Report of Indian Institute of Public Administration ... - Ministry of Power

Electricity Act
State Reports (Vol.-III)
Study on `Impact of Restructuring of SEBs’
Status of implementation of certain provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003.
(a) Section (172) : Separation of Transmission utility
Notification was issued by Govt. of Tamil Nadu to TNEB to continue to
function as State Transmission Utility and a licensee for a further period of six
months beyond 9.December 2005 i.e., up to 9.June 2006.
(b) Section 42(5): Forum for redressal of consumer grievance
TNERC has issued guidelines and also notification and gazetted vide Tamil
Nadu Gazette dated 18 February 2004 for establishment and functioning of
consumer Grievances Redressal forum and Electricity Ombudsman.
In TNEB the grievance redressal forums are established and one grievance
forum for each circle covering all regions are functioning.
(c) Section 55: Supply of electricity through metering
Also as per TNERC directive No.7.10 in the tariff order dt.15 March 2003 all
the services are to be metered within 3 years from the date of notification.
(d) Section 135: Implementation of anti-theft measures
In Tamil Nadu Electricity Board 17 enforcement squads and one flying squad
are functioning for-
i) The prevention of theft of energy through intensive inspection of services,
mainly power intensive and theft prone industries both during night and
day.
ii) Detection of energy theft cases and
iii) Close follow up of cases to create deterrence.
Anti-Theft Measures
i) All HT specialised services one in a year, and other live HT services once
in two years and all LT services once in three years are inspected.
ii) Seasonal Industries are inspected during respective seasons.
iii) Services indicating sudden drop in energy consumption and/or
consumption not commensurate with the connected load and disconnected
services are inspected on regular basis.
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