Electricity Act 2003 Archives

Distribution Company can levy Delayed Payment Surcharge under Section 56(2) of Electricity Act, 2003 on payment default: Calcutta High Court

Calcutta High Court held that the liability to pay other charges (DPS) would arise not from the date when the bill was first raised but from the first instance of non-payment of the concerned charges,

Case Briefs High Courts

New owners not liable for past dues and entitled to new connections despite refusal to pay, if nexus is not proved: Calcutta High Court

Calcutta High Court observed that no sum due will be recoverable from any consumer after a period of two years from the date when such sum first became due unless such sum was shown continuously recoverable as arrears of charges of electricity supply.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

All State Regulatory Commissions must frame Regulations for determination of Electricity tariff within 3 months: Supreme Court

The Electricity Act, 2003 does not prescribe one dominant method to determine tariff as it seeks to distance the State Governments from the determination and regulation of tariff, placing such power completely within the ambit of the Appropriate Commissions.

Legislation Updates Notifications

Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (for the State of Goa and Union Territories) Electricity Supply Code, Regulations, 2018

No. JERC : 23/2018—In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 181 read with Section 50, of the Electricity Act, 2003 (Act