Since Uttarakhand Power Corporation is a commercial organization, it is absolutely necessary to have correct recording of energy received and energy sold. For this purpose provision has been made to install electronic meters at all S/s and all industrial feeders as well as commercial consumers. Further, attempt has been made to cover about 100% of L&F consumers under electronic metering. This arrangement will block all possibilities of pilferage of energy or manipulation of consumption by consumers on one hand and will enable the department to identify loss prone areas and analyse the reasons of high losses. As the state of Uttarakhand covers mostly hilly region in which villages are scattered and far-flung, electrification is not a profitable preposition. It the norms of minimum 15% return on electrification are adhered to, a very few villages will be covered. Since electricity is now a necessity and no longer a luxury, all the people have to be provided with the benefits of electricity. Thus electrification is an obligation on the Government for social upliftment of its people. It is, therefore, strongly stressed that expenses being incurred in electrification work must be such managed so that interest burden can be minimized along with maximum support possible from the Govt. as no commercial organization can survive with recurring losses by executing economically non-viable works, like rural electrification.