~Amplifies digital payment method by enabling consumers to view the bill before making the payment~
Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power utility, has become the 1st power utility in India to launch “Bill in the Box”. This is a digital payment feature by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) - Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) enabling consumers to view the bill before making the payment. The new feature has been launched in collaboration with NPCI/BBPS and IDFC FIRST Bank making the bill payment process fully transparent for consumers and equipping them with all the information that they may want to view before hitting the 'Pay' button.
“Bill in the Box” allows consumers to download their bill in a PDF format and view the billing components in entirety, namely the bill amount, bill number, units consumed, tariffs, consumption history, discount date, due date etc. on the BBPS payment page for the respective consumer ID.
The bill payment process through BBPS is extremely simple:
- Consumers who wish to pay online through BBPS can go to the bill payment mobile app / website of their choice. (since others are yet to implement this feature, consumers may go to IDFC FIRST Bank webpage: https://bbps.idfcbank.net/quickpay.aspx)
- Select "Electricity" under Biller Category and then "Tata Power - Mumbai" under Biller.
- Enter your Tata Power Consumer number and click on Proceed.
- The Consumer Name, bill number will auto-populate and a link "View Bill" will be displayed on the same page.
- Download the bill in PDF format by clicking on the link and verify your details.
- If satisfied, please proceed with payment.
Commenting on this development, Mr. Praveer Sinha, CEO & Managing Director, Tata Power, said, “We are extremely proud to be the 1st utility in India to launch a feature like “Bill in the Box” and are confident that our collaboration with NPCI/BBPS & IDFC FIRST Bank will prove to be a great addition to overall customer experience simplifying the overall digital payment method for our consumers.”
Mr. V Vaidyanathan, MD & CEO, IDFC FIRST Bank, said, “Digitisation and adoption of the India stack has been central to the IDFC FIRST Bank’s strategy for developing new payment solutions. With Tata Power’s ‘bill in the box’ initiative, the Bank is set to help simplify digital payments and bring convenience to millions of people across the far reaches of the country. Tata Power is leading the digital payment experience in the power distribution sector along with NPCI, and IDFC FIRST is delighted to be part of this journey.”
Mr. AR Ramesh, Chief Project Officer, BBPS, said, “The wider adoption of digital payments in India is expected to aggregate multiple billers on our platform providing them easy bill payment services. We feel privileged to collaborate with Tata Power and aim to create an unprecedented level of innovation in digital payment services thereby placing convenience and flexibility in the hands of consumers.”
Tata Power is India’s largest integrated power company and, together with its subsidiaries & jointly controlled entities, has an installed capacity of 10857 MW. A pioneer in the field, it has a presence across the entire power value chain: Generation of renewable as well as conventional power including hydro and thermal energy; transmission & distribution, trading and coal & freight logistics. With renewable energy assets in solar and wind accounting for 22% of the company's portfolio, Tata Power is a leader in clean energy generation. In line with the company's view on sustainable and clean energy development, Tata Power is steering the transformation of utilities to integrated solutions by looking at new business growth in EV charging & storage, distributed generation & rooftops, microgrids and home automation & smart meters.
It has successful public-private partnerships in generation, transmission & distribution in India namely: ‘Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd.’ with Delhi Vidyut Board for distribution in North Delhi; 'Tata Power Ajmer Distribution Ltd.' with Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. for distribution in Ajmer; 'Powerlinks Transmission Ltd.' with Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. for evacuation of Power from Tala hydro plant in Bhutan to Delhi; 'Maithon Power Ltd.' with Damodar Valley Corporation for a 1050 MW Mega Power Project at Jharkhand. Tata Power is serving more than 2.6 million distribution consumers in India and has developed the country’s first 4000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project at Mundra (Gujarat) based on super-critical technology.
With growing international focus, Tata Power's global presence includes strategic investments in Indonesia through a 30% stake in the coal company PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC); 26% stake in mines at PT Baramulti Suksessarana Tbk (BSSR); in Singapore through Trust Energy Resources; in South Africa through a joint venture called ‘Cennergi’ to develop projects in sub-Sahara Africa; in Zambia through a 50:50 joint venture with ZESCO for 120 MW Hydro project; in Georgia through AGL which is a joint venture with Clean Energy, Norway & IFC for development of 187 MW hydro project; in Bhutan through a hydro project in partnership with The Royal Government of Bhutan.
With its 103 years track record of technology leadership, project execution excellence, world-class safety processes, customer care and driving green initiatives, Tata Power is poised for multi-fold growth and committed to 'lighting up lives' for generations to come. Visit us at: www.tatapower.com
