Section 2 of Madhya Pradesh Electricity Supply Code 2004

2.1 CHAPTER 2: DEFINITION In this Code, unless it is repugnant to the context: (a) ‘Act’ means The Electricity Act 2003 (No. 36 of 2003) as in force from time to time. b) ‘Agreement’ with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means an agreement entered between the licensee and the consumer under this Code. C) ‘Apparatus’ means electrical apparatus and includes all machines, fittings, accessories and appliances in which conductors are used. d) ‘Area of Supply’ means the geographic area within which a Licensee is authorized by his license to supply electricity. e)‘Breakdown’ means an occurrence relating to the equipment of the electric energy supply system including electrical line that prevents its normal functioning. f)‘Code’ means the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Supply Code as in force from time to time. g)‘Commission’ means the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission constituted under section 3 of the Madhya Pradesh Vidyut Sudhar Adhiniyam, 2000 (no.4 of 2001). h) ‘Conductor’ means any wire, cable, bar, tube, rail or plate used for conducting electrical energy and so arranged as to be electrically connected to a system. i) “Connected Load,” means aggregate of the manufacturer’s rating of all energy consuming devices, in the consumer’s premises, which can be simultaneously used. This shall be expressed in kW, kVA or HP units and shall be determined as per the procedure laid down in clauses 6.37 to 6.42 on ‘Rating of Installations’ in this Code. j) ‘Consumer’ means any person who is supplied with electricity by the licensee and includes any person whose premises are for the time being connected for the purpose of receiving electricity from the licensee, persons who have applied for an electricity connection, persons whose supply is not yet connected even after due notice to avail connection or whose electricity supply has been disconnected. A consumer is - (i) ‘Low Tension Consumer (LT Consumer)’ if he obtains supply from the licensee at low or medium voltage. (ii) ‘High Tension Consumer (HT Consumer)’ if he obtains supply from the licensee at High Voltage. (iii) ‘Extra High Tension Consumer (EHT Consumer)’ if he obtains supply from the licensee at Extra High Voltage. k) ‘Consumer’s installation’ means any composite electrical unit including electric wires, fittings, motors and apparatus, portable and stationary, erected and wired by or on behalf of the consumer at the consumer’s premises. (l) ‘Contract demand’ means the maximum Load in kW, kVA or HP, as the case may be, agreed to be supplied by the licensee and contracted by the consumer and mentioned in the agreement. (m) ‘Cut-out’ means any appliance for automatically interrupting the transmission of energy through any conductor when the current rises above a predetermined quantum, and shall also include fusible cut-out. (n) ‘Date of commencement of supply’ means the day immediately following the date of expiry of a period of one month for in case of LT consumers and three months in case of HT of EHT consumer from the date of intimation to an intending consumer of the availability of power or the date of actual availing of supply by such consumer, whichever is earlier. (o) ‘Demand Charge’ for a billing period means a charge levied on the consumer based on the contract demand or maximum demand and shall be calculated as per the procedure provided in the Tariff Order, approved by the Commission. (p) ‘Distribution main’ means the portion of any main with which a service line is, or is intended to be, connected. (q) ‘Distribution System’ means any system consisting mainly of overhead lines, underground cables, service lines, electrical plant, control switchgear and meters having design voltage of 33 kV and below and shall also include any other system of higher voltage as the Commission may specifically recognise. The Distribution System shall not include any part of the Transmission System except the terminal equipment (metering system, CT and PT) connected at consumer end and used for the supply of electricity to extra high voltage (66 KV and above) consumers. (r) ‘Earthed’ or ‘connected with earth’ means connected with the general mass of earth in such manner as to ensure at all times an immediate discharge of energy without danger. (s) ‘Electric line’ means any line which is used for carrying electricity for any purpose and includes – (i) any support for any such line, that is to say, any structure, tower, pole or other thing in, on, by or from which any such line is, or may be, supported, carried or suspended; and (ii) any apparatus connected to any such line for the purpose of carrying electricity; (t) ‘Electrical Inspector’ or ‘Inspector’ means an Electrical Inspector appointed under section 2 (21) of the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003). (u) ‘Energy’ means electrical energy- (i) Generated, transmitted or supplied for any purpose, or (ii) Used for any purpose except the transmission of a message. (v) ‘Energy charge’ refers to a charge levied on the consumer based on the quantity of electricity (units in kWh or kVAh as per tariff) supplied. (w)‘Extra High Voltage’ means the voltage, which exceeds 33,000 volts subject, however, to the percentage variation allowed under the Indian Electricity Rules, 1956. x) ‘High Voltage (HV)’ means the voltage higher than 650 volts but which does not exceed 33,000 volts 50 cycles under normal conditions subject, however, to the percentage variation allowed under the Indian Electricity Rules, 1956 y) ‘Initial period of agreement’ means the period of two years starting from the date of commencement of supply. The initial period of agreement shall continue till the end of the month, on which the end date of the two years period expires. z) ‘Installation’ means any composite electrical unit used for the purpose of generating, transforming, transmitting, converting, distributing or utilizing energy. aa) ‘Licensed Electrical Contractor’ means a contractor licensed under rule 45 of the Indian Electricity Rules 1956. bb)‘Low Voltage (LV)’ means the voltage, which does not exceed 250 volts 50 cycles under normal conditions subject, however, to the percentage variation allowed under the Indian Electricity Rules, 1956. cc) ‘Maximum demand’ for a category of consumer shall be calculated as per the procedure provided in the Tariff Order, approved by the Commission. dd) ‘Medium Voltage’ means the voltage higher than 250 volts but which does not exceed 650 volts 50 cycles under normal conditions subject, however, to the percentage variation allowed under the Indian Electricity Rules, 1956 ee) ‘Meter’ means an equipment used for measuring electrical quantities like energy in kWh or kVAh, maximum demand in kW or kVA, reactive energy in kVAR hours etc. including accessories like Current Transformers (CT) and Potential Transformers (PT), including cables, where used in conjunction with such meter and any enclosure used for housing or fixing such meter or its accessories and any devices like switches or MCB/ load limiter or fuses used for protection and testing purposes. ff) ‘Occupier’ means the owner or person in occupation of the premises where electrical energy is used or proposed to be used. gg) ‘Overhead line’ means any electric supply-line, which is placed above ground and in the open air but excluding live rails of traction system. hh) ‘Power Factor’ means the average monthly power factor and shall be the ratio expressed as a percentage of the total kilowatt hours to the total kilovolt ampere hours supplied during the month; the ratio being rounded off to two decimal figures, 5 or above in the third place of decimal being rounded off to the next higher place in the second. In case kWh or kVAh reading is not available then power factor shall be calculated on the basis of kVARh reading, if the meter has KVARh recording feature in the meter. ii) ‘Premises’ includes any land, building or structure. (jj) ‘Service-line’ means any electric supply-line through which energy is, or is intended to be, supplied

  (i) to a single consumer either from a distribution main or immediately

from the supplier’s premises, or

  (ii) from a distribution main to a group of consumers on the same

premises or on adjoining premises supplied from the same point of the distribution main. (kk) ‘System’ means an electrical system in which all the conductors and apparatus are electrically connected to a common source of electric supply. 2.2 All other expressions used herein although not specifically defined herein, but defined in the Act, shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Act. The other expressions used in herein but not specifically defined in this Code or in the Act but defined under any law passed by the parliament applicable to electricity industry in the state or stated in the tariff order shall have the meaning assigned to them in such law. Subject to the above the expression used herein but not specifically defined in this Code or in the Act or any law passed by the parliament shall have the meaning as is generally assigned in the electricity supply industry