A comparative view of top level findings is shown here, developed using the location specific reports of Shajapur, Ujjain & Dewas available here along with 6 other districts in Madhya Pradesh (MP).

See our earlier blog:

The analysis shows that in the above 3 districts, a substantial percentage of dissatisfaction in

Customers is coming due to 2 factors, namely ‘Communication’ & ‘Price’.

The overall Satisfaction score on being computed(on scale of 0-100 with 100 being all respondents ‘very satisfied’):

CommunicationPrice
Shajapur33.6830.76
Ujjain27.0932.77
Dewas24.5020.90

The main reasons for higher dissatisfaction across the 3 districts as indicated by the customers are due to following:

  • Less ‘Awareness’ from Utility regarding the attributes ‘Energy Efficiency’ & ‘Consumer Rights’
  • Less communication for ‘Advance notice about disruption’
  • ‘Power Tariff & its variations’ is High

‘Shajapur’ district has higher percentage of customers agreeing towards ‘Privatization’ of Power Distribution compared to ‘Ujjain’ & ‘Dewas’

On being asked if “Service levels will improve

if a private company manages electricity

distribution”, the responses of different

districts were as follows:

  • Shajapur – 44%
  • Ujjain – 39%
  • Dewas – 31%

Across different categories of consumers, over 50% respondents from ‘Commercial’ customers in ‘Dewas’ and ‘Shajapur’ districts agree that ‘service levels will improve if a private company manages

power distribution’.

Approximately 20% respondents from all the 3 districts ‘Neither Agree nor Disagree’ with ‘Privatization of Power Distribution. Also, ‘Agri’ customers have considerably lower expectations (<40%) in ‘Dewas’ & ‘Ujjain’ districts with ‘Privatization’.

Published on November 16, 2019