Circular PNGRB/CIR/2009/1212 of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board dated 7th October, 2009 on the use of electricity [C1E-CQ8]

PNGRB/CIR/2009/1212

Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board

New Delhi, dated the 7th October, 2009

CIRCULAR

To

All Deputy Chief Electrical Inspectors,

Subject: The use of electricity by consumers under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006, regarding.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006 (19 of 2006), the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board hereby issues the following

1. References have been received seeking clarification on the manner in which section 9 applies to the use of electricity by consumers.

2. The matter has been examined. Every consumer carrying on the use of electricity shall make an application in Form II to the Central Commission within twenty-one days, accompanied by a fee of one thousand rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the use of electricity is undertaken, and the Central Commission shall dispose of it within twenty-one days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this circular may be brought to the notice of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board.

(Chief General Manager)