(1) In cases involving electrification of the areas developed and/or sponsored by the development agencies, like the Himachal Pradesh Housing and Urban Development Authority, Private Developers, Universities, Educational Institutions, the Himachal Pradesh Small Industries Development Corporation and the Housing Societies and the like, the developing agency shall bear the entire charges and/or costs for the infrastructural development under sub-regulations (2) and (9), or sub-regulations (3) and (9), of regulation 5, whichever are applicable, and the licensee Compendium of HPERC Regulations, March 2021 7 shall take up the execution of such works only after receiving the entire amounts, excepting those for the adjustments for the difference between estimated costs and actual costs under sub-regulation(9) of regulation 5:
Provided that in case the developing agency bears the entire cost of the works under sub-regulations (3) and (9) of regulation 5, the provisions of sub-regulation
(4) to (8) of Regulation 5 shall also be applicable.
(2) The licensee shall recover the cost of service lines and other works for the individual connections from the individual applicants under regulation 4 and/or regulation 17:
Provided that the licensee shall make adequate provisions for distribution mains and works in the estimates for the infrastructural works under sub-regulation (1) in a manner that the service lines required for the individual applicants are as short as reasonably feasible.