CERC amends the Central Electricity Authority (Installation and Operation of Meters) Regulations, 2006; consumers with communication network will now be supplied electricity with Smart meters in prepayment mode

Type of Meters –

All new Consumer Meters shall be Smart Meters with prepayment feature: Provided that the existing meters, other than Smart Meters, shall be replaced with Smart Meters with prepayment feature within a time frame as specified by the Central Government

Type of Meters –

All consumers in areas with communication network, shall be supplied electricity with Smart Meters working in prepayment mode, conforming to relevant IS, within the timelines as specified by the Central Government:

Provided that all consumer connections having current carrying capacity beyond that specified in relevant IS, shall be provided with meters having automatic remote meter reading facility or Smart Meters as per relevant IS.

Provided further that in areas which do not have communication network, installation of prepayment meters, conforming to relevant IS, shall be allowed by the respective State Electricity Regulatory Commission.

All consumers in areas with communication network will now be supplied electricity with Smart Meters working in prepayment mode, conforming to relevant IS, within the timelines as specified by the Central Government.

All consumer connections having current carrying capacity beyond that specified in relevant IS, shall be provided with meters having automatic remote meter reading facility or Smart Meters as per relevant IS.

Further, in areas which do not have communication network, installation of prepayment meters, conforming to relevant IS, shall be allowed by the respective State Electricity Regulatory Commission.

Consumer Meters –

Consumer meters shall generally be owned by the licensee

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Consumer Meters –

Consumer meters shall generally be owned by the licensee

Provided that in case the licensee has engaged the services of Advanced Metering Infrastructure Service Provider to provide Advanced Metering Infrastructure services for an Advanced Metering Infrastructure project area, the ownership of meters shall remain with Advanced Metering Infrastructure Service Provider during the contract period.

Consumer meters shall generally be owned by the licensee. But in case the licensee has engaged the services of Advanced Metering Infrastructure Service Provider to provide Advanced Metering Infrastructure services for an Advanced Metering Infrastructure project area, the ownership of meters shall remain with Advanced Metering Infrastructure Service Provider during the contract period.

Distribution system –

a) all incoming feeders(11 kV and above)

(b) all outgoing feeders (11 kV and above)

(c) sub-station transformer including distribution transformer- Licensee may provide the meter on primary or secondary side or both sides depending upon the requirement for energy accounting and audit

Distribution system –

(a) all incoming feeders (3.3 kV and above);

(b) all outgoing feeders (3.3 kV and above);

(c) sub-station transformer including distribution transformer – Licensee may provide the meter on primary or secondary side or both sides depending upon the requirement for energy accounting and audit:

Provided that all feeders and distribution transformers shall be provided with meters having automatic remote meter reading facility or Smart Meters as per relevant IS, as per the timelines specified by the Central Government:

Provided further that distribution transformer level energy accounting data shall be uploaded by the distribution licensees on quarterly basis on National Power Portal as per the format prescribed in Bureau of Energy Efficiency (Manner and Intervals for Conduct of Energy Audit in electricity distribution companies) Regulations, 2021.

However, all feeders and distribution transformers shall be provided with meters having automatic remote meter reading facility or Smart Meters as per relevant IS, as per the timelines specified by the Central Government.

Further, distribution transformer level energy accounting data shall be uploaded by the distribution licensees on quarterly basis on National Power Portal as per the format prescribed in Bureau of Energy Efficiency (Manner and Intervals for Conduct of Energy Audit in electricity distribution companies) Regulations, 2021.