payment Online
Paying electricity bills online is the easiest way to avoid standing in queues for electricity bill payment. Most states in India now have online bill payment and Punjab is not behind. PSPCL or Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd., which was earlier, called PSEB or Punjab State Electricity Board now has an online portal to make payment of electricity bills. It provides
Bihar Electricity Bill Payment Online
Paying electricity bills online is the easiest way to avoid standing in queues for electricity bill payment. Most states in India now have online bill payment and Bihar is not behind. Recent initiative by BSEB has made sure that there are multiple ways of making online payment for BSEB. People can now make payments using debit cards of 43 major scheduled and nationalized
What is Energy Efficiency and how is it different from Energy Conservation?
While interacting with people we get these statements quite frequently: “Bijli Bachao! So you tell people to use less electricity and conserve it?” or “Your website has ideas on how to buy appliances, how does that relate to saving electricity?” The easiest way to save energy (or electricity) is to use less of it, but we have to be realistic in our approach. Our lifestyles are changing, and with increased pace of development, our need for appliances is increasing