30444 # &qa--33004/2003 '4 ; — THE ELECTRICITY ACT, 2003

30444 # &qa--33004/2003 '4 ; REGISTERED NO: DL-33004/2003 pr <4675 The Gazette ot-Zudia granq EXTRAORDINARY 4M M _05 ! PART M _ Section [ wifTR # Tafd PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY 1' 39] No: 39] #fcvh, ritar T1 2, 2003 4 12, 1925 NEW DELHI; MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2003 / JYAISTHA 12, [925 7 % 4 fn %a %C & vildf fTd f+ 46 #eTI %ei7 # 64 #ral 71 %6/ Separate paging is riren to this Partin order that it mty be filed as # separate compilation: MINISTRY OFLAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi; the Znd June, 2003/Jyaistha 12, 1925(Saka) The following Act ofParliament received the assent ofthe President on the 26th 2003,and is hereby published for general information May. THE ELECTRICITY ACT, 2003 ' _ = [No. 36 OF 2003] [26th May. 2003] An Actto consolidate the laws relating " to generation; transmission, distribution; trading and use ofelectricity and generally for taking measures conduciveto development ofelectricity industry promoting competition thcrein; protecting interest of consumers and supply ofelectricity to all areas, rationalisation of electricity tarifl,ensuring transparentpolicies regarding subsidies; promotion of eflicientand environmentally benign policies; constitution of Central Electricity Authority Regulatory Commissions and cstablishmentof Appellate Tribunal and for matters connected thcrewith or incidental thereto. THE ELECTRICITY ACT, 2003 [No. 36 OF 2003] An Act to consolidate the laws relating to generation, transmission, distribution, trading and use of electricity and generally for taking measures conducive to development of electricity industry, promoting competition therein, protecting interest of consumers and supply of electricity to all areas, rationalisation of electricity tariff, ensuring transparent policies regarding subsidies, promotion of e