Electricity Act (Electricity Act)
Master statutory directory covering all 185 sections of Electricity Act. Live search by section number or subject matter, and click through to the complete statutory practice guide.
Master statutory directory covering all 185 sections of Electricity Act. Live search by section number or subject matter, and click through to the complete statutory practice guide.
| Section | Statutory Provision & Subject | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Sec 1 | Short title, extent and commencement | Guide |
| Sec 2 | Definitions | Guide |
| Sec 3 | National Electricity Policy and Plan | Guide |
| Sec 4 | National policy on standalone systems for rural areas and nonconventional energy systems | Guide |
| Sec 5 | National policy on electrification and local distribution in rural areas | Guide |
| Sec 6 | Joint responsibility of State Government and Central Government in rural electrification | Guide |
| Sec 7 | Generating company and requirement for setting up of generating station | Guide |
| Sec 8 | Hydro-electric generation | Guide |
| Sec 9 | Captive generation | Guide |
| Sec 10 | Duties of generating companies | Guide |
| Sec 11 | Directions to generating companies | Guide |
| Sec 12 | Authorised persons to transmit, supply, etc., electricity | Guide |
| Sec 13 | Power to exempt | Guide |
| Sec 14 | Grant of licence | Guide |
| Sec 15 | Procedure for grant of licence | Guide |
| Sec 16 | Conditions of licence | Guide |
| Sec 17 | Licensee not to do certain things | Guide |
| Sec 18 | Amendment of licence | Guide |
| Sec 19 | Revocation of licence | Guide |
| Sec 20 | Sale of utilities of licensees | Guide |
| Sec 21 | Vesting of utility in purchaser | Guide |
| Sec 22 | Provisions where no purchase takes place | Guide |
| Sec 23 | Directions to licensees | Guide |
| Sec 24 | Suspension of distribution licence and sale of utility | Guide |
| Sec 25 | Inter-State, regional and inter-regional transmission | Guide |
| Sec 26 | National Load Despatch Centre | Guide |
| Sec 27 | Constitution of Regional Load Despatch Centre | Guide |
| Sec 28 | Functions of Regional Load Despatch Centre | Guide |
| Sec 29 | Compliance of directions | Guide |
| Sec 30 | Transmission within a State | Guide |
| Sec 31 | Constitution of State Load Despatch Centres | Guide |
| Sec 32 | Functions of State Load Despatch Centres | Guide |
| Sec 33 | Compliance of directions | Guide |
| Sec 34 | Grid Standards | Guide |
| Sec 35 | Intervening transmission facilities | Guide |
| Sec 36 | Charges for intervening transmission facilities | Guide |
| Sec 37 | Directions by Appropriate Government | Guide |
| Sec 38 | Central Transmission Utility and functions | Guide |
| Sec 39 | State Transmission Utility and functions | Guide |
| Sec 40 | Duties of transmission licensees | Guide |
| Sec 41 | Other business of transmission licensee | Guide |
| Sec 42 | Duties of distribution licensee and open access | Guide |
| Sec 43 | Duty to supply on request | Guide |
| Sec 44 | Exceptions from duty to supply electricity | Guide |
| Sec 45 | Power to recover charges | Guide |
| Sec 46 | Power to recover expenditure | Guide |
| Sec 47 | Power to require security | Guide |
| Sec 48 | Additional terms of supply | Guide |
| Sec 49 | Agreements with respect to supply or purchase of electricity | Guide |
| Sec 50 | The Electricity Supply Code | Guide |