Chennai: After providing some relief to domestic consumers who undertake additional construction in their existing premises, Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has proposed an amendment into the Tamil Nadu Electricity Distribution Code to simplify the procedure to avail temporary supply for construction purpose.
TNERC has proposed the amendment in view of a separate tariff being applicable to temporary supply for construction and for other temporary purposes in the recent tariff order.
The applicant who wants temporary supply for the construction purpose, especially in the case of domestic/ residential buildings, might find it difficult to follow the special terms and conditions for effecting temporary supply of electricity specified in regulation 39 of the distribution code, TNERC said in its explanatory statement.
According to the amendment, the temporary supply of electricity would be separated into two categories – one which is likely to be converted into permanent supply as in the case of building construction and the other being supply purely for temporary purpose, often for glaring illumination.
If the amendments are accepted, normal procedure to effect supply to regular categories would be followed in case of providing temporary supply for construction purpose and the consumer should be charged under temporary supply tariff that is Rs 10.50 per unit and a fixed charge of Rs 300 per kilowatt per month.
However, an undertaking would be obtained from the consumer to the effect that temporary supply would be converted into appropriate permanent supply after completion of construction work, it said.
For the supply purely for temporary purpose, all the normal procedures would be followed besides collecting security deposit equivalent to the current consumption charges for the period of three billing cycle. TNERC has invited comments from public on the proposed amendments by August 2.
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