Your UPPCL Smart Meter Is Now Postpaid: What Changed and What Did Not
Jun 23, 2026
New Delhi [India], June 23: If you had a smart prepaid meter on your UPPCL electricity connection, your billing arrangement changed on May 6, 2026. UPPCL's Managing Director issued a formal order directing all four distribution companies and KESCO Kanpur to switch every smart prepaid meter to postpaid mode immediately, through the central RMS backend system. Around 85 lakh smart meters were installed in Uttar Pradesh, of which nearly 83 lakh were prepaid, per UPPCL's own figures. All have been converted, following the directions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, per the official statement by Energy Minister A K Sharma on May 8, 2026.
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