The Emblem of India Kolkata Gazette सत्यमेव जयते Extraordinary Published by Authority

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2020

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PART I—Orders and Notifications by the Governor of West Bengal, the High Court, Government Treasury, etc.

WEST BENGAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION

NOTIFICATION

No. 67/WBERC

Kolkata, the 25^th February, 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clauses (zp) of sub-section (2) of section 181 read with section 46 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003) and all powers enabling it in this behalf, the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission hereby makes the following regulations to amend the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (Recovery of Expenditure for Providing New Connection) Regulations, 2013 published under notification no. 53/WBERC dated 2^nd April 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the "Principal Regulation").

1. Short title, extent and commencement :

• 1.1. These Regulations may be called the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (Recovery of Expenditure for Providing New Connections) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2020.
• 1.2. These extend to the whole of West Bengal.
• 1.3 These shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. After regulation 4.3 of the Principal Regulations the following regulation shall be inserted :

"4.4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere in these Regulations, distribution licensee shall fix the rate of service connection in terms of Rs/kVA or Rs/kW, for application at least upto 150 kVA of contract demand. For this purpose, distribution licensee (s) shall form a procedure under regulation 13.13 of Standard of Performance Regulations."

By order of the Commission,

Place: Kolkata

Date: 25^th February, 2020

T. K. MUKHERJEE
Secretary of the Commission