PATIALA: Punjab State Electricity Board  (PSEB) has decided to give another opportunity to Agricultural Pump set (AP) consumers to get their unauthorized loads regularized through Voluntary Disclosure Scheme w.e.f 1-7-08.

The scheme shall remain open till 31-7-2008. AP consumers can get their unauthorized loads regularized by depositing Rs.1000/- per BHP as service connection charges.

Y.S.Ratra, Chairman, in a press release said those consumers with connections less than 3 years old shall have to deposit Rs.3000/- per BHP as service connection charges. However the consumers who have taken connections under Chairman's discretionary quota and a period of 3 years has not elapsed shall have to deposit Rs.5000/- per BHP as service connection charges, said Ratra.

He added the consumers who had got their temporary tube well connections regularized shall be required to deposit Rs.5000/- per BHP for regularization of additional load. All consumers shall have to pay Rs.200/- per BHP as security for the extended load.

The Chairman further informed that none of the consumers shall be harassed and the load declared by the consumers shall be deemed to be regularized.

Sh.Ratra appealed to agricultural consumers to get their loads regularized as per actual to avoid breakdown/tripping of the system due to hidden loads. He assured that the Board shall Augment Transformers where ever required and try to provide scheduled 8 hour power supply to tube well connections during the ongoing paddy season.