(1) Words in the singular or plural term, as the case may be, shall also be deemed to include the plural or the singular term, respectively;
(2) References to any statutes, regulations or guidelines shall be construed as including all statutory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing such statutes, regulations or guidelines, as the case may be, referred to;
(3) Terms "include" or "including" shall be deemed to be followed by "without limitation" or "but not limited to "regardless of whether such terms are followed by such phrases or words of like import.
(4) reference herein to the 'Code' shall be construed as a reference to this Code as amended or modified by the GERC from time to time in accordance with the applicable laws in force.
(5) the headings are inserted for convenience and may not be taken into account for the purpose of interpretation of this Code.
(1) 'Act' refers to the Electricity Act, 2003 and Gujarat Electricity Industry (Reorganisation and Regulation) Act, 2003, read together and as amended time to time;
(2) 'Agreement' refers to an Agreement entered into by the Distribution Licensee and the consumer;
(3) 'Applicant' refers to an owner or occupier of any land/premises who files an application form with a licensee for supply of electricity, increase or reduction in sanctioned load/contract demand, change in title, disconnection or restoration of supply, or termination of agreement, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the Supply Code, rules and regulations made thereunder or other services;
(4) 'Application' refers to an application form complete in all respects in the appropriate format, as required by the Distribution licensee, along with documents showing payment of necessary charges and other compliances;
(5) 'Application Form' refers to an application form complete in all respects in the appropriate format, as required by the Distribution licensee, before any payment of applicable charges;
(6) 'Area of Supply' refers to the area within which a Distribution Licensee is authorized by his License to supply electricity;
(7) 'Assessing Officer' refers to an officer designated as Assessing Officer by the State Government of Gujarat under provisions of Section 126 of the Act;
(8) 'Authorised Officer' refers to an officer designated as Authorised Officer by the Commission or the State Government, as the case may be, under provisions of Section 135 of the Act;
(9) 'Authorized representative' refers to of any person/entity means all officers, staff, representatives or persons discharging functions under the general or specific authority of the concerned person/entity;
(10) 'Billing Period' refers to the nominal period between two consecutive meter reading dates. It may be monthly or any other period as may be adopted by the Distribution Licensee. However, this shall not be less than one calendar month and more than two calendar months;
(11) 'Calendar Year' refers to the period from the first day of January of a year to the thirty first day of December, of the same year;
(12) 'Check Meter' refers to a meter, which shall be connected to the same core of the Current Transformer (CT) and Voltage Transformer (VT) to which main meter is connected and shall be used for accounting and billing of electricity in case of failure of main meter;
(13) 'Class-I cities' refer to as defined in the latest Census of India (areas with population of more than 1 lakh);
(14) 'Commission' refers to the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission constituted under the Act;
(15) 'Conductor' refers to any wire, cable, bar, tube, rail or plate used for conducting electrical energy and so arranged as to be electrically connected to a system;
(16) 'Connected Load' expressed in kW, kVA or HP, refers to aggregate of the manufacturer's rated capacities of all energy consuming devices or apparatus connected with the Distribution licensee's service line on the consumer's premises which can be simultaneously used. This shall be expressed in kW or kVA. If rating is in kVA, the same may be converted to kW by multiplying the kVA with a Power Factor of 0.9. If the same or any other Apparatus is rated by the manufacturer in HP, the HP rating shall be converted to kW by multiplying it by 0.746;
(17) 'Connection Point' refers to a point at which the consumer's installation and/or apparatus are connected to distribution licensee's distribution system;
(18) 'Consumer' refers to any person who is supplied with electricity for his/her own use by a licensee or the Government or by any other person engaged in the business of supplying electricity to the public under the Act or any other law for the time being in force and includes any person whose premises are for the time being connected for the purpose of receiving electricity with the works of a licensee, the Government or such other person, as the case may be.
A consumer is specified as a:
(i) 'Low Tension Consumer (LT Consumer)' if he obtains supply from the licensee at low or medium voltage;
(ii) 'High Tension Consumer (HT Consumer)' if he obtains supply from the licensee at High Voltage;
(iii) 'Extra High Tension Consumer (EHT Consumer)' if he obtains supply from the licensee at Extra High Voltage;
(19) 'Consumer installation or consumer's installation' refers to any composite portable or stationary electrical unit including electric wires, fittings, motors and apparatus erected and wired by or on behalf of the consumer at the consumer's premises starting from the point of supply and includes apparatus that is available on his premises for being connected or envisaged to be connected to the installation but is for the time being not connected;
(20) 'Contracted load/ Sanctioned Load/ Contracted Demand' refers to the maximum demand in kW, kVA or HP, agreed to be supplied by the licensee and indicated in the agreement executed between the licensee and the consumer. Wherever the Agreement stipulates supply in kVA, the quantum in terms of kW may be obtained by multiplying by the Power Factor of 0.9. If the Agreement stipulates supply in HP, the HP shall be converted to kW by multiplying it by 0.746;
(21) 'Cut out' refers to any appliance or device for automatically interrupting the conduction of electricity through any conductor when the current rises above a pre-determined quantum and shall also include fusible devices;
(22) 'Date of commencement of Supply' refers to the date when the licensee energizes the consumer installation by connecting to the Distribution mains;
(23) 'Demand Charge for a billing period' refers to a charge levied on the consumer based on the contracted/sanctioned/connected load or maximum demand (reference to definition no. (46) of this Code) as the case maybe and shall be calculated as per the procedure laid down in the Tariff Order approved by the Commission;
(24) 'Disconnection' refers to the physical separation of User or Consumer from the system;
(25) 'Distribution Mains' refers to the portion of any main with which a service line is, or is intended to be, immediately connected;
(26) 'Distribution Licensee' refers to a person granted a license under Section 14 of the Act authorising him to operate and maintain a distribution system for supplying electricity to the consumers in his area of supply;
(27) 'Distribution System' refers to the system of wires and associated facilities between the delivery points on the transmission lines or the generating station connection and the point of connection to the installation of the consumers; Explanation. - Any system consisting mainly of overhead lines, underground cables, service lines, electrical plant, control switchgear and meters having design voltage of 33 kV and below and shall also include any other system of higher voltage as the Commission may specifically recognize. The Distribution System shall not include any part of the Transmission System except the terminal equipment (metering system, CT and PT) connected at consumer end and used for the supply of electricity to extra high voltage (66 kV and above) consumers;
(28) 'Earthed' refers to connected with the general mass of earth in such manner as to ensure at all times an immediate discharge of energy without danger;
(29) 'Electric Line' refers to any line which is used for carrying electricity for any purpose and includes:
(i) any support for any such line, that is to say, any structure, tower, pole or other thing in, on, by or from which any such line is, or may be, supported, carried or suspended; and
(ii) any apparatus connected to any such line for the purpose of carrying electricity;
(30) 'Electrical Inspector' refers to a person appointed as such by the appropriate Government under sub section (1) of section 162 of Electricity Act, 2003 and also includes Chief Electrical Inspector;
(31) 'Energy charge' refers to a charge levied on the consumer based on the quantity of electricity (units in kWh or kVAh as per tariff schedule including fuel surcharge and time of use charges) supplied;
(32) 'Extra High Voltage' refers to Voltage equal to and greater than 66 kV;
(33) 'Financial Year' refers to the period beginning from first of April in an English calendar year and ending with the thirty first of the March of the next year;
(34) 'Feeder' refers to a LT, HT or EHT line, emanating from a sub-station, to which a distribution sub-station or LT, HT or EHT consumers are connected;
(35) 'Generating Companies' refer to any company or body corporate or association or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, or artificial juridical person, which owns or operates or maintains a generating station;
(36) 'GERC' refers to Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission;
(37) 'High Tension or HT/ High Voltage' refers to Voltage greater than 440 V and lesser than 66 kV;
(38) 'Indian Standards ("IS")' refer to Standards and specifications approved by the Bureau of Indian Standards;
(39) 'Independent Feeder' refers to a feeder supplying to single consumer;
(40) 'Interconnection' shall have the same meaning as "connection point" as defined in sub clause 2.3(17);
(41) 'Licence' refers to a licence granted under Section 14 of the Act;
(42) 'Licensed Electrical Contractor' refers to a contractor licensed under clause 29 of the Central Electricity Authority (Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations, 2010;
(43) 'Load factor' is the ratio of the total number of units consumed during a given period to the total number of units which have been consumed had the load been maintained throughout the same period and shall usually be expressed as the following percentage: Load factor in percentage = Actual units consumed in a given period x 100) / (Contracted load in kW x No. of hours in the period);
(44) 'Low Tension or LT/ Low Voltage' refers to Voltage not exceeding 440 volts;
(45) 'Main' refers to any electric supply line through which electricity is or is intended to be supplied;
(46) 'Maximum Demand' refers to the Maximum Demand in kW or kVA, as the case may be, shall mean an average kW/kVA supplied during consecutive 30 / 15 minutes (depending upon the type of meter being used) period of maximum use where such meter with the features of reading the maximum demand in kW/kVA directly, has been provided;
(47) 'Meter' refers to an equipment used for measuring, indicating and recording electrical quantities like energy in kWh or kVAh, maximum demand in kW or kVA, reactive energy in kVARh etc. including accessories like Current Transformer (CT), Voltage Transformer (VT) / Potential Transformer (PT) / Capacitor Voltage Transformer (CVT) etc. where used in conjunction with such meter;
(48) 'Month' refers to the calendar month unless the context otherwise requires. A time lasting from a specified date in one calendar month until the same date in the next calendar month (a period of time equivalent to about 30 days);
(49) 'Occupier' refers to the owner or person in occupation of the premises where energy is used or proposed to be used;
(50) 'Overhead Line' refers to any electric supply-line, which is placed above ground and in the open air but excluding live rails of traction system;
(51) 'Person' refers to any individual or company or body corporate or association or body of individuals whether incorporated or not, or artificial juridical person;
(52) 'Point of Supply' refers to, unless otherwise agreed to, the incoming terminal of the cut-out installed by the consumer, i.e. Meters/switches installed at the Consumer's Premises in case of LT Consumers; Distribution box installed on transformer centre / substation established on Consumer's premises, when meter is installed on such a transformer centre/ substation. Control switchgears that may be installed in the Consumer's Premises as provided subject to provision of this code in case of HT and EHT Consumers;
(53) 'Power Factor' refers to the cosine of the electrical angle between the voltage and current vectors in an AC electrical circuit;
(54) 'Premises' refers to land, building or infrastructure or part or combination thereof in respect of which a separate meter or metering arrangements have been made by the licensee for supply of electricity; In case of Agriculture Connection, premises means the place of source of water in respect of which connection has been given or intended to be given by the licensee for supply of electricity;
(55) 'Rural Areas' refer to the areas covered within Gram Panchayats as defined in the Gujarat Gram Panchayat Act;
(56) 'Service Line' refers to any electric supply line through which electricity is or is intended to be supplied: -
(a) to a single Consumer either from a distributing main or immediately from the Distribution Licensee's Premises, or
(b) from a distributing main to a group of Consumers on the same Premises or contiguous premises supplied from the same point of the distributing mains;
(57) 'Street' refers to any way, road, lane, square, court, alley, passage or open space, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public have a right of way, and also the roadway and footway over any public bridge or causeway;
(58) 'Sub-station' refers to Station for transforming or converting electricity for the transmission or distribution thereof and includes transformers, converters, switchgears, capacitors, synchronous condensers, structures cable and other appurtenant equipment and any buildings used for that purpose and the site thereof;
(59) 'Supply', in relation of electricity, refers to the sale of electricity to a licensee or consumer;
(60) 'Supply Code Review Panel' refers to the Panel constituted under Clause No. 1.1;
(61) 'Tariff Order', in respect of a licensee, refers to the most recent order issued by the Commission for that licensee indicating the rates to be charged by the licensee from various categories of consumers for supply of electrical energy and services;
(62) 'Tariff Schedule' refers to the most recent schedule of charges for supply of electricity and services issued by the licensee as per the provisions of the Tariff Order for that licensee;
(63) 'Theft' shall mean theft of electricity as defined in Section 135 of the Act;
(64) 'Transmission Licensee' refers to a person who has been granted a licence under Section 14 of the Act authorising him to establish or operate transmission lines;
(65) 'Transmission System' refers to the system consisting of extra high voltage electric lines being operated at EHV (excluding generator interconnection facilities) owned and/or operated by the Transmission licensee for the purposes of the transmission of electricity from one power station to a sub-station or to another power station or between sub-stations or to or from any external interconnection equipment up-to the interconnection with the distribution system and includes the plant and apparatus and meters owned or used by the transmission licensee in connection with the transmission of electricity, but shall not include any part of any distribution system of the licensee/licensee's distribution system;
(66) 'Urban Areas' refer to the areas covered by all Municipal Corporations and other Municipalities including the areas falling under the various Urban Development Authorities, Cantonment Authorities and industrial estates or townships, excluding the areas covered under Class-I Cities;
(67) 'User' refers to any person having electrical interface with, or using the distribution system of the distribution licensee to whom this Code is applicable;
Section 2 • Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (Electricity Supply Code and Related Matters) Regulations, 2015
2. Definitions and Interpretation.
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"content": "(1) Words in the singular or plural term, as the case may be, shall also be deemed to include the plural or the singular term, respectively;\n(2) References to any statutes, regulations or guidelines shall be construed as including all statutory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing such statutes, regulations or guidelines, as the case may be, referred to;\n(3) Terms \"include\" or \"including\" shall be deemed to be followed by \"without limitation\" or \"but not limited to \"regardless of whether such terms are followed by such phrases or words of like import.\n(4) reference herein to the 'Code' shall be construed as a reference to this Code as amended or modified by the GERC from time to time in accordance with the applicable laws in force.\n(5) the headings are inserted for convenience and may not be taken into account for the purpose of interpretation of this Code.\n(1) 'Act' refers to the Electricity Act, 2003 and Gujarat Electricity Industry (Reorganisation and Regulation) Act, 2003, read together and as amended time to time;\n(2) 'Agreement' refers to an Agreement entered into by the Distribution Licensee and the consumer;\n(3) 'Applicant' refers to an owner or occupier of any land/premises who files an application form with a licensee for supply of electricity, increase or reduction in sanctioned load/contract demand, change in title, disconnection or restoration of supply, or termination of agreement, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the Supply Code, rules and regulations made thereunder or other services;\n(4) 'Application' refers to an application form complete in all respects in the appropriate format, as required by the Distribution licensee, along with documents showing payment of necessary charges and other compliances;\n(5) 'Application Form' refers to an application form complete in all respects in the appropriate format, as required by the Distribution licensee, before any payment of applicable charges;\n(6) 'Area of Supply' refers to the area within which a Distribution Licensee is authorized by his License to supply electricity;\n(7) 'Assessing Officer' refers to an officer designated as Assessing Officer by the State Government of Gujarat under provisions of Section 126 of the Act;\n(8) 'Authorised Officer' refers to an officer designated as Authorised Officer by the Commission or the State Government, as the case may be, under provisions of Section 135 of the Act;\n(9) 'Authorized representative' refers to of any person/entity means all officers, staff, representatives or persons discharging functions under the general or specific authority of the concerned person/entity;\n(10) 'Billing Period' refers to the nominal period between two consecutive meter reading dates. It may be monthly or any other period as may be adopted by the Distribution Licensee. However, this shall not be less than one calendar month and more than two calendar months;\n(11) 'Calendar Year' refers to the period from the first day of January of a year to the thirty first day of December, of the same year;\n(12) 'Check Meter' refers to a meter, which shall be connected to the same core of the Current Transformer (CT) and Voltage Transformer (VT) to which main meter is connected and shall be used for accounting and billing of electricity in case of failure of main meter;\n(13) 'Class-I cities' refer to as defined in the latest Census of India (areas with population of more than 1 lakh);\n(14) 'Commission' refers to the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission constituted under the Act;\n(15) 'Conductor' refers to any wire, cable, bar, tube, rail or plate used for conducting electrical energy and so arranged as to be electrically connected to a system;\n(16) 'Connected Load' expressed in kW, kVA or HP, refers to aggregate of the manufacturer's rated capacities of all energy consuming devices or apparatus connected with the Distribution licensee's service line on the consumer's premises which can be simultaneously used. This shall be expressed in kW or kVA. If rating is in kVA, the same may be converted to kW by multiplying the kVA with a Power Factor of 0.9. If the same or any other Apparatus is rated by the manufacturer in HP, the HP rating shall be converted to kW by multiplying it by 0.746;\n(17) 'Connection Point' refers to a point at which the consumer's installation and/or apparatus are connected to distribution licensee's distribution system;\n(18) 'Consumer' refers to any person who is supplied with electricity for his/her own use by a licensee or the Government or by any other person engaged in the business of supplying electricity to the public under the Act or any other law for the time being in force and includes any person whose premises are for the time being connected for the purpose of receiving electricity with the works of a licensee, the Government or such other person, as the case may be.\nA consumer is specified as a:\n(i) 'Low Tension Consumer (LT Consumer)' if he obtains supply from the licensee at low or medium voltage;\n(ii) 'High Tension Consumer (HT Consumer)' if he obtains supply from the licensee at High Voltage;\n(iii) 'Extra High Tension Consumer (EHT Consumer)' if he obtains supply from the licensee at Extra High Voltage;\n(19) 'Consumer installation or consumer's installation' refers to any composite portable or stationary electrical unit including electric wires, fittings, motors and apparatus erected and wired by or on behalf of the consumer at the consumer's premises starting from the point of supply and includes apparatus that is available on his premises for being connected or envisaged to be connected to the installation but is for the time being not connected;\n(20) 'Contracted load/ Sanctioned Load/ Contracted Demand' refers to the maximum demand in kW, kVA or HP, agreed to be supplied by the licensee and indicated in the agreement executed between the licensee and the consumer. Wherever the Agreement stipulates supply in kVA, the quantum in terms of kW may be obtained by multiplying by the Power Factor of 0.9. If the Agreement stipulates supply in HP, the HP shall be converted to kW by multiplying it by 0.746;\n(21) 'Cut out' refers to any appliance or device for automatically interrupting the conduction of electricity through any conductor when the current rises above a pre-determined quantum and shall also include fusible devices;\n(22) 'Date of commencement of Supply' refers to the date when the licensee energizes the consumer installation by connecting to the Distribution mains;\n(23) 'Demand Charge for a billing period' refers to a charge levied on the consumer based on the contracted/sanctioned/connected load or maximum demand (reference to definition no. (46) of this Code) as the case maybe and shall be calculated as per the procedure laid down in the Tariff Order approved by the Commission;\n(24) 'Disconnection' refers to the physical separation of User or Consumer from the system;\n(25) 'Distribution Mains' refers to the portion of any main with which a service line is, or is intended to be, immediately connected;\n(26) 'Distribution Licensee' refers to a person granted a license under Section 14 of the Act authorising him to operate and maintain a distribution system for supplying electricity to the consumers in his area of supply;\n(27) 'Distribution System' refers to the system of wires and associated facilities between the delivery points on the transmission lines or the generating station connection and the point of connection to the installation of the consumers; Explanation. - Any system consisting mainly of overhead lines, underground cables, service lines, electrical plant, control switchgear and meters having design voltage of 33 kV and below and shall also include any other system of higher voltage as the Commission may specifically recognize. The Distribution System shall not include any part of the Transmission System except the terminal equipment (metering system, CT and PT) connected at consumer end and used for the supply of electricity to extra high voltage (66 kV and above) consumers;\n(28) 'Earthed' refers to connected with the general mass of earth in such manner as to ensure at all times an immediate discharge of energy without danger;\n(29) 'Electric Line' refers to any line which is used for carrying electricity for any purpose and includes:\n(i) any support for any such line, that is to say, any structure, tower, pole or other thing in, on, by or from which any such line is, or may be, supported, carried or suspended; and\n(ii) any apparatus connected to any such line for the purpose of carrying electricity;\n(30) 'Electrical Inspector' refers to a person appointed as such by the appropriate Government under sub section (1) of section 162 of Electricity Act, 2003 and also includes Chief Electrical Inspector;\n(31) 'Energy charge' refers to a charge levied on the consumer based on the quantity of electricity (units in kWh or kVAh as per tariff schedule including fuel surcharge and time of use charges) supplied;\n(32) 'Extra High Voltage' refers to Voltage equal to and greater than 66 kV;\n(33) 'Financial Year' refers to the period beginning from first of April in an English calendar year and ending with the thirty first of the March of the next year;\n(34) 'Feeder' refers to a LT, HT or EHT line, emanating from a sub-station, to which a distribution sub-station or LT, HT or EHT consumers are connected;\n(35) 'Generating Companies' refer to any company or body corporate or association or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, or artificial juridical person, which owns or operates or maintains a generating station;\n(36) 'GERC' refers to Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission;\n(37) 'High Tension or HT/ High Voltage' refers to Voltage greater than 440 V and lesser than 66 kV;\n(38) 'Indian Standards (\"IS\")' refer to Standards and specifications approved by the Bureau of Indian Standards;\n(39) 'Independent Feeder' refers to a feeder supplying to single consumer;\n(40) 'Interconnection' shall have the same meaning as \"connection point\" as defined in sub clause 2.3(17);\n(41) 'Licence' refers to a licence granted under Section 14 of the Act;\n(42) 'Licensed Electrical Contractor' refers to a contractor licensed under clause 29 of the Central Electricity Authority (Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations, 2010;\n(43) 'Load factor' is the ratio of the total number of units consumed during a given period to the total number of units which have been consumed had the load been maintained throughout the same period and shall usually be expressed as the following percentage: Load factor in percentage = Actual units consumed in a given period x 100) / (Contracted load in kW x No. of hours in the period);\n(44) 'Low Tension or LT/ Low Voltage' refers to Voltage not exceeding 440 volts;\n(45) 'Main' refers to any electric supply line through which electricity is or is intended to be supplied;\n(46) 'Maximum Demand' refers to the Maximum Demand in kW or kVA, as the case may be, shall mean an average kW/kVA supplied during consecutive 30 / 15 minutes (depending upon the type of meter being used) period of maximum use where such meter with the features of reading the maximum demand in kW/kVA directly, has been provided;\n(47) 'Meter' refers to an equipment used for measuring, indicating and recording electrical quantities like energy in kWh or kVAh, maximum demand in kW or kVA, reactive energy in kVARh etc. including accessories like Current Transformer (CT), Voltage Transformer (VT) / Potential Transformer (PT) / Capacitor Voltage Transformer (CVT) etc. where used in conjunction with such meter;\n(48) 'Month' refers to the calendar month unless the context otherwise requires. 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