• The Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has launched an electricity consumer service portal and its mobile app named ‘Mo Bidyut’  to provide efficient, time-bound and transparent online electricity connection service to the people of the State.
• The electricity services in the state will now come under Mo Sarkar.

Some key features of Mo Bidyut includes:

• People will not need to run to various offices for new connections, bill payment or grievance redressal.
• The initiative will benefit more than 89 lakh electricity consumers of the State 
• The portal can be accessed at www.mobidyut.com.
• It is a bilingual online integrated platform covering all four power utilities of the State such as TPCODL, NESCO, WESCO and SOUTHCO.
• With this portal, consumers will be able to avail services pertaining to new power connection up to 5 KW for domestic, general purpose and specified public purpose like irrigation, pumping and agriculture within 48 hours, energy bill payment and grievance redressal relating to the service.