The Arunachal Pradesh State Electricity Regulatory Commission (APSERC) on February 02, 2024, issued the Draft Arunachal Pradesh State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Electricity Supply Code) Regulation, 2024, to further replace the Arunachal Pradesh State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Electricity Supply Code) Regulation, 2020.
The following provisions have been stated:
• System of Supply:
The declared frequency of the Alternating Current (AC) shall be 50 cycles per second or 50Hz and the allowable band of frequency shall be 49.900-50.050 Hz as specified in the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Indian Electricity Grid Code) Regulations, 2023 as amended from time to time. At the point of commencement of supply, except with the written consent of the consumer or with the previous sanction of the Commission, a supplier shall not permit the voltage to vary from the declared voltage more than the limit specified by Central Electricity Authority (Grid Standards) Regulations, 2010 from time to time.
• Dedicated Feeder to be provided to Power Intensive Unit at its Cost:
Service connection to power-intensive units such as arc/induction furnaces, rolling mills, re-rolling mills mini steel plants etc. shall be granted only through a dedicated feeder and the intending consumer shall meet the expenditure for the construction of the feeder and related works including the necessary modification to the distribution system to be done by the licensee for this purpose, at the rates in the cost data approved by the Commission.
The comments/suggestions/objections on the draft regulations may be sent by any interested person(s)/stakeholders to the undersigned by February 23, 2O24, at the address Arunachal Pradesh State Electricity Regulatory Commission O.T. Building, 2nd Floor, Niti Vihar Market, T.T. Marg Niti Vihar, Itanagar - 791111 or through email at [email protected] followed by signed hard copy.
This notification will come into force from April 01, 2024.
[Notification No APSERC/RA-14/l/2023-24/501]
