Table 4.
Details of electricity supply during COVID-19 global lockdown period.
| Argentina | Starting from 24th March 2020, no disconnection of electricity services for non-payment of bills up to three consecutive bills or alternate bills | (Buenos. Aires.Times, 2020) |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | At crisis time, no one would be deprived of electricity at a residential and commercial building. Financial support for the energy consumer | (Energy.gov.au, 2020) |
| Canada | Uninterrupted power supply until pandemic exists. | (The.Canadian.Press, 2020) |
| China | Price of electricity was reduced | |
| France | from midnight of 16 March 2020 for a period of 30 days, all utility bill was Suspended for all business establishments | SKWAWKBOX (2020) |
| Germany | Consumer having loss of income no need to pay electricity payments till 30 June 2020 | (Germany.VISA, 2020) |
| India | The Indian government announced a three months moratorium for state-owned electricity distribution companies to make payments for their power purchased by them; it also reduced the payment security to 50% for future power purchases. | Mint (2020) |
| Indonesia | Free electricity for poor people starting from 24 April 2020 | (The.Jakarta.Post, 2020) |
| Italy | Until 30th April all electricity bills were suspended | Williams (2020) |
| Japan | Japanese government requested all the electricity companies to present a bill on providing moratorium for bill electricity bill payment for 3 months. | |
| Malaysia | The people of Sabah Province will get a 30% discount on Electricity bill for 3 months starting from 1 April 2020. | Mail (2020) |
| UK | No power interruption for energy users, the energy supply is ensured with support and initiatives from the Government of the UK. | (GOV.UK, 2020) |
| USA | No interruption during the prevalent pandemic times | KSLA (2020) |