Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2009 · As enacted · Part II · Powers and Duties of Licensees
25. Duties of distribution licensees
Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
A distribution licensee shall on any request by the owner or occupier of any premises within the Authorized
Area of the licensee-
connect, supply and maintain the supply of electricity to those premises; and
so far as may be necessary for that purpose, provide electric lines or electrical plant or both, subject to the provisions of this Part, any regulations made under this Part or under section 54, and the Electricity Supply
Code (as set out in Schedule II to this Act).
A distribution licensee shall avoid any undue preference or undue discrimination in the connection of any premises to any electricity distribution system operated by the licensee or in the terms on which the licensee makes connections or supplies electricity.
The owner or occupier of any premises within the
Authorized Area of a distribution licensee, which -
are situated within fifty meters from any distribution line of the licensee; or
could be connected to any such line by an electric line supplied and laid by the owner or occupier of those premises, may make a request for a supply under subsection (1) to such distribution licensee .
A supply of electricity to any premises shall be on the basis of a standard tariff agreement and a distribution licensee shall inform all consumers within the Authorized Area of the distribution licence (whether existing consumers or those persons requesting a supply) of the requirements set out in this Part and the distribution licence, which have to be satisfied by a consumer in order to obtain a supply of electricity.
Where any person requires such a supply of electricity as is referred to in subsection (1), he or she shall request for a supply from and shall inform the distribution licensee of -
the premises at which the supply is required;
the purposes for which electricity is to be used in those premises;
the day (not being earlier than a reasonable time after the distribution licensee is informed of a person’s requirement) on which the supply is required to commence;
the maximum power which may be required at any time; and
the minimum period for which the supply is required to be given, and shall provide the distribution licensee with such other information as may be prescribed from time to time, by regulation.
As soon as practicable after receiving a request under subsection (5), the distribution licensee shall give to the person making the request a notice under subsection (7), if—
such licensee has not previously given a supply of electricity to those premises;
the giving of the supply requires the provision of electric lines or electrical plant or both; or
if there are other circumstances which make it necessary for the licensee to do so.
A notice under this subsection shall—
state the extent to which the proposals specified in the prospective consumer’s request under subsection (5) are acceptable to the distribution licensee and specify any counter-proposals made by the distribution licensee;
specify the tariff payable;
specify any payment which that person may be required to make under sections 27 and 28; and
specify any other terms and conditions which that person may be required to accept, so however , that the counter-proposals, terms and conditions proposed by the distribution licensee shall be those which the licensee is entitled to impose on that person in accordance with this Act, any regulations made under this Act and the conditions of the distribution licence.
In this section—
any reference to giving a supply of electricity, includes a reference to continuing to give such a supply;
any reference to requiring a supply of electricity, includes a reference to requiring such a supply to continue to be given; and
any reference to the provision of an electric line or an item of electrical plant, includes a reference to the installation of a new line or item or the modification of an existing line or item.
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