If you are in need to your electricity consumer number and don’t know from where to get it, don’t worry! No matter from which state and UT you belong to, by the end of this article you would be able to find the required consumer number.
What is Electricity Consumer Number?
To uniquely identify every consumer, the DISCOMs (Electricity Department) provide with a consumer number. The Electricity consumer number is a unique number assigned to every electricity connection holder (on whose name bill is generated).
The Electricity consumer number may be required in various situations, so every consumer must be aware of it. For example-If you are planning to apply for Suryoday Yojana, the Solar Rooftop Subsidy scheme, you should keep your Electricity Consumer number ready. Without providing your consumer number you can’t proceed with the application process.
Finding Electricity Department Consumer Number
Before we explain the process to obtain the consumer number, you should spare a minute to understand by which other names the consumer number is referred to as. The reason behind this is that the same thing (consumer number) is known as different number in various States and UTs. By understanding the other terminologies, you will know that we are talking about the same thing.
Different Terms/Names Used
Although the common term is Consumer number but in some states and UTs it can be referred to as differently. Some commonly used aliases are :
- Account Number
- Contract Account Number
- K No.
- Consumer ID
- CA Number (Consumer Account Number)
- Service Number
- Connection Number
Where can you Electricity Consumer Number?
Finding the consumer number isn’t difficult if you know where to find it. Let us help you with the process:
On Electricity Bill
If you have the hard copy of your electricity bill with you, you can easily find your consumer number. It is usually written on the top. Depending on the provider (Local Electricity Department or DISCOM), the exact location where it is mentioned could vary.
Just take out any of your electricity bills you should see Consumer number (OR Account Number, Consumer ID, CA Number, Service Number, Connection Number, K Number etc.).
Without Electricity Bill
If you don’t have electricity bill handy right now and you need to find the consumer number, you can still do it. Here are multiple ways to do it.
- Visit the nearest Electricity office with name and address of the consumer.
- If you have the meter number, just tell them the meter number, they will help you with the consumer number.
Other Steps
If you are unable to retrieve the number using any of the methods so far, you can try contacting the customer helpline (Dial 1912) and share your query with them. They will provide you with best possible solution. You can also try the online method in the next section.
Retrieving the Electricity Consumer Number Online
It is possible to find your consumer number online but there is only one condition, you should have registered on the website of electricity board. This simply means that your user account should exist on the website.
Here are the steps :
- Head to the official website
- Login into your Account
- Download electricity bill
- Now, you can check the number on the downloaded bill.
Note : If you haven’t created account yet, you won’t be able to retrieve the account number online.