The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) on February 28, 2022 has issued the Central Electricity Authority (Installation and Operation of Meters) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 to further amend the Central Electricity Authority (Installation and Operation of Meters) Regulations, 2006. It shall come into force on the date of the final publication.
The following has been amended namely: -
• In regulation 2(1)(d) which specify “Definition of Active Power” has the following clause (da) inserted namely: -
“Advanced Metering Infrastructure’ is an integrated system of smart meters, communication networks and data management systems that enables two-way communication between the utilities and energy meters, and the functional blocks of Advanced Metering Infrastructure typically include Head end system, Wide area network, Neighbourhood area network, Data concentrator unit and Home area network”
• Regulation 4(2) which specify “Type of Meters”, Clause (b) has been substituted namely: -
“All consumers in areas with communication network, shall be supplied electricity with Smart Meters working in prepayment mode, conforming to relevant IS, within the timelines as specified by the Central Government.”
• Regulation 6(2) which specify “Consumer meters”, Clause (a) has been substituted namely: -
“Consumer meters shall generally be owned by the licensee.”
[Notification No. CEA-GO-13-15(12)/1/2022-DPR Division]
