Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Definitions.— (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise, requires— (a) “Board” means the Kerala State Electricity Board constituted under * Received the assent of the Governor on the 15th day of July,1989 and published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 860 dated 20th September, 1989. 2 section 5 of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 (Central Act 55 of 1948) ; (b)“bulk supply” means the supply of energy given to,— (i) a licensee for the purpose of local distribution in its or in his area of supply; (ii) a consumer for industrial or for non-industrial purposes contracting with a licensee for loads exceeding 50 KVA of maximum demand; and (iii) departments of the State or Central Government or undertakings or institutions owned or controlled by the State or the Central Government having a connected load of 50 KVA and above; (c) “consumer” includes a local authority, company or other person to whom energy is supplied by a licensee on payment of charges or otherwise and a licensee or other person who consumes energy generated by himself, but does not include a licensee to whom energy is supplied by the Board for supply to others. Explanation.— Where any licensee consumes energy generated by himself or supplied to him by the Board, he shall be deemed to be a consumer in respect of the energy so consumed except in respect of the energy consumed by him for purposes connected with the construction, maintenance and operation for his generating, transmitting and distributing systems; (d) “energy” means electrical energy; (e) “extra high tension supply” means supply of energy at a voltage exceeding 33,000 volts under normal conditions, subject, however, to the percentage variation indicated in the agreement between the consumer and the Board or allowed by the Indian Electricity Rules,1956; 3 (f) “high tension supply” means supply of energy at a voltage of either 22,000 volts or 11,000 volts under normal conditions, subject, however, to the percentage variation indicated in the agreement between the consumer and the Board or allowed by the Indian Electricity Rules, 1956; (g) “licensee” means — (i) the Board; (ii) any person licensed under Part II of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 (Central Act 9 of 1910), to supply energy and includes any person who is deemed to have been so licensed and any other person who has obtained the sanction of the Government under section 28 of the said Act; and (iii) the Government when it is engaged in the business of supplying energy; (h) “notified order” means an order notified in the Gazette; (i) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act.