In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:-
(1) “Act” means the Electricity Act, 2003, as amended from time to time;
(2) “Accredited laboratory” means a laboratory accredited by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL);
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(3) “Agreement” means an agreement, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, entered into by a Licensee and/or its predecessors and its consumer including any commercial arrangement for supply of electricity;
(4) ‘‘Apparatus’’ means electrical apparatus; and includes all machines, fittings, accessories and appliances connected to the Electrical Distribution System;
(5) “Appellate Authority” means the authority prescribed by Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi under sub-section (1) of Section 127 of the Act;
(6) “Applicant” means an owner or occupier of any premises who files an application with a Licensee, in accordance with the provisions of the Act, the rules, the regulations and the Order made there under, for purposes such as:
(i) supply of electricity including temporary connection;
(ii) increase or reduction in sanctioned load or contract demand;
(iii) change of category;
(iv) issues related to billing or change of particulars related to connection;
(v) disconnection or reconnection of supply;
(vi) termination of agreement or for other services, etc.
(7) “Application” means an application complete in all respects in the appropriate format along with all requisite documents;
(8) ‘‘Area of Supply’’ means the geographic area within which Licensee is, for the time being, authorized by his license to supply electrical energy;
(9) “Assessing Officer” means an officer of a State Government or Board or Licensee, as the case may be, designated as such by Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, under Section 126 of the Act;
(10) “Authorized Officer” means an officer of the Licensee or supplier, as the case may be, designated as Authorized Officer by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi under sub-section (2) of Section 135 of the Act;
(11) “Authority” means the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) as referred to in sub-section (1) of Section 70 of the Act;
(12) “Average Power Factor” means the ratio of kWh (kilo Watt Hour) to the kVAh (kilo Volt Ampere Hour) registered during a specific period;
(13) “Bank rate” means the base rate or Marginal Cost of Fund based Lending Rate (MCLR) or any other benchmark rate as notified by the State Bank of India;
(14) “Bill date” means the date on which the bill is prepared by the distribution Licensee;
(15) “Billing cycle” or “Billing period” means the period as approved by the Commission for which regular electricity bills are to be prepared by the Licensee for different categories of consumers;
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(i) the contract demand or the sanctioned demand wherever contract demand has not been provided in the supply agreement.
(ii) the maximum demand indicated by the meter during the billing cycle.
(17) “Calendar year” means the period from the first day of January of a Gregorian calendar year to the thirty first day of December, of the same year;
(18) “CEA (Measures Relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations, 2010” means the CEA (Measures Relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations, 2010 as amended from time to time and Indian Electricity Rules, 1956 to the extent saved by the Act or any other relevant Regulations/Rules made there under;
(19) “Commission” means the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission as referred to in sub-section (1) of Section 82 of the Act;
(20) “Consumer” means any person defined as such in the Act;
(21) “Contract demand” means the demand in kW or kVA (kilo watt or kilo Volt Ampere) as provided in the agreement, which shall not be less than 60% of the sanctioned load and for which the Licensee makes specific commitment to supply subject to the governing terms and conditions;
(22) “Correct Meter” means a meter, which shall at least have features, accuracy class, standards and specifications as per CEA (Installation and Operation of Meters) Regulations, 2006 as amended from time to time;
(23) “Day(s)” for any period specified by day(s) means as working days, unless notified otherwise;
(24) “Developer” means any person who undertakes development of an area (including electrification on their own or through a Licensee) including public land development agencies (like Delhi Development Authority, Municipal Corporation(s) of Delhi, New Delhi Municipal Council, Delhi State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd., Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board, WAKF Board etc.), private developer, private colonizers, builders, Cooperative Group Housing societies, group housing societies, co-operatives, associations etc., within the area of supply of the distribution Licensee including any residential-cum-commercial complex approved by an appropriate authority;
(25) “Distributing Main” refers to the portion of any main with which a service line is or is intended to be immediately connected;
(26) “Distribution System” means the system of wires and associated facilities used for distribution/supply of electricity between the delivery points on the transmission lines or the generating station connection and the point of supply;
(27) “Electrical Inspector” means a person appointed as such by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi under sub-section (1) of Section 162 of the Act and also includes the Chief Electrical Inspector;
(28) “Energy charges” means the charges levied as per the provisions of the Tariff Order issued by the Commission from time to time for energy consumed by the consumer in kWh or kVAh (kilo Watt Hour or kilo Volt Ampere Hour), as the case may be, in any billing cycle or billing period;
(29) “Electrified Area” means all areas other than those specified as unelectrified areas;
(30) “Financial year” means the period beginning from the first day of April in a Gregorian calendar year and ending with the thirty first day of March of the next year;
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(31) “Fixed Charges” for a billing cycle or billing period means the charge levied as per the provisions of the Tariff Order issued by the Commission from time to time;
(32) “Force Majeure” means the occurrence of any event/circumstances which are beyond the control of a Licensee which could not have been reasonably foreseen by the Licensee and which has the effect of preventing/delaying due performance of any obligation by the Licensee;
(33) “Forum” means the Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum (CGRF) established under sub-section (5) of Section 42 of the Act;
(34) “Franchisee” means a person authorized by a distribution Licensee to distribute electricity on its behalf in a particular area within his area of supply;
(35) “Harmonics” means a component of a periodic wave having frequency that is an integral multiple of the fundamental power line frequency of 50 Hz, causing distortion to pure sinusoidal waveform of voltage or current;
(36) “IEEE Standard” relates to the technical standards issued from time to time by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), United States of America;
(37) “Late Payment Surcharge (LPSC)” means the monetary charge levied as per provisions of the Tariff Orders, on a consumer, for the period of delay in payment of its bills beyond due date;
(38) “Licensed Electrical Contractor (LEC)” means a contractor licensed by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi in accordance with the provisions of Central Electricity Authority (Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations, 2010 as amended from time to time;
(39) “Licensee” or “Distribution Licensee” means a person who has been granted a license under Section 14 of the Act to operate and maintain a distribution system for supplying electricity to the consumers in his area of supply and includes a deemed Licensee;
(40) “Maximum Demand (MD)” means the highest average load measured in kVA or kW at the point of supply of a consumer during a consecutive period of thirty minutes or such other consecutive period as may be notified by the Commission during a billing cycle;
(41) “Meter” means a correct meter suitable for measuring, indicating and recording consumption of electricity, maximum demand, any other parameter or any other information related with electrical system, as may be specified by the Authority or notified by the Commission and shall include, wherever applicable, other equipment such as Current Transformer (CT), Voltage Transformer (VT) or Capacitor Voltage Transformer (CVT) necessary for such purpose and shall include net meter;
Explanation: It shall also include any seal or sealing arrangement and other measures/ attributes provided by the Licensee for securing reliability and for preventing theft/ unauthorised use of electricity.
(42) “Net meter” means an appropriate meter capable of recording both import & export of electricity or a pair of meters one each for recording the net import and net export of electricity as the case may be;
(43) “Ombudsman” means electricity Ombudsman as appointed under sub-section (6) of Section 42 of the Act;
(44) “Premises” means land, building or structure or part or combination thereof which includes immovable properties, in respect of which separate meter has been installed or required to be installed by Licensee for supply of electricity;
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(45) “Point of Supply” means the point at the outgoing terminals of Licensee’s meter/ up-to consumer's cutout/ switchgear installed in the premises of the consumer:
Provided that in case of high tension and extra high tension consumers, point of supply means the point at the outgoing terminals of the Licensee’s metering cubicle placed before such consumer’s apparatus;
(46) “Rural area” means the area covered by gram Panchayats, including major and minor panchayats or the village and areas not notified as urbanised by Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi;
(47) “Sanctioned load” means the load in kW or kVA (kilo Watt or Kilo Volt Amp) which the Licensee has agreed to supply from time to time as per the governing terms and conditions and shall be subject to relevant orders of the Commission, as may be issued from time to time;
(48) “Service-line” means any electric supply-line through which electricity is or intended to be, supplied:
(i) to a single consumer either from a distributing main or immediately from the Licensee's premises;
or
(ii) 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.
(49) “Tariff Order” means the Tariff Order issued by the Commission applicable to the relevant period;
(50) “Theft of electricity” means theft of electricity as per Section 135 of the Act;
(51) “Urban areas” means all areas other than rural areas;
(52) “Unauthorized Use of Electricity” means usage of electricity as per Section 126 of the Act;
(53) “Unelectrified area” shall mean any area or part thereof which does not have any distribution system to cater to the demand for electricity for that area;