The Ministry of Power (MoP) has notified Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Amendment Rules, 2023.
As per the amendment, all types of smart meters shall be read remotely at least once in a day and the other pre-payment meters shall be read by an authorised representative of the distribution licensee at least once in every three months and the data regarding energy consumption shall be made available to the consumer, through website or mobile application or short message service. The consumers having smart pre-payment meters will also be given access to the data for checking their consumption and balance amount atleast on daily basis. In addition, the time of day (ToD) tariff for commercial and industrial consumers having maximum demand more than 10 kW will be made effective from a date not later than April 1, 2024 and for other consumers except agricultural consumers, the ToD tariff shall be made effective not later than April 1, 2025. Further, ToD tariff shall be made effective immediately after installation of smart meters, for the consumers with smart meters.
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