{"id":4005,"date":"2025-07-22T06:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T06:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/business\/audit-uncovers-rs244-billion-overbilling-fraud-by-8-power-discos-such-tv\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T06:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T06:56:09","slug":"audit-uncovers-rs244-billion-overbilling-fraud-by-8-power-discos-such-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/business\/audit-uncovers-rs244-billion-overbilling-fraud-by-8-power-discos-such-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Audit Uncovers Rs244 Billion Overbilling Fraud by 8 Power Discos &#8211; SUCH TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An official audit has uncovered large-scale overbilling and financial misconduct by eight power distribution companies, burdening consumers already grappling with high inflation, low incomes, and soaring electricity tariffs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the latest report by the Auditor General of Pakistan, the companies overcharged consumers by a staggering Rs244 billion\u2014allegedly to mask operational inefficiencies, line losses, and electricity theft.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The audit names Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco), Lahore (Lesco), Hyderabad (Hesco), Multan (Mepco), Peshawar (Pesco), Quetta (Qesco), Sukkur (Sepco) and Tribal Areas Electric Supply Company (Tesco) among those involved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Five of the companies reportedly overbilled 278,649 consumers by Rs47.81 billion in a single month, the report states.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over 900 million extra units were billed to customers during the 2023\u201324 financial year, with no action taken against officials responsible, the audit reveals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In some cases, companies claimed to have refunded billions of rupees, but audit authorities said no evidence was provided and demanded records for verification.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A separate finding shows Rs22 billion worth of extra billing was carried out in the name of \u201cadjusting load\u201d to cover technical losses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The report highlights Qesco as the worst offender, with Rs148 billion in overbilling to agricultural consumers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It alleges that Qesco inflated tube well bills to mask poor performance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, 1,432 feeders across the companies were used to send inflated bills totalling Rs18.64 billion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite repeated requests, relevant records were not shared with audit teams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some consumers did receive refunds \u2014 including Rs5.29 billion for incorrect meter readings, and Rs2.18 billion in credit adjustments from Pesco.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Audit officials have sought explanations from all eight companies.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.suchtv.pk\/business\/item\/131995-audit-uncovers-rs244-billion-overbilling-fraud-by-8-power-discos.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An official audit has uncovered large-scale overbilling and financial misconduct by eight power distribution companies, burdening consumers already grappling with high inflation, low incomes, and soaring electricity tariffs. According to the latest report by the Auditor General of Pakistan, the companies overcharged consumers by a staggering Rs244 billion\u2014allegedly to mask operational inefficiencies, line losses, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/business\/audit-uncovers-rs244-billion-overbilling-fraud-by-8-power-discos-such-tv\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Audit Uncovers Rs244 Billion Overbilling Fraud by 8 Power Discos &#8211; SUCH TV&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.suchtv.pk\/media\/k2\/items\/cache\/e21de74e3deba1c91acc8bf1652a38be_XL.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3165,1557,3166,325,3167],"class_list":["post-4005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-bill","tag-electricity","tag-financial","tag-inflation","tag-power"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.8 (Yoast SEO v22.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Audit Uncovers Rs244 Billion Overbilling Fraud by 8 Power Discos - SUCH TV - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/business\/audit-uncovers-rs244-billion-overbilling-fraud-by-8-power-discos-such-tv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Audit Uncovers Rs244 Billion Overbilling Fraud by 8 Power Discos - SUCH TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An official audit has uncovered large-scale overbilling and financial misconduct by eight power distribution companies, burdening consumers already grappling with high inflation, low incomes, and soaring electricity tariffs. 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