Bhubaneswar, Feb. 19 -- Tata Power-led Odisha discoms have collected more than Rs 500 crore in penalties from electricity consumers for delayed bill payments, power theft, meter tampering and other violations, Deputy Chief Minister (Energy) K V Singh Deo informed the Assembly on Wednesday.

Responding to a query, Singh Deo stated that the government consolidated penalty data from different timeframes for all four distribution utilities.

While figures for TPCODL and TPWODL are available from 2023-24 onwards, the data for TPNODL and TPSODL has been compiled starting from 2021.

TPCODL, which caters to central Odisha, collected Rs 167.7 crore in penalties between 2023-24 and January 2026.

The breakup shows Rs 52.7 crore in 2023-24, Rs 60.1...