noida the uttar pradesh power department has decided to set up retail outlets for sale of electricity meters directly to consumers in the villages of gautam buddha nagar the sale of electricity meters will begin in april this year an official said according to officials the process of establishing retail shops has already started in the dadri division the price of the meters will be decided in a meeting scheduled in lucknow this month said arvind rajvedi superintending engineer pvvnl rajvedi said that singlephase meters of 4 kw and threephase meters for heavier loads will be available for sale and consumers would have the facility to purchase meters from shops in their area depending on their requirement the shops would also sell other electrical items at affordable rates officials said that the process for new connections would also be simplified after purchasing a new meter one would have to send an application along with a photocopy of its bill the new connections would be issued in a week for those with faulty meters they can take the help of departmental staff to get them rectified said rajvedi