Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The licensee may recover from the owner or lawful occupier of any premises requiring supply, the expenditure reasonably incurred by the licensee for providing from the distributing main, any electric line or electrical plant required exclusively for the purpose of giving that supply: Provided that, the licensee shall not be entitled to recover such expenditure if such expenditure is incurred under any scheme approved by the Commission: Provided further that, the licensee may exempt any person requiring connection from the payment of expenditure if the State Government directs the licensee to provide new electric connection to any category of consumers and pays in advance to the licensee, the expenditure at the rates in the cost data approved by the Commission. (2) The expenditure charged by the licensee shall be based on the cost data approved by the Commission and published by the licensee effective for the period mentioned therein. (3) The licensee shall not include the cost of meter while preparing the estimate of the expenditure to be recovered from the consumer under sub-regulation (1) above.