The Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (HPERC) on July 3, 2020 issued a notification for Himachal Pradesh Electricity Supply Code (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2020 further amending Himachal Pradesh Electricity Supply Code, 2009.
Following amendments have been made to Himachal Pradesh Electricity Supply Code, 2009:
• The commission has amended Para 3.9 that implements the delay to take the supply or avail contact demand and has substituted it with the following para, “In some cases the applicant may wish to build up the load in phases but requests for sanction of total contract demand in advance so as to avoid the need for completing the formalities for repeated extensions of load and also to facilitate supply arrangements for the total demand envisaged for the ultimate scenario.”
• The commission amended para 5.3 which states the recovery done by the licensee, the commission has omitted the following lines, “The licensee will not be entitled to require payments of such amount from the next occupier of the premises.” The commission has inserted a new para, “A The licensee will also be entitled to recover, in addition to the charges recoverable by it under the Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Recovery of Expenditure for Supply of Electricity) Regulations, 2012 and any other relevant regulations for providing connection and supply, the outstanding amount against the previous consumer from the next owner/occupier of the premises subject to a maximum limit of the amount equal to the average billing for two months worked out on the average for past twelve months immediately prior to the temporary disconnection of the previous consumer.”
[Notification No. HPERC/Secy/438]
