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Now, pay power bills through smart phone

CHENNAI: Consumers in the State can now pay electricity bills through Tangedco’s new mobile application which was launched by Electricity Minister P Thangamani on the TNEB campus on Wednesday. While existing users may use their credentials to login and set the PIN for their account, new users may create a new account using their Tangedco consumer number, password, email id, and mobile number and afterwards,  an activation code would be sent to the registered number.

Through the app, that is available in the Google Play Store, users can make payments through net banking, debit card and credit card. The app consists of features to view and pay bills under the category ‘My Bills’, for unregistered customers to pay their bills under ‘Quick pay’, to view transactions and usage details under ‘My consumers’, to view calculation of the bill amount under ‘Bill Calculator’ and to view the transaction details under ‘Check Transactions’.

In a release, Tangedco has also announced that the Tatkal scheme that was announced for availing agricultural service connections for loads 5 HP, 7.5 HP, 10 HP has also been extended to include 15 HP by paying an amount of `4 lakh.