The Electricity Act, 2003

Act No. 36

26-May-2003

Section 1 — Short title, extent and commencement

1. Short title, extent and commencement . - (1) This Act may be called the Electricity Act, 2003.

(2)It extends to the whole of India 1***.

(3)It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint: Provided that different dates may be appointed for different prov isions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.

Section 2 — Definitions

2. Definitions .-In this Act, unless t he context otherwise requires, -

(1)“Appellate Tri bunal” means the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity established under section 110;

(2)“appointed date” means such date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint;

(3)“area of supply” means the area within which a distribution licensee is aut horised by his licence to supply electricity;

(4)“Appropriate Commission” means the Central Regulatory Commis sion referred to in sub-section (1) of section 76 or the State Regulatory Commission referred to in section 82 or the Joint Commiss ion referred to in section 83, as the case may be ;

(5)“Appropriate Government” means, -

(a)the Central Government, -

(i)in respect of a generating company wholly or partly owned by it;

(ii)in relation to any inter -State generation, transmission, trading or supply of electricity and with respect to any mines, oil -fields, railways, national highways, airports, telegraphs, broadcasting stations and any works of defence, dockyard, nuclear power installations;

(iii)in respect of the National Load Despatch Cen tre and Regional Load Despatch Centre;

(iv)in relation to any works or electric installation belonging to it or under its control ;

(b)in any other case, the State Government, having jurisdiction under this Act;

(6)“Authority” means the Central Electric ity Authority referred to in sub-section (1) of section 70;

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