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
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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.
