Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any agreement executed with the licensee by the consumer, the licensee may, with a view to managing the shortage of power or of energy or both, impose on the consumer, with the prior approval of the Commission, such restriction as may be required, in the use of electricity in terms of maximum demand or in terms of consumption of energy, in the manner and for the period as may be stipulated. (2) The licensee shall inform all the bulk, HT and EHT consumers about such restrictions as early as possible by any convenient mode of communication for minimising inconvenience: Provided that the licensee may, without prior approval of the Commission, impose load shedding in exigencies based on the directions issued by the State Load Despatch Centre (SLDC) with a view to maintaining orderly grid operation and licensee shall, within three days, submit to the Commission a report on such emergency load shedding, along with the details of directions issued by the SLDC.