Vadodara: Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (MGVCL), responsible for the distribution of electricity in Central Gujarat, today declared that power supply will be restored in several areas of Vadodara by evening, as MGVCL has started the restoration work on the feeders and transformers that had submerged due to waterlogging and flooding from the Vishwamitri River. Tejas Parmar, MD of MGVCL, stated in a briefing, "Given the flood situation in Vadodara, several feeders and transformers were shu...Read More

Vadodara: Gujarat government arm Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (MGVCL) which is responsible for distribution of electricity in the Central Gujarat today declared it has shut off 47 feeders in the city of Vadodara due to water logging and flood of Vishwamitri river. The list of feeders declared by MGVCL and published here in this article is as of 8 pm on 28 August (Wednesday). The feeders are shut off for safety reasons keeping public good in mind. The feeders are mainly in Akota, Alkapuri, Atla...Read More

Vadodara: The city has been ravaged by floods due to heavy rains in the last few days and the overflowing of the Vishwamitri River. Due to the floods, electricity supply has been affected in several areas of the city. Addressing the power supply problem, an MGVCL officer said, "Due to heavy rains and the overflowing of the Vishwamitri River, many areas have been cut off from electricity. Several feeders that were affected were restored by Tuesday morning. However, as the Vishwamitri water...Read More

Vadodara: The smart meter application of the Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Limited (MGVCL) has been closed for maintenance to fix a technical fault that displayed incorrect bill amounts. The downtime began on Wednesday night and will last for two to three days. During this period, users can only see their units consumed but not the bill amount. The decision to close the application follows growing controversy over smart meters. Recently, a technical glitch resulted in one consumer seeing an inco...Read More

Vadodara: The protest against smart meters, which originated in the western part of the city, is now gradually spreading citywide. Today, residents of the Sama and Alkapuri areas staged a protest at the offices of Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Limited (MGVCL), demanding the removal of new smart meters and the reinstallation of old ones. MGVCL has been installing new smart electricity meters in Vadodara city. So far, 27,440 new smart meters have been installed in 12 subdivisions, with 15,000 curr...Read More

Vadodara: A large number of people reached the Akota-based office of Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (MGVCL) over teething problems with the newly installed Smart Meter system.  This was the first payment cycle after the installation of smart meters. Gujarat government-run MGVCL has recently installed smart meters, replacing old meters. While in the old meters system, power bills would be issued on a post-paid basis, the new smart meters have a pre-paid mechanism. A person from Akota villa...Read More

From 1st November onwards, electricity bills for above Rs. 10,000 will mandatorily be required to be paid through online mode only. This rule will be effective for all customers of GUVNL, MGVCL, PGVCL and DGVCL. Those customers, even those who are resident customers will need to pay bill above Rs. 10,000 sum only by online mode. Also, all industrial and High Tension (HT) connection customers will need to pay the bills online. Consumers will be able to pay online bill through Google Pay, Pay-...Read More

Vadodara: Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Akota constituency, Chaitanya Desai while speaking in the district coordination committee meeting on Saturday said that the Government of Gujarat run power distribution company Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (MGVCL)demands Rs. 2.5 lakh to Rs. 3 lakh sum to give no objection certificate (NOC) for installation of solar power panels in residential societies. Desai said, the government on one hand offers subsidy for solar power, but on...Read More