Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd

with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means an Agreement entered into by the Licensee and the Consumer under Section 4.06 of this Code.

‘AMPERE’

means a unit of electric current.

‘APPARATUS’

means electrical apparatus and includes all machines, fittings accessories and appliances in which conductors are used.

‘AREA OF SUPPLY’

means the geographic area within which alone a Licensee is authorised for the time being to supply energy by his licence.

‘AUTHORISED OFFICER’

means all the jurisdictional Engineers of the Licensee and technical officers authorised by the Licensee from time to time.

‘BILLING PERIOD’

means the period between two consecutive Meter reading dates.

‘BREAKDOWN’

means an occurrence relating to equipment of supply system or other electrical line which prevents its normal functioning.

‘BULK SUPPLY’

means the sale of electricity to any person for resale, such as, supply given to

a Licensee for purposes of local distribution in his area of supply at a single point of delivery and at a single voltage.
a non industrial Consumer having mixed load of lighting and power at a single point of delivery and at a single voltage
an industrial Consumer for industrial and in an agreed proportion for non industrial purposes including the residential purposes of his workmen if they live in a specified colony within the factory premises at a single point of delivery and at a single voltage.

‘CALENDAR YEAR’

means the period from the first day of January of a year to the thirty first day of December, of the same year.

‘COMMISSION’

means the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission constituted under subsection (1) of section 3 of the Karnataka Electricity Reform Act 1999.

‘CONDUCTOR’

means any wire, cable, bar, tube, rail or plate used for conducting energy and so arranged as to be electrically connected to a system.

‘Connected Load’

means the sum total of the installed (connected) capacities in Kilowatts (KW) of all the energy consuming devices on the Consumer’s premises, which can be used simultaneously. This shall be expressed in KW or KVA. If the ratings are in KVA, the same may be converted to KW by multiplying the KVA by 0.85. If the same or any apparatus is rated by the manufacturer in HP, the HP rating shall be converted into KW by multiplying it by 0.746

‘CONSUMER’

means and include any person who or whose installation, is supplied with electricity or who has executed an Agreement with the Licensee for the supply of electricity or any person whose installation is for the time being connected for the purpose of receiving electricity or whose installation has been disconnected or who has registered an application with the Licensee for power supply connection.

This expression when ever the context so admits shall include their / his / its successor / successors in business occupation and permitted assignees or heirs, executors, administrators.

‘CONTRACTED DEMAND’

means the Load in kilovolt amperes (KVA), mutually agreed to between the Licensee and Consumer as entered in the Agreement.

‘CONTRACTOR’

means a QUALIFIED Licensed Electrical Contractor (L.E.C.) having valid licence issued / recognized by the Government of Karnataka under the Rules and such other persons who are authorised to carry out electrical installation works under the Rules.

‘DATE OF PRESENTATION OF THE BILL’

means the actual date of presentation of the bill or the next working day of dispatch of the bill through other modes.

‘DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF SUPPLY’

means the date of actual availing of supply by the Consumer or the date of expiry of a period of 30 days from the date of intimation to the Consumer of the availability of the power, whichever is earlier.

‘DEMAND CHARGE’

refers to a charge levied to a Consumer, which is based on the CONTRACTED DEMAND or MAXIMUM DEMAND recorded.

‘DESIGNATED AUTHORITY OF THE LICENSEE’

means an authority who has been notified as such by the Licensee.

‘DISTRIBUTING MAIN’

means the portion of any main with which a service line is, or is intended to be, immediately connected.

‘DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM’

means any system consisting mainly of cables, service lines and overhead lines, electrical plant and meters having design voltage of 33 KV and below. The distribution system shall not include any part of a transmission system except the terminal equipment used for the supply of electricity to extra high voltage (66 KV and above) Consumers.

‘ELECTRICITY’

means the electric power and energy.

'ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR’

means an Electrical Inspector appointed under Section 36 of I.E. Act, 1910 and Rule 4(A) of I.E. Rules 1956.

‘ENERGY CHARGE’

refers to a charge levied to a Consumer for the consumption of electricity.

‘ENGINEER’

means qualified Engineer, by whatever name he may be designated, who is employed by the Licensee and who is in charge of the local area having direct jurisdiction over the area of supply or any part thereof in which the premises to be served are located and who is notified as such for the purposes of this Code by the Licensee in the manner prescribed by the Commission and includes any other employee with engineering qualification duly authorised by him or his superior officer to exercise any power, jurisdiction or authority under this Code.

‘EXTRA HIGH TENSION’ (EHT)

means supply voltages above 33000 volts.

‘FACTORY’

means any premises including the precincts thereof wherein ten or more persons are working and in any part of which a manufacturing process is being carried on with the aid of electrical power, as defined in Factories Act.

‘FACTORY PREMISES’

means the premises in which laboratories, repair shops, stores, offices, reading rooms, libraries, yards, watch and ward, canteen and first aid centres belonging to the factory are housed, as defined in Factories Act.

‘FAULTY METER’

means a Meter which does not record or which records with an error beyond the permissible limits prescribed under Rule 57 of I.E. Rules, 1956.

‘HIGH TENSION’ (HT)

means supply voltages of more than 650 volts and upto and inclusive of 33000 volts.

‘I.E. ACT’

means Indian Electricity Act, 1910, as in force from time to time.

‘INSTALLATION’

means the whole of the electric wires, fittings, motors and apparatus installed and wired by or on behalf of the Consumer on one and the same premises starting from the point of commencement of supply.

‘LICENSEE’

means holder of a licence for Distribution or for Retail Supply or for both issued under Section 19 of the Karnataka Electricity Reform Act, 1999.

‘LINE MINIMUM CHARGES’

means the monthly charges payable by the Consumer calculated at the rate of 1.25% per month (15% per Annum ) on the entire cost of arranging power supply to the Consumer rounded off to the nearest rupee excluding the cost of Transformer and associated structure and switchgear.

Note

This is applicable for the Initial guaranteed period of 7 years only.
Line minimum charges is not applicable where the prospective Consumer pays the cost towards the service line or executes the works under self-execution.

‘LOAD FACTOR’

is the ratio of the total number of units consumed during a given period to the total number of units that would have been consumed had the load been maintained throughout the same period and is usually expressed as a percentage, that is,

	Actual units consumed during a given period
Load factor(%) =	--------------------------------------------------------- X 100
	* Load in KW x Total Number of Hrs. during the given period

Note: -

* Load means Sanctioned load in KW in case of LT Installation and Contract demand in KW in case of HT Installation.

‘LOW TENSION’ (LT)

means supply voltages of 650 V and below.

‘MAXIMUM DEMAND’

means the average amount of kilowatts or kilovolt amperes, as the case may be, delivered at the point of supply of the Consumer and recorded during a thirty minute period of maximum use in the month, however, subject to the Licensee reserving the right to shorten this period in special classes of Consumers, if necessary, with the approval of the Commission.

‘METER’

means an equipment used for measuring electrical quantities like Energy in kilowatt hours, maximum demand in kilowatts or kilovolt amperes, reactive energy in kilovolt ampere hours, etc., including accessories like current transformers and potential transformers 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 fuses used for protection and testing purposes. Further, ‘METER’ includes meters where more than one meter has been installed.

‘METER READING DATE’

means the date fixed for meter reading.

‘MINIMUM CHARGES’

means the higher of the line minimum charges or electricity charges payable under the Tariff schedule in force from time to time as per the terms of the Agreement and the Code.

‘MONTH’

means the calendar month or the period between the meter reading date in a particular month and the corresponding meter reading date of the immediately succeeding month.

‘OCCUPIER’

means the owner or person in occupation of the premises where energy is used or proposed to be used

‘OHM’

means a unit of electric resistance.

‘O&M OFFICE’

means the local office of the Licensee in charge of supply and distribution of electricity.

‘OFFICE OF ISSUE’

means the office from which the claim for power supply charges or any other charges is made or any notice issued by the Licensee.

‘OUTLET’

means in any electrical installation, a point to which an electrical appliance is or is intended to be connected.

NOTE: -For assessing the lighting load

30% of Wall plugs shall be taken.
Each outlet shall be taken as 40 Watts. If compact fluorescent lights (C.F.L.) are used, actual load shall be taken.

‘POWER FACTOR’

means the ratio of watts to Volt-amperes, or the ratio of KWh to KVAh, as applicable.

Note: -

Billing Power factor shall be the average PF recorded in Electronic Trivector Meter. In case the same is not available the ratio of KWh to KVAh consumed during the billing period and in case of non-availability of the above also, the PF obtained during the rating shall be used.

‘PUBLIC LAMP’

means an electric lamp used for lighting of any street or any public place.

‘PREMISES’

means the area / portion of the building / shed / field etc., for which the electric connection has been applied for or sanctioned for a single Consumer.

‘POINT OF COMMENCEMENT OF SUPPLY’

means the outgoing terminals of the Licensee’s cutouts fixed in the premises of the Consumer in case of LT installations and the outgoing terminals of the Licensee’s Metering cubicle placed before any Consumer’s apparatus in case of HT installations. In the absence of any metering cubicle or the metering being on the LT side in case of H T installations, the point of commencement of supply will be the incoming terminals of the Consumer’s main switchgear.

‘RULES’

means the Indian Electricity Rules, 1956, as in force from time to time.

‘R.R. No.’ or ‘REVENUE REGISTER NUMBER.’

means the number assigned to the Consumer’s installation.

‘SANCTIONED LOAD’

means the mutually agreed load in kilowatts (KW)/Horse power (HP) between the Licensee and the Low Tension Consumer as entered in the Agreement.

‘SERVICE LINE’

means any electric supply line through which energy is, or is intended to be supplied by the Licensee from a distributing main to a single or group of Consumers from the same point of the distributing main.

‘SERVICE MAIN’

means the part of service line from terminal pole up to the point of commencement of supply whether overhead or underground.

‘SUPERVISOR’

means a person having a valid permit issued / recognised by the Government of Karnataka under Rule-45 of I.E 1956, but includes authorised employees of Central Government in case of works on Central Government installations in respect of which Rule-45 is exempted.

‘SUPPLY ACT’

means the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948, as in force from time to time.

‘SUPPLIER’

means any person who holds a power supply Licence under Section 19 of the KER Act 1999 or is granted exemption under Section 20 of the KER Act 1999.

‘TARIFF’

means a schedule of standard prices or charges for specified services, which are applicable to all such specified services provided to the type of Consumers specified in the Tariff approval.

‘TRANSMISSION SYSTEM’

means the system consisting mainly of extra high voltage electric lines having design voltage of 66 KV and higher and shall include all plant and equipment in connection with Transmission owned or controlled by the Licensee.

‘VOLT’

means a unit of electro-motive force and is the electric pressure, which, when steadily applied to a conductor, the resistance of which is one ohm, will produce a current of one ampere.

‘VOLTAGE’

means the difference of electric potential measured in volts between any two conductors or between any part of either conductor and the earth as measured by a suitable voltmeter.

‘YEAR’

means year commencing on 1^st of April of any year and ending on 31^st of March of the succeeding year.

NOTE:

The words or expressions occurring in this Code but not defined herein above shall bear the same meaning as in the Karnataka Electricity Reform Act, 1999 or the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 or the Electricity (supply) Act, 1948 or in the I.E. Rules, 1956 framed under the said Acts or in absence thereof, the meaning commonly understood in the electricity industry.