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The power department in Ghaziabad has issued notices to 307 housing societies for failing to submit mandatory annual electricity audit reports, as authorities step up monitoring of electricity consumption in common areas. The notices have been issued to Residents’ Welfare Associations (RWAs) and Apartment Owners Associations (AOAs) that have not furnished the required reports. The exercise is aimed at improving transparency in common-area electricity usage and checking instances of residents being overcharged for power consumption. The action comes as authorities seek greater compliance with annual electricity audit requirements across residential complexes in the city.
The power department in Ghaziabad has issued notices to 307 housing societies for failing to submit mandatory annual electricity audit reports, intensifying its monitoring of common-area power consumption and compliance among residential complexes. The notices were issued this week to societies across the city where Residents’ Welfare Associations (RWAs) and Apartment Owners Associations (AOAs) had not submitted the required reports.
The annual audit requirement is intended to provide greater transparency over electricity consumed in common areas of housing societies. Authorities are also seeking to prevent instances where residents may be charged more than the applicable electricity cost by associations managing common facilities and power distribution within residential complexes.
The notices form part of an intensified exercise by the electricity department to ensure that RWAs and AOAs comply with the reporting requirement. The department is seeking details of electricity consumption and related records through the annual audit reports, which provide a mechanism to examine how power supplied to common areas is being used and accounted for.
The issue is particularly relevant in large housing societies, where electricity is consumed collectively for facilities such as lifts, lighting in common areas, water pumps and other shared infrastructure. Associations responsible for managing these facilities are required to maintain records that can establish the quantum of electricity consumed and the corresponding charges recovered from residents.
Officials have indicated that the action is intended to improve accountability rather than merely enforce submission of paperwork. The audit mechanism enables the electricity authorities to examine whether the power consumption reported by housing societies corresponds with the charges collected from residents and whether common-area electricity expenses are being appropriately accounted for.
The notices have also brought renewed attention to the role of RWAs and AOAs in managing electricity-related expenses in apartment complexes. In many high-rise developments, residents pay separate charges towards electricity used for common services in addition to consumption recorded through individual household meters. Accurate accounting of these shared expenses is therefore important for maintaining transparency between associations and residents.
The Ghaziabad administration has separately maintained a public announcements portal for official notices and government orders, although the specific 307-society electricity audit notices were not visible in the publicly listed announcements reviewed on the district website.
The latest action comes amid broader enforcement efforts in Ghaziabad's residential sector. Earlier this year, authorities had also undertaken inspections of housing societies for compliance with other safety requirements, including fire-safety norms. Following a major fire at Gaur Green Avenue in Indirapuram, the fire department issued notices to residential and commercial establishments found to have deficiencies.
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