LT Tariff 2013-14 - 1 PDF
LT Tariff 2013-14 - 1 PDF
LT Tariff 2013-14 - 1 PDF
TARIFF
SCHEDULES
Applicability:
This tariff is applicable for light, fan and power for residential use only. Dharamshalas,
old age houses, rescue houses, orphanages, places of worship and religious institutions
will also be covered under this category.
Tariff:
LV 1.1 (Consumers having sanctioned load not more than 100 watts (0.1 kW) and
consumption not more than 30 units per month)
(b) Minimum Charges: Rs. 40 per connection per month as minimum charges is
applicable to this category of consumers.
LV 1.2
Minimum Charges: Rs. 60 per connection per month as minimum charges towards energy
charges are applicable for above categories.
Note: The Authorized Load shall be as defined in the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Supply Code,
2004, as amended from time to time. (Every 75 units of consumption per month or part thereof
shall be considered equal to 0.5 kW of authorised load. Example: If consumption during the
month is 125 units, then the authorised load will be taken as 1 kW. In case the consumption is
350 units then the authorised load will be taken as 2.5 kW.)
Temporary connection for 675 300 for each 200 for each
construction of own house (max. up one kW of one kW of
to one year). sanctioned or sanctioned or
connected or connected or
recorded load, recorded load,
whichever is whichever is
the highest the highest
Minimum Charges: Rs. 500/- per connection per month is applicable towards energy
charges for temporary connection and no minimum charges are applicable for supply
through DTR meter for clusters of Jhuggi/Jhopadi.
(ii) Energy Charge and Fixed Charge for un-metered domestic connections:
Particulars Units and Energy Monthly Fixed Charge
Charge to be billed (Rs.)
per month for
unmetered
connections (paise
per unit)
b) In case Energy Charges for actual consumption are less than minimum charges,
minimum charges shall be billed towards energy charges. All other charges, as
applicable, shall also be billed.
c) Other terms and conditions shall be as specified under General Terms and Conditions
for Low Tension Tariff.
Applicability:
This tariff is applicable for light, fan and power to Educational Institutions including workshops
and laboratories of Engineering Colleges / Polytechnics/ITIs (which are registered with
/affiliated/ recognized by the relevant Govt. body or university), Hostels for students or working
women or sports persons (run either by Govt. or individuals)
Tariff:
Tariff shall be as given in the following table:
LV 2.2
Applicability:
This tariff is applicable for light, fan and power to Railways (for purposes other than traction
and supply to Railway Colonies/water supply), Shops/showrooms, Parlours, All Offices,
Hospitals and medical care facilities including Primary Health Centers, clinics, nursing homes
belonging to either Govt. or public or private organisations, public buildings, guest houses,
Circuit Houses, Government Rest Houses, X-ray plant, recognized Small Scale Service
Institutions, clubs, restaurants, eating establishments, meeting halls, places of public
entertainment, circus shows, hotels, cinemas, professional's chambers (like Advocates,
Chartered Accountants, Consultants, Doctors etc.), bottling plants, marriage gardens, marriage
houses, advertisement services, advertisement boards/ hoardings, training or coaching institutes,
petrol pumps and service stations, tailoring shops, laundries, gymnasiums, health clubs, telecom
towers for mobile communication and any other establishment (except those which are covered
in LV 2.1), who is required to pay Commercial tax/service tax/value added tax
(VAT)/entertainment tax/luxury tax under any Central/State Acts.
Tariff:
Tariff shall be as given in the following table:
On all units if
monthly consumption
540 50 per kW 30 per kW
is not more than 50
units
For X-Ray plant Additional Fixed Charge (Rs. per machine per month)
Single Phase 450
Three Phase 650
Dental X-ray 50
machine
* In case permission for organizing Mela is granted by Competent Authorities of the
Government of Madhya Pradesh.
Specific Terms and Conditions for LV-2 category:
b) Additional Charge for Excess demand: Shall be billed as given in General Terms
and Conditions of Low Tension tariff.
d) Other terms and conditions shall be as specified under General Terms and Conditions
of Low Tension Tariff.
e) For LV-1 and LV-2: Any consumer having contract demand of 10 kW or more and
upto 20 kW may opt for demand based Tariff, however, for the consumers having
contract demand in excess of 20 kW demand based tariff is mandatory. The
Distribution Licensee shall provide Trivector /Biverctor Meter capable of recording
Demand in kVA/kW, kWh, kVAh.
Applicability:
The tariff LV-3.1 is applicable for Public Utility Water Supply Schemes, Sewage
Treatment Plants, Sewage Pumping Installations run by P.H.E. Department or Local
Bodies or Gram Panchayats or any other organization authorised by the Government to
supply/ maintain public water works / sewerage installations and shall also be applicable
to electric crematorium maintained by local bodies/trusts.
Note: Private water supply scheme, water supply schemes run by institutions for
their own use/employees/townships etc. shall not fall in this category. These shall be
billed under the appropriate tariff category to which such institution belongs. In
case water supply is being used for two or more different purposes then entire
consumption shall be billed for purpose for which the tariff is higher.
The tariff LV-3.2 is applicable to traffic signals and lighting of public streets or public
places including parks, town halls, monuments and its institutions, museums, public
toilets, public libraries, reading rooms run by the Government or Local Bodies, and
Sulabh Shochalaya.
Tariff:
Category of consumers/area Energy Charge Monthly Fixed Charge Minimum
of applicability (paise per unit) (Rs. per kW) Charges
(Rs)
LV 3.1 Public Water Works
Municipal Corporation/
Cantonment board 365 140 No
Municipality/ Nagar Panchayat Minimum
365 120 Charges
Gram Panchayat 365 50
Temporary supply 1.3 times the applicable tariff
LV 3.2 Street light
Municipal Corporation/
380 235
Cantonment board No
Municipality/ Nagar Panchayat Minimum
375 210 Charges
Gram Panchayat 375 50
(b) Other terms and conditions shall be as specified under General Terms and
Conditions of Low Tension Tariff.
Applicability:
Tariff LV-4 is applicable to light, fan and power for operating equipment used by
printing press and any other industrial establishments and workshops (where any
processing or manufacturing takes place including tyre re-treading). These tariffs are also
applicable to cold storage, gur (jaggery) making machines, flour mills, Masala Chakkies,
hullers, khandsari units, ginning and pressing units, sugar cane crushers (including sugar
cane juicing machine), power looms, dal mills, besan mills, and ice factories and any
other manufacturing or processing units (excluding bottling plant) producing/processing
food items or processing agriculture produce for preservation/increasing its shelf life and
Dairy units ( where milk is processed to produce other end products of milk other than
chilling, pasteurization etc.)
Tariff:
(b) Any consumer may opt for demand based tariff, however for the consumers
having connected load above 25 HP , demand based tariff is mandatory and the
licensee shall provide Tri vector/ Bi vector Meter capable of recording Demand
in kVA/ kW, kWh, kVAh and Time of Use consumption
iii. The consumer shall be billed monthly minimum 15 units per HP per
month in rural area and 30 units per HP per month in urban area in case
the actual consumption is less than above specified units.
iii. The consumer shall be billed monthly minimum 20 units per HP per
month or part thereof of contract demand in rural area and 40 units per
HP per month or part thereof of contract demand in urban area in case
the actual consumption is less than above specified units.
(d) Additional Charge for Excess Demand: Shall be billed as given in the
General Terms and Conditions of Low Tension Tariff.
(e) Other terms and conditions shall be as specified under General Terms and
Conditions of Low Tension Tariff.
i. The consumer has to declare months of season and off season for the
financial year 2013-14 within 60 days of issue of Tariff Order and inform
the same to the Distribution Licensee. If the consumer has already
declared the period of season and off-season during this financial year
prior to issue of this Order, same shall be taken into cognizance for the
purpose and accepted by the Distribution Licensee.
ii. The seasonal period once declared by the consumer cannot be changed
during the financial year.
iii. This tariff is not applicable to composite units having seasonal and other
category of loads.
iv. The consumer will be required to restrict his monthly off season
consumption to 15% of the highest of average monthly consumption
during the preceding three seasons. In case this limit is exceeded in any off
season month, the consumer will be billed under Non seasonal tariff for
the whole financial year as per the tariff in force.
v. The consumer will be required to restrict his maximum demand during off
season up to 30 % of the contract demand. In case the maximum demand
recorded in any month of the declared off season exceeds this limit, the
consumer will be billed under Non seasonal tariff for the whole financial
year as per the tariff in force.
Tariff Schedule – LV - 5
AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED ACTIVITIES
Applicability:
The tariff LV-5.1 shall apply to connections for agricultural pump, chaff cutters,
threshers, winnowing machines, seeding machines and irrigation pumps of lift irrigation
schemes including water drawn by agriculture pumps for use by cattle. This tariff does
not include subsidy to be paid by the State Govt. The State Govt. has indicated that
subsidy under this tariff category shall be available at rates applicable in FY 2012-13.
The tariff LV-5.2 shall apply to connections for nurseries, farms growing flowers/ plants/
saplings/ fruits, mushroom and grasslands.
The tariff LV-5.3 shall apply to connections for fisheries ponds, aquaculture, sericulture,
hatcheries, poultry farms, cattle breeding farms and those dairy units only where
extraction of milk and its processing such as chilling, pasteurization etc. is done.
The tariff LV- 5.4 shall apply to connections for permanent agricultural pump, chaff
cutters, threshers, winnowing machines, seeding machines and irrigation pumps of lift
irrigation schemes including water drawn by agriculture pumps for use by cattle to whom
flat rate tariff is applicable.
Tariff:
LV- 5.1
a) (i) First 300 units per month NIL 320
(ii) Above 300 units up to 750 units in the month NIL 380
(iii) Rest of the units in the month NIL 405
b) Temporary connections NIL 405
c) DTR metered group consumers NIL 300
LV-5.2
c) Demand based tariff ( Contract demand 170 per kW or 136 per 455
and connected load up to 100 HP) in urban kVA of billing demand
areas
5.4 Agriculture flat Rate payable by the consumer in Rate payable by the
rate tariff exclusive Rs per HP per month for consumer in Rs per HP per
of subsidy*. months of April to September month for the months of
October to March
a) Three phase- urban 100 100
1.1 Billing of consumers under tariff schedule LV 5.1: Billing to the consumers
covered under tariff schedule LV 5.1 shall be done on a monthly basis based on
the consumption recorded in the meter. The consumer shall pay the amount of the
bill after adjustment of the subsidy to be paid by the State Govt.
Illustration:
As the billing under tariff schedule LV 5.1 is based on monthly consumption, the
consumer irrespective of load of the connections shall pay on the basis of
monthly consumption recorded in the meter. Following table illustrates the billing
in case of a general permanent consumer considering the level of subsidy decided
by the State Govt. for the year 2013-14:
Rates payable by the consumer under tariff schedule LV 5.4 are exclusive of subsidy.
The bill for the consumer covered under the tariff schedule LV 5.4 shall be calculated
at the rates specified under the tariff schedule LV 5.1 based on norms for assessment
of units per HP specified under condition 1.3 of this schedule. The consumer shall be
required to pay at the rates specified under tariff schedule LV 5.4 and the balance
amount of the bill shall be paid by the State Govt. as advance subsidy to the
Distribution licensee.
1.3 Basis of energy audit and accounting for categories LV 5.1 and LV 5.4:
ii) For unmetered agriculture consumers on flat rate under LV 5.4 assessed
consumption shall be as per following norms:
1.4 Agricultural consumers opting for temporary supply shall have to pay the charges
in advance for three months including those who request to avail connection for
one month only subject to replenishment from time to time for extended period
and adjustment as per final bill after disconnection. Regarding temporary
connection for the purpose of threshing the crops, temporary connection for a
period of one month can be served at the end of Rabi and Kharif seasons only
with payment of one month’s charges in advance.
1. ISI / BEE star labeled motors for pump sets 15 paise per unit
2. ISI / BEE star labeled motors for pump sets and use of 30 paise per unit
frictionless PVC pipes and foot valve
3. ISI / BEE star labeled motors for pump sets and use of 45 paise per unit
frictionless PVC pipes and foot valves along with
installation of shunt capacitor of appropriate rating
* Incentive shall be allowed on the consumer’s contribution part of the normal tariff ( full
tariff minus amount of Govt. subsidy per unit, if any) for installation of energy saving devices
under demand side management. This incentive will be admissible only if full bill is paid within
due dates failing which all consumed units will be charged at normal rates. Incentive will be
admissible from the month following the month in which Energy Saving Devices are put to use
and its verification by a person authorized by the Distribution Licensee. The Distribution
Licensee is required to arrange wide publicity to above incentive in rural areas. The licensee is
required to place quarterly information regarding incentives provided on its web site.
1.6 Minimum consumption
(i) For Metered agricultural consumers (LV-5.1 and LV-5.2): The consumer
shall guarantee a minimum consumption of 30 units per HP or part thereof of
connected load per month for the months from April to September and 90
units per HP or part thereof of connected load per month for the months from
October to March irrespective of whether any energy is consumed or not
during the month.
(ii) For other than agricultural use (LV-5.3) :
b) The consumer shall be billed monthly minimum 15 units per HP per month
in rural area and 30 units per HP per month in urban area in case the actual
consumption is less than monthly minimum consumption (kWh).
1.7 Additional Charge for Excess Demand: Shall be billed as given in the General
Terms and Conditions of Low Tension Tariff.
a. All the consumers connected to the DTR shall pay the energy charges for
the units worked out based on their actual connected load.
b. The Distribution Licensee will obtain consent of such connected
consumers for billing as per procedure specified in (a) above.
1.10 One lamp up to 40 W is permitted at or near the pump in the power circuit.
1.11 The use of three phase agriculture pump by installing external device during the
period when the supply is available on single phase, shall be treated as illegal
extraction of energy and action as per prevailing rules and Regulations shall be
taken against the defaulting consumer.
1.12 Other terms and conditions shall be as specified under General Terms and
Conditions of Low Tension Tariff.
1. Rural Areas mean those areas notified by the GoMP vide notification no. 2010/F13
/05/13/2006 dated 25th March 2006 as may be amended from time to time. Urban areas
mean all areas other than those notified by the GoMP as Rural Areas.
2. Rounding off: All bills will be rounded off to the nearest rupee i.e. up to 49 paisa shall be
ignored and 50 paisa upwards shall be rounded off to next Rupee.
3. Billing Demand: In case of demand based tariff, the billing demand for the month shall be
the actual maximum kVA demand of the consumer during the month or 90% of the contract
demand, whichever is higher. The billing demand shall be rounded off to the nearest integer
number i.e. fraction of 0.5 or above will be rounded to next higher integer and the fraction of
less than 0.5 shall be ignored.
4. Fixed charges billing: Unless specified otherwise, fractional load for the purposes of billing
of fixed charges shall be rounded off to nearest integer i.e. fraction of 0.5 or above will be
rounded to next higher integer and the fraction of less than 0.5 shall be ignored. However for
loads less than one kW/HP, it shall be treated as one kW/HP.
b. During the month in which actual cumulative consumption equals or is greater than
the annual minimum guaranteed consumption, no further billing of monthly minimum
consumption shall be done in subsequent months of the financial year and only actual
recorded consumption shall be billed.
6. Additional Charge for Excess Demand: Shall be billed as per following procedure:
a) Consumers opting for demand based tariff: The consumers availing supply at
demand based tariff shall restrict their actual maximum demand within the contract
demand. However, in case the actual maximum demand recorded in any month
exceeds 105% of the contract demand, the tariff in this schedule shall apply to the
extent of 105 % of the contract demand only. The consumer shall be charged for
demand recorded in excess of 105% of contract demand (termed as Excess Demand)
and consumption corresponding thereto at the following rates:-
b) Energy charges for Excess Demand: The consumer shall pay charges @ 1.3 times
the tariff for energy charges for consumption corresponding to excess demand in case
the maximum demand recorded exceeds the 105% of the contract demand.
c) Fixed Charges for Excess Demand: These charges shall be billed as per following:
1. Fixed Charges for Excess Demand when the recorded maximum demand
is up to 115% of the contract demand: Fixed Charges for Excess Demand
over and above the 105 % of contract demand shall be charged at 1.3 times the
normal rate of Fixed Charges.
2. Fixed Charges for Excess Demand when the recorded maximum demand
exceeds 115% of contract demand: In addition to Fixed Charges in 1 above,
recorded demand over and above 15 % of the contract demand shall be
charged at 2 times the normal rate of Fixed Charges.
d) The above billing for Excess Demand, applicable to consumers is without prejudice
to the Distribution Licensee’s right to ask for revision of agreement and other such
rights that are provided under the Regulations notified by the Commission or under
any other law.
e) The maximum demand of the consumer in each month shall be reckoned as four
times the largest amount of kilovoltampere hours delivered at the point of supply of
the consumer during any continuous fifteen minutes in that month.
(a) For advance payment made before commencement of consumption period for
which bill is prepared, a rebate of 1 % per month on the amount (excluding
security deposit) which remains with the Distribution Licensee at the end of
calendar month shall be credited to the account of the consumer after adjusting
any amount payable to the Distribution Licensee.
(b) Incentive for prompt payment: An incentive for prompt payment @0.25% of
the bill amount (excluding Electricity Duty and Cess) shall be given in case the
payment is made at least 7 days in advance of the due date of payment where the
current month billing amount is equal to or greater than Rs. One Lakh. The
consumers in arrears shall not be entitled for this incentive.
(c) The Sanctioned Load or Connected Load or Contract Demand should not exceed
75 kW / 100 HP except where a higher limit is specified or the category is
exempted from the ceiling on connected load. If the consumer exceeds his
connected load or contract demand beyond this ceiling on more than two
occasions in two billing months during the tariff period, the Distribution Licensee
may insist on the consumer to avail HT supply.
(d) Metering Charges shall be billed as per schedule of Metering and Other Charges
as prescribed in MPERC (Recovery of Expenses and other Charges for providing
Electric Line or Plant used for the purpose of giving supply), Regulations
(Revision-I), 2009. Part of a month will be reckoned as full month for purpose of
billing.
(e) In case the cheque presented by the consumer is dishonoured, without prejudice to
Distribution Licensee’s rights to take recourse to such other action as may be
available under the relevant law, a service charge of Rs. 150 per cheque shall be
levied in addition to delayed payment surcharge
(h) For purposes of computing the connected load in kW of the welding transformers,
a power factor of 0.6 (60%) shall be applied to the maximum current or kVA
rating of such welding transformers.
(i) Existing LT power consumer shall ensure that LT capacitor of proper rating is
provided. In this regard, the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Supply Code, 2004, as
amended from time to time may be referred for guidance. It shall be the
responsibility of the consumer to ensure that overall average power factor during
any month is not less than 0.8 (80%) failing which the consumer shall be liable to
pay low power factor surcharge on the entire billed amount against energy
charges during the month at the rates given below:
installation, if steps are not taken to improve the power factor by installing
suitable shunt capacitors.
(k) Load Factor incentive: Following slabs of incentive shall be allowed for
consumers billed under demand based tariff:
any, shall also be payable by the consumer in addition to the tariff charges and
applicable miscellaneous charges.
(n) Delayed payment Surcharge for all categories: Surcharge at the rate of 1.00 %
per month or part thereof on the amount outstanding (including arrears) will be
payable if the bills are not paid up to due date subject to a minimum of Rs.5/- per
month for total outstanding bill amount up to Rs. 500/- and Rs 10/ per month for
amount of bill more than Rs.500/. The part of a month will be reckoned as full
month for the purpose of calculation of delayed payment surcharge. The delayed
payment surcharge will not be levied for the period after supply to the consumer
is permanently disconnected.
(o) In case of conversion of LT connection into HT connection, it is mandatory on the
part of both the consumer and the licensee to get the HT agreement executed
before availing supply at HT.
(p) Power Factor Incentive:
If the average monthly power factor of the consumer is equal to or more than 85%,
incentive shall be payable as follows:
For this purpose, the “average monthly power factor” is defined as the ratio in percentage
of total kilowatthours to the total kilovoltampere hours recorded during the month.
(q) Use of mix loads in one connection: Unless otherwise permitted specifically in the
tariff category, the consumer requesting for use of mix loads for different
purposes shall be billed for the purpose for which the tariff is higher.
(r) Consumers in the notified Industrial Growth Centres area receiving supply under
urban discipline shall be billed urban tariff.
(s) No change in the tariff or the tariff structure including minimum charges for any
category of consumer is permitted except with prior written permission from the
Commission. Any action taken without such written permission of the
Commission shall be treated as null and void and shall also be liable for action
under relevant provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003.
(b) Fixed Charge and Energy Charge for temporary supply shall be billed at 1.3 times
the normal charges as applicable to relevant category if not specified otherwise
specifically.
(c) Estimated bill amount is payable in advance before serving the temporary
connection subject to replenishment from time to time and adjustment as per final
bill after disconnection. No interest shall be given to consumers for this advance
payment.
(d) The Sanctioned load or connected load shall not exceed 75 kW / 100 HP.
(e) The month for the purpose of billing of charges for temporary supply shall mean
30 days from the date of connection. Any period less than 30 days shall be treated
as full month for the purpose of billing.
(f) Connection and disconnection charges and other miscellaneous charges shall be
paid separately as may be specified in the Schedule of Miscellaneous Charges.
(g) Load factor concession shall not be allowed on the consumption for temporary
connection.
(h) Power factor incentive/penalty shall be applicable at the same rate as applicable
for permanent connection.