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| Unless the meaning is repugnant to the context, the following words shall
have the meanings assigned to them. |
| 2.01 |
‘ACT’ means The Electricity Act, 2003. |
| 2.02 |
‘APPLICANT’ means a person who is the owner or occupier of any
premises who has registered his application with the Distribution
Licensee for supply of electricity. |
| 2.03 |
‘ASSESSING OFFICER’ means an officer of the State Government or
Licensee, as the case may be, designated as such by the State
Government under Section No. 126 of the Electricity Act 2003.
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| 2.04 |
‘KER ACT’ means the Karnataka Electricity Reform Act, 1999. |
| 2.05 |
‘AGREEMENT’ with its grammatical variations and cognate
expressions means an Agreement entered into between the Licensee
and the Consumer under Clause 4.03 (ii) (b) of these Conditions. |
| 2.06 |
‘AMPERE’ means a unit of electric current. |
| 2.07 |
‘APPARATUS’ means electrical apparatus and includes all machines,
fittings accessories and appliances in which conductors are used. |
| 2.08 |
‘AREA OF SUPPLY’ means the area within which a distribution licensee
is authorised by his licence to supply electricity |
| 2.09 |
‘AUTHORIZED OFFICER’ means an officer authorised by the State
Government under Section No. 135 of the Electricity Act 2003. |
| 2.10 |
‘BILLING PERIOD’ means the period between two consecutive Meter
reading dates. |
| 2.11 |
‘BREAKDOWN’ means an occurrence relating to the equipment of
supply system or other electrical line which prevents its normal
functioning. |
| 2.12 |
‘BULK SUPPLY’ means the sale of electricity to any person for resale,
such as, supply given to a distribution Licensee for purposes of
distribution in his area of supply. |
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Amended version vide Notification No. KERC/17/1008/COS-RoE/DDD/22-23/2184, dated 11.01.2023, Published in Karnataka Gazette dated: 12.01.2023
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| 2.13 |
'BUILT-UP AREA' means the sum of the building areas of each of the floors of the building including the cellar, measured between the external walls as per actuals with reference to the Plan.
Old version:
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| 2.13 |
‘BUILT-UP AREA’ means the sum of the building areas of each of the
floors of the building including the cellar, measured between the
external walls as per the actual construction or as per the sanctioned
plan whichever is higher.
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| 2.14 |
‘CALENDAR YEAR’ means the period from the first day of January of a
year to the thirty-first day of December, of the same year. |
| 2.15 |
‘COMMISSION’ means the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory
Commission constituted under subsection (1) of Section 3 of the
Karnataka Electricity Reform Act 1999. |
| 2.16 |
‘CONDUCTOR’ means any wire, cable, bar, tube, rail or plate used for
conducting electricity and so arranged as to be electrically
connected to a system.
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| 2.17 |
‘CONNECTED LOAD’ means the sum total of the installed
(connected) capacities in Kilowatts (KW) of all the energy consuming
devices on the Consumer’s premises, which can be used
simultaneously. This shall be expressed in KW or KVA. If the ratings
are in KVA, the same may beconverted to KW by multiplying the
KVA by 0.85. If the same or any apparatus is rated by the
manufacturer in HP, the HP rating shall be converted into KW by
multiplying it by 0.746.
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| 2.18 |
‘CONSUMER’ means any person who is supplied with electricity for his
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.
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| 2.19 |
‘CONTRACTED DEMAND’ means the Load in kilovolt amperes (KVA) /
KW, mutually agreed to between the Licensee and Consumer as
entered in the Agreement. |
| 2.20 |
‘CONTRACTOR’ means a qualified Licensed Electrical Contractor
(L.E.C.) having valid licence issued / recognized by the Government
of Karnataka and such other persons who are authorized by the
Government of Karnataka/ India to carry out electrical installation
works.
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| 2.21 |
‘DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF SUPPLY’ means the date of actual
availment of supply by the Consumer or the date of expiry of a period
of 30 days from the date of intimation to the Consumer of the
availability of the power, whichever is earlier. |
| 2.22 |
‘DEMAND CHARGE’ refers to a charge levied to a Consumer, which is
based on the CONTRACTED DEMAND or MAXIMUM DEMAND
recorded. |
| 2.23 |
‘DESIGNATED AUTHORITY OF THE LICENSEE’ means an authority who
has been notified as such by the Licensee. |
| 2.24 |
‘DISTRIBUTING MAIN’ means the portion of any main with which a
service line is, or is intended to be, immediately connected.
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| 2.25 |
‘DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM’ means 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. |
| 2.26 |
‘ELECTRICITY’ means electrical energy-
(a) generated, transmitted, supplied or traded for any purpose;
or
(b) used for any purpose except the transmission of a message; |
| 2.27 |
“ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR’ means an Electrical Inspector appointed
under Section 162 of the Electricity Act, 2003 by the Appropriate
Government and includes the Chief Electrical Inspector. |
| 2.28 |
‘ENERGY CHARGE’ refers to a charge levied to a Consumer for the
consumption of electricity. |
| 2.29 |
‘ENGINEER’ means a qualified Engineer, by whatever name he may
be designated, who is employed by the Licensee and who is in
charge of the local area having direct jurisdiction over the area of
supply or any part thereof in which the premises to be served are
located and who is notified as such for the purposes of these
Conditions by the Licensee in the manner prescribed by the
Commission and includes any other employee with engineering
qualification duly authorized by him or his superior officer to exercise
any power, jurisdiction or authority under these “Model Conditions of
Supply”.
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| 2.30 |
‘EXTRA HIGH TENSION’ (EHT) means supply voltages above 33 KV.
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| 2.31 |
‘FACTORY’ means any premises including the precincts thereof
wherein ten or more persons are working and in any part of which a
manufacturing process is being carried on with the aid of electrical
power, as defined in the Factories Act. |
| 2.32 |
‘FACTORY PREMISES’ means the premises in which laboratories, repair
shops, stores, offices, reading rooms, libraries, yards, watch and ward,
canteen and first aid centres belonging to the factory are housed, as
defined in the Factories Act. |
| 2.33 |
‘FAULTY METER’ means a Meter which does not record or which
records with an error beyond the permissible limits prescribed by the
appropriate Authority under the Electricity Act, 2003.
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| 2.34 |
‘HIGH TENSION’ (HT) means supply voltages of more than 650 volts
and up to and inclusive of 33000 volts. |
| 2.35 |
‘INSTALLATION’ means the whole of the electric wires, fittings, motors
and apparatus installed and wired by or on behalf of the Consumer in
one and the same premises starting from the point of
commencement of supply. |
| 2.36 |
‘LICENSEE’ means a person who has been granted a licence under
Section14 of the Electricity Act, 2003 and also includes a deemed
Licensee. |
| 2.37 |
‘LOW TENSION’ (LT) means supply voltages of 650 V and below. |
| 2.38 |
‘MAXIMUM DEMAND’ means the average amount of kilowatts or
kilovolt amperes, as the case may be, delivered at the point of supply
of the Consumer and recorded during a thirty minute period of
maximum use in the month, however, subject to the Licensee
reserving the right to shorten this period in the case of special classes
of Consumers, if necessary, with the approval of the Commission. |
| 2.39 |
‘METER’ means an equipment used for measuring electrical quantities
like Energy in kilowatt hours, maximum demand in kilowatts or kilovolt
amperes, reactive energy in kilovolt ampere hours, etc., including
accessories like current transformers and potential transformers where
used in conjunction with such Meter and any enclosure used for
housing or fixing such Meter or its accessories and any devices like
switches or fuses used for protection and testing purposes. Further,
‘METER’ includes meters where more than one meter has been
installed.
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| 2.40 |
‘METER READING DATE’ means the date fixed for meter reading. |
| 2.41 |
‘MINIMUM CHARGES’ means the minimum charges payable under
the Tariff schedule in force from time to time. |
| 2.42 |
‘MONTH’ means the calendar month or the period between the
meter reading date in a particular month and the corresponding
meter reading date of the immediately succeeding month. |
| 2.43 |
‘OCCUPIER’ means the owner or person in occupation of the
premises where energy is used or proposed to be used. |
| 2.44 |
‘OHM’ means a unit of electric resistance. |
| 2.45 |
‘O&M OFFICE’ means the local office of the Licensee in charge of
supply and distribution of electricity. |
| 2.46 |
‘OFFICE OF ISSUE’ means the office from which the claims for power
supply charges or any other charges are made or any notice is issued
by the Licensee. |
| 2.47 |
‘OUTLET’ means in any electrical installation, a point to which an
electrical appliance is or is intended to be connected.
NOTE:
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| (1) |
For assessing the lighting load
(a) Each outlet shall be taken as 40 Watts. If compact
fluorescent lights (C.F.L.) are used, actual load shall be
taken.
(b) Each wall plug shall be taken as 40 Watts and 30% of such
wall plugs shall be taken. |
| (2) |
For assessing the heating load
(a)Actual load connected to each heating out let.
(b)Each wall plug shall be taken as 1 KW and 10% of such wall
plugs shall be taken.
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However, the provisions under Clause 4.09(ix) of these Conditions shall be
the criteria to arrive at the total load of domestic and AEH
installations.
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| 2.48 |
‘PERSON’ shall include any company or body corporate or
association or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, or
artificial juridical person. |
| 2.49 |
‘POWER FACTOR’ means the ratio of watts to Volt-amperes, or the
ratio of KWh to KVAh, as applicable.
NOTE: Billing Power factor shall be the average PF recorded in Electronic
Trivector Meter. In case the same is not available, the ratio of KWh to
KVAh consumed during the billing period and in case of nonavailability of the above also, the PF obtained during the rating shall
be used.
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| 2.50 |
‘PUBLIC LAMP’ means an electric lamp used for lighting of any street
or any public place. |
| 2.51 |
‘POINT OF COMMENCEMENT OF SUPPLY’ means the outgoing
terminals of the Licensee’s metering system fixed in the premises of
the Consumer in case of LT installations and the outgoing terminals of
the Licensee’s Metering cubicle placed before any Consumer’s
apparatus in case of HT installations. In the absence of any metering
cubicle or the metering being on the LT side in case of HT installations,
the point of commencement of supply shall be the incoming
terminals of the Consumer’s main switchgear. |
| 2.52 |
‘POINT OF CONNECTION’ means a terminal pole carrying LT/HT line
and is situated within 30 meters outside the premises of the Applicant. |
| 2.53 |
‘PREMISES’ includes any land, building or structure. |
| 2.54 |
‘R.R. No.’ or ‘REVENUE REGISTER NUMBER.’ means the number
assigned to the Consumer’s installation.
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| 2.55 |
‘SANCTIONED LOAD’ means the mutually agreed load in kilowatts
(KW)/Horsepower (HP) between the Licensee and the Low Tension
Consumer as entered in the Agreement.
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| 2.56 |
‘SERVICE-LINE’ means 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 on contiguous premises supplied from the same
point of the distributing main.
NOTE: For the purpose of these Conditions, it shall not include the
improvement/ augmentation works in the station or works of
strengthening of the distributing main. However, it includes EHT/HT line,
Transformer, and LT line drawn exclusively for a Consumer from the
distributing main. |
| 2.57 |
‘SERVICE MAIN’ means the part of service line from the terminal pole
up to the point of commencement of supply whether overhead or
underground. |
| 2.58 |
‘SUPERVISOR’ means a person having a valid permit issued /
recognized by the Government of Karnataka and includes authorized
employees of the Central Government in case of works in the Central
Government installations. |
| 2.59 |
‘SUPPLIER’ means any person who has been granted a licence under
Section 14 or is granted exemption under Section 13 of the Electricity
Act, 2003 and also includes a deemed Licensee. |
| 2.60 |
‘TARIFF’ means a schedule of standard prices or charges for specified
services, which are applicable to all such specified services provided
to the type of Consumers specified in the Tariff Published. |
| 2.61 |
‘TRANSMISSION SYSTEM’ means the system consisting mainly of Extra
high tension electric lines having design voltage of 66 KV and higher
and shall include all plant and equipment in connection with
Transmission owned or controlled by the Licensee. |
| 2.62 |
“UNAUTHORIZED USE OF ELECTRICITY” means the usage of electricity
(i) by any artificial means; or
(ii) by a means not authorized by the concerned person or authority or licensee; or
(iii) through a tampered meter; or
(iv) for the purpose other than for which the usage of electricity was
authorized. |
| 2.63 |
‘VOLT’ means a unit of electro-motive force and is the electric
pressure, which, when steadily applied to a conductor, the resistance
of which is one ohm, shall produce a current of one ampere.
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| 2.64 |
‘VOLTAGE’ means the difference of electric potential measured in
volts between any two conductors or between any part of either
conductor and the earth as measured by a suitable voltmeter. |
| 2.65 |
‘YEAR’ means year commencing on 1st of April of any year and
ending on 31st of March of the succeeding year.
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| NOTE: The words and expressions used and not defined above but defined in
the Act / KER Act shall have the meanings as assigned to them in the
relevant Acts. In case of inconsistency in the words and expressions
used between the Act and KER Act, 1999, the provisions in the Act
shall always prevail. |
