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| 20. |
Meters
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| b) |
Installation
of Meter :
The Board shall supply a meter,
it required by the consumer, to measure the energy supplied
to him for the purpose of billing. at a monthly rental as
laid down in the schedule of miscellaneous charges. Having
agreed to take the Board's meter on rental, the consumer shall
not be entitled to have his own meter during the period of
contract. It the consumer elects to have his own meter to
start with and subsequently requests the Board to provide
the meter, the same shall be provided by the Board with the
least possible delay but the entire cost of labour and materials
in effecting the change plus 15% to cover overhead charges
shall be payable by the consumer and thereafter the consumer
shall be liable to pay the standard rental charges for the
meter every month till the expiry of the contract. Meters
will oriclinarily be installed at the point of entry to the
building.
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| c) |
Reading
of Meter:
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| i) |
Reading
of meters will be taken by the employees of the Board
once in each month,or at such other intervals or times,
it shall think expedient and such meter readers shall
have access to the consumer's premises at all reasonable
time for the purpose of such reading, However in Rural
and Urban areas where the spot billing system is not
introduced, reading of each meter would be entered by
such reader in the Meter Card to be attached to such
meter which shall be open to the inspection of the consumer.
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| ii) |
When
a consumer leaves his installation connected to the
mains of the Board but locks up the meter or otherwise
makes it inaccessible, for the reading by the staff
of the Board for the first month of such inaccessibility,
the consumer shall be charged on the basis of average
consumption during the preceding six months or such
shorter period for which the consumption figures are
actually available. However, this would be subject to
adjustment later on as per condition No. 20 (C) (iv).
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