DERC Performance Standards .... Dangerous LOOT CLAUSE ....... Beware!

You all must be aware that I have been raising the point of FAST RUNNING METERS for the past Three Years ...... DERC had even acnowledged and reseased an AD. in major News Papers in Dec. 2011 cautioning Costomers to get their wiring checked for Common Neutral.

 

NOW FOR THE DANGEROUS PART ...... DERC is trying to Legalize this LOOT by amending the Clauze      http://www.derc.gov.in/       you may read it on this URL on Pages 9 & 10 - 

 

4: Classification of Supply:

The Voltage of Supply and number of phases shall be determined by the Licensee depending on the Contract Demand / Sanctioned Load of the Consumer.

Domestic Connection ........ sec. (xiv)

 

Connections under this category are provided for consumers as specified  below:

All connections up to a load of 10 kW shall be serviced through a Single Phase 230 V, 50 Hz supply and connections above 10 kW shall be provided with a three phase 400 V, 50 Hz. supply. Past cases where 3 phase connections have been given for loads less than 10 kW, no. changes are contemplated by these Regulations.

 

Grossly Unfair: to over 25 Lakh existing consumers - This is discriminatory and open to challenge in the High Court as willful omission to benefit DISCOMS. Please refer to the minutes of earlier Public Hearing, over three years of correspondence and the meeting held at DERC in Sept. 2011, it has been clearly brought to the notice of the Commission that due to Residual Back Flow consumers are being fleeced 25% to 40% extra due to fast running meters. DERC had issued an Ad. in leading Dailies on 24th Dec. 2011 addressing the issue in an oblique manner, beyond the comprehension of common consumer. DERC through this Draft is trying to make this practice of making unearned Profits a permanent affair.

Warm Regards,

Rajiv Kakria

PS: I have been raising the following issue and what the Electricity Act says ........ Fast Running Electronic Meter: We understand that with the installation of ‘Electronic Meters’ without disciplining the common neutral conductor of the conventional distribution systems; free from floating charge, the consumers have been paying 25% to 40% higher bills. Experts have informed us that this is due to floating charge retained by the neutral conductor; where in the circulating neutral current gets recorded in the meter reading, therefore INFLATED BILLS

After three years of sustained efforts this issue was addressed by DERC by inserting an Ad. in news papers in Dec. 2011, putting the onus of correcting the flaw on the consumer. The Supply Code clearly states that it is the Duty of the Service Provider to provide a separate Neutral up to the Metering Point.

The remedy lies in implementing Regulation 41 of CEA's Regulations of 2010, which are the statutes in replacement of IE Rules 1956 under section 53 read with 177 0f the IE Act 2003.

Multiple Neutral Earthing System (MNE) provides the solution under Rule 61 of the IE Rules-1956’ which, however, stand repealed with the notification of CEA Regulations -2010. Now regulation No: 41 of the regulations of CEA of 2010 stringently provides for multiple earthing of the ‘Neutral Conductor’. Therefore, implementation of regulation 41 of CEA provides the complete solution to this point being raised by Delhi Consumers ever since the electronic metering has been introduced and not addressed by DERC for reasons best known to them.

An Audit/Field Survey by an Independent Institute of Repute involving the Petitioners, should be conducted. Transformer wise Audit on Units supplied and billed for the past three years of Peak Load Periods in Winters and Summers. Excess billing if found should be refunded to the consumers and Punitive Penalty imposed on DISCOMS for breach of trust and fleecing the Consumers.