Tariff Schedule – LV - 5

LT INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS:

• Applicability

• Character of service

• Point of Supply

• Tariff

• Minimum Charge

• Important note for consumers

• Additional Charge

• Billing in case of defective meters

• Other Terms and Conditions

LT INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS:

1              Applicability:

These tariffs are applicable to light and fan and power for flour mills, hullers, power looms, dal mills, besan mills, Cold Storage plants, grinders for grinding masalas (except in shops), ice candies, other industrial installations and workshops (where manufacturing takes place i.e. conversion from raw material to finished goods) which are registered with Industries Department  as industrial units and also covered under the Factories Act, 1948;   ITIs, recognized Small Scale Service Institutes (including their L& F) and workshop and laboratories of Engineering Colleges and Polytechnics.

2                 Character of service:

Alternating Current, 50 cycles, single/three phase 230/400 Volts or above depending upon the availability of voltage of supply.

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3                 Point of Supply:

Energy will be supplied to the consumer at a single point. 

4      Tariff:

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5              Minimum Charge:

Minimum Charges for :                                         Charges equivalent to :

6                 Important note for consumers :

Timely payment of bills by the consumers
The Commission is of the view that alongwith ensuring timely distribution of bills by the utility to the consumers, the consumers also have a moral responsibility for making timely payment of bills to the utility for the commodity and the services availed.

In exceptional case of non-receipt of bill by the consumer within 15 days of reading of meter or 20 days of the due date of payment of preceeding month’s bill, the consumer is expected to collect the bill himself from the utility office and make payment before due date. In case of any non-cooperation in making available the duplicate bill, concerned MPSEB officer will be held responsible.

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7                 Billing in case of defective meters

The consumer shall be billed for the period, when the meter has become defective, on the basis of average consumption of previous three meter reading cycles.  In cases where the recorded consumption of past three meter reading cycles, prior to the date meter became defective, is either not available or partially available, the consumption pattern of three meter reading cycles subsequent to the installation of repaired/replaced meter shall be taken for estimation of consumption.  This charge shall be levied till the meter is repaired/replaced and metering restored on the actual consumption basis.

8                 Additional Charge

(a)    The consumers availing supply at Tariffs 5.3.2 and 5.4.2 should at all times restrict their actual maximum demand within the contract demand.  In case the actual maximum demand in any month exceeds the contract demand, the said tariff shall apply only to the extent of the contract demand and corresponding units of energy. The demand in excess of contract demand and corresponding units of energy (hereinafter referred to as “Excess Supply”) shall be treated as power supplied and availed of separately for billing purposes.  The excess supply so availed, if any, in any month shall be charged at two times normal rates prescribed in the tariff applicable to the consumer and while doing so, the other terms and conditions (viz. fixed charges, charges for low power factor, etc.) of tariff shall also be applicable on the said excess supply.  For the purposes of billing of excess supply the billing demand and the units of energy shall be determined as under:-

Billing demand: The demand in excess of the contract demand in any month shall be the billing demand.

Units of Energy: the units of energy corresponding to kWs of the portion of the demand in excess of the contract demand shall be:-

Where, 
       TU  - denotes total units supplied during the month;
       CD  - denotes contract demand, and
       MD – denotes actual maximum demand

The “excess supply” availed in any month shall be charged along- with the monthly bill and shall be payable by the consumer therewith.

(b)   The tariffs at 5.1, 5.2, 5.3.1, 5.3.3, 5.4.1 and 5.4.3  are applicable to the extent of the connected load for which the agreement subsists between the Board and the consumer. In case the connected load in the consumer’s premises is at any time found in excess of what has been agreed to between the consumer and the Board, the consumer shall have to pay in respect of units (including minimum charge) corresponding to the excess load at 1.5 times the normal tariff rate (inclusive of Fuel/ Variable Cost Adjustment Charge, if any), for previous six months immediately preceding the date of inspection, unless the onus is rebutted by the consumer.

(c)    The above excess billing at two or 1.5  times the normal tariff, as the case may be, applicable to consumers is without prejudice to the Board’s right   to discontinue the supply in accordance with the provisions contained in the Board’s  ‘General Conditions for Supply of Electrical Energy and Scale of Miscellaneous and General Charges’.

(d)   The connected load would mean the connected load entered in the agreement executed with the consumer even in cases where the actual connected load is less than the connected load entered in the agreement.

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9                 Rounding off

All bills will be rounded off to the nearest rupee.

10                 Other Terms and Conditions

a)      Late payment Surcharge: If the bills are not paid by the consumers within the period (due date) prescribed, a surcharge of 1.5% per month of the total amount of monthly bill (including outstanding arrears) will be payable in addition.

b)      Fuel/ Variable Cost Adjustment (VCA) Charge: Fuel charge/ VCA charge, if any, shall be levied  in addition to energy charge

c)      Meter Hire – Meter Hire shall be charged as per the Schedule of Miscellaneous Charges. Part of a month will be reckoned as full month for purpose of billing.

d)      The  consumers under the foregoing tariffs, shall maintain an average power factor not less than 0.8 in any month.

e)      Ordinarily, no new supply to LT installations with welding transformers will be given unless suitable capacitors, so as to ensure power factor of not less than 0.8 lagging, are installed.

f)        The welding surcharge is applicable to installations with welding transformers, where the connected load of welding transformers exceeds 25% of the total connected load and where capacitors of prescribed capacity have not been installed.

g)      For purposes of computing the connected load in KW or HP of the welding transformers, a power factor of 0.6 shall be applied to the maximum current or KVA rating of such welding transformers.

h)      Welding Surcharge of 75 (seventy five) paise per unit shall be levied in respect of all LT installations with welding transformers in the connected load unless suitable capacitors are installed so as to ensure power factor of not less than 0.8 lagging.

i)        Ordinarily, no new supply to LT installations with induction motor/s of capacity of 3 HP and above will be given unless suitable capacitors to improve the power factor, are installed.

j)        Every power consumer  whose connected load includes induction motor/s of capacity of 3 HP and above, shall arrange to install Low Tension Shunt  Capacitors at his cost across the terminals of his motors of the rating specified herein below:-

Sl.No.           Rating of individual Induction motor               kVA rating of LT capacitors.

1.             3 HP and above up to 5 HP                                            1

2.                Above 5 HP to 7.5 HP                                                2

3.                Above 7.5 HP to 10 HP                                              3

4.                Above 10 HP to 15 HP                                               4

5.                Above 15 HP to 20 HP                                                5

6.                Above 20 HP to 30 HP                                               6

7.                Above 30 HP to 40 HP                                               7

8.                Above 40 HP to 50 HP                                               8

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k)      Any existing LT power consumer who fails to provide LT capacitor of specified rating  or any consumer to whom supply is given without his  installing capacitor  of specified rating,  shall be liable to pay power factor surcharge of 26 (twenty six) paise per unit in respect of consumption of the entire installation during the month.

l)        The power factor/ welding surcharge shall be applicable to the entire monthly consumption of the installation

m)    The decision of the Executive Engineer of the Board as to the adequacy or otherwise of the power factor improvement device installed shall be binding on consumers.

n)      Levy of welding/ power factor surcharges as indicated herein shall be without prejudice to the rights of the Board to disconnect the consumer’s installation, if steps are not taken to improve the power factor by installing suitable shunt capacitors.

o)      For the purpose of Tariff 5.3.2 and 5.4.2 the maximum demand of the consumer in each month shall be twice the largest amount of kilowatt hours delivered at the point of supply of the consumer during any consecutive thirty minutes in that month.

p)      The foregoing tariffs are applicable to  connections having connected load not exceeding 100 HP . Consumers having existing load in excess of 100 HP are allowed time till 30th June, 2003 for conversion of their connection from LT to HT supply. Such consumers will have to pay Transformer rent and 3% losses separately upto the time the transformer is installed by the consumer. In future if any consumer is found having connected load more than 100 HP , the consumer will be required to convert to HT within six months from date of checking.

q)      In case of any dispute on applicability of tariff on a particular LT category, the decision of the Commission shall be final and binding.

r)       The tariff does not include any tax or duty, etc. on electrical energy that may be payable at any time in accordance with any law then in force. Such charges, if any, shall be payable by the consumer in addition to the tariff charges.

s)       Notwithstanding the provisions, if any, contrary to the agreement entered into by the consumer with the Board, all conditions prescribed herein shall be applicable to the consumer.

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