The Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (MPERC) on January 30, 2025, issued the Draft Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Recovery of expenses and other charges for providing electric line or plant used for the purpose of giving supply) (Revision-II) Regulations, 2022 (First amendment) {ARG-31(II)(i) of 2025} to further amend the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Recovery of expenses and other charges for providing electric line or plant used for the purpose of giving supply) Regulations (Revision-II), 2022.
The following amendments have been stated:
• Sub-Clause (h1) shall be inserted after sub-clause (h) of sub-clause 2.1 of clause 2 of the principal regulations, namely:
“(h1) “Electrified area” shall mean any geographical area or part thereof which has distribution system in the vicinity of applicants of that area to cater to the demand of such applicant;”
• Sub-Clause (u1) shall be inserted after sub-clause (u) of sub-clause 2.1 of clause 2 of the principal regulations, namely:
“(u1) “Sanctioned load” shall have the same meaning as defined in Madhya Pradesh Electricity Supply code, 2021, as amended from time to time.”
• Sub-clause (z) of sub-clause 2.1 of clause 2 of the principal regulations shall be amended as follows: -
Words “Connected load” shall be substituted by the phrase “Sanctioned load/ Contract demand, as the case may be,” in sub-clause (z) of sub-clause 2.1 of clause 2 of the principal regulations.
• Sub-clause 3.2 of Clause 3 of the principal regulations shall be substituted by the following sub-clause, namely: -
“3.2 The Distribution Licensee shall recover in advance the charges approved by the Commission through these Regulations only, from the applicant/ consumer for the purpose of giving supply of electricity to applicant or for enhancement of sanctioned load/Contact demand of the existing LT connection and for enhancement of Contract Demand for existing HT connection, as the case may be. Service of connection/ enhancement of load shall be allowed only on receipt of these charges in full.”
• Sub-clause 3.4 of Clause 3 of the principal regulations shall be substituted by the following sub-clause, namely: -
“3.4 The estimation of load for LT consumers/applicants, wherever required, under sanctioned load based tariff, shall be done by the Distribution Licensee on the same basis as has been provided in the applicable Madhya Pradesh Electricity Supply Code, 2021, notified by the Commission, as amended from time to time, subject to the condition that the maximum limit of total requisitioned load at LT shall not be more than the limits specified for LT connection in the applicable Madhya Pradesh Electricity Supply Code, 2021, as amended from time to time. However, in case of LT consumers under demandbased tariff and all HT consumers, the contract demand shall be as applied by the consumer / applicant.”
Persons intending to file suggestions/objections/comments on the above draft Regulation may send these to the Secretary, Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission, 5th Floor, "Metro Plaza", Bittan Market, E-5 Arera Colony, Bhopal - 462016 so as to reach the Commission latest by Febraury 25, 2025. The suggestions/objections/comments may also be submitted by e-mail to [email protected] & [email protected] or by fax to phone no. 0755-4004137.
The Link for the draft regulations - https://mperc.in/uploads/notice/0917d83de5d83d335ac98643c259bf21.pdf
[Notification No. MPERC/D(L&R)/2025/220]
