Hubli Electricity Supply Company Limited [HESCOM] — Fraud in billing

Address:

Dharwad, Karnataka, 580031

Hello sir, I am a resident of Shrinagar, Unkal, Hubli, Karnataka. Lately, I saw an issue in the billing period. In the attached image, billing period is 08/01/2017 - 08/03/2017 (2 months) even though I had paid the bill for the 1st month. Although, you deduct the previously paid bill in the credits & adj. section (-676 Rs. in this case), it is not so straight forward a calculation. The electricity unit rate drastically increases for higher usage. With the billing period of 2 months, my consumption units increase and hence my overall bill increases which would not happen if billed only for 1 month. 2nd thing is the tax I pay will be on 2 months bill and then you subtract the last payment which is not correct. FYI, I had paid my last bill 3 days prior to dude date. This case looks like a trap for a common man who doesn't understand the math behind calculations. Please check and get back if there is something genuine that pushed you to generate the bill for 2 months and then deduct 1 month's payment.