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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-01042026-271483
EXTRAORDINARY
PART III—Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 233]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2026/ CHAITRA 11, 1948
CENTRAL ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 1st April, 2026
F. No. 1/12/CEA/DPM/Regulations/2025.—Whereas public notices advertising the draft Central Electricity
Authority (Installation and Operation of Meters) Regulations, 2026 proposing to amend the Central Electricity
Authority (Installation and Operation of Meters) Regulations, 2006, were published in six newspaper dailies, as
required by sub-section (3) of section 177 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003) read with sub-rule (2) of rule 3 of
the Electricity (Procedure for Previous Publication) Rules, 2005, for inviting objections and suggestions from all
persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of the period of thirty days, from the date on which the copies
of the newspaper containing the said draft regulations was made available to the public;
And whereas copy of the public notice as advertised in the newspapers and the said draft regulations were
made available to the public on the website of the Central Electricity Authority on 23rd February, 2026;
And whereas the objections and suggestions received from the public on the said draft regulations were
considered by the Central Electricity Authority;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 177 read with
sub-section (1) of section 55 of the Electricity Act, 2003(36 of 2003), the Central Electricity Authority hereby makes
the following regulations further to amend the Central Electricity Authority (Installation and Operation of Meters)
Regulations, 2006, namely: –
1. Short Title and Commencement. -(1) These regulations may be called the Central Electricity Authority (Installation
and Operation of Meters) Amendment Regulations, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Central Electricity Authority (Installation and Operation of Meters) Regulations, 2006 (herein after referred to
as the said regulations), in sub-regulation (1) of regulation 4, for clause (b) the following shall be substituted,
namely:-
"(b) All consumers in areas with communication network, shall be supplied electricity with Smart Meters
conforming to relevant IS, within the timelines as provided by the Central Government:
Provided that all consumer connections having current carrying capacity beyond that specified in
relevant IS, shall be provided with meters having automatic remote meter reading facility or Smart Meters as
per relevant IS:
Provided further that in areas which are not covered with communication network, installation of
prepayment meters, conforming to relevant IS, shall be allowed by the respective State Electricity Regulatory
Commission.
Provided also that all the Advanced Metering Infrastructure shall include the prepayment functionality
and shall be interoperable in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Authority:
Provided also that the Smart Meter conforming to relevant Indian Standard with accuracy class of
1.0/0.5S shall act as an Interface meter for the consumer permitted open access at voltage level not exceeding
650 V.".
3. In regulation 7 of the said regulations, in sub-regulation (1), in clause (a), in Table-1 for Sl. No. 4 and the pentries
relating thereto, the following Sl. Nos. and entries relating thereto shall be substituted, namely: -
+-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Sl. | Stages | Main | Check | Standby Meter |
| No. | | Meter | Meter | |
+=====+=================================================================================================================+=====================+====================+=================================================================================================================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
+-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| "4. | Consumer directly connected to the Inter- State | At consumer premises| | At consumer premises on |
| | Transmission System or Intra-State | | | separate Instrument |
| | Transmission System or Distribution System | | | Transformer or at |
| | who has been permitted open access at voltage | | | Licensee's substation as |
| | level exceeding 650 V by the Appropriate | | | mutually agreed. |
| | Commission or any other system not | | | |
| | covered above | | | |
+-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 5. | Consumer permitted open access at voltage level not exceeding 650 V | At consumer premises| At consumer | ----". |
| | | | premises | |
+-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
RAKESH KUMAR, Secy.
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./02/2026-27]
Note: The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, vide
notification No. 502/70/CEA/DP&D, dated the 22nd March, 2006 and last amended vide notification No.
CEA-GO-13-15(12)/1/2022-DPR Division, dated the 28th February, 2022.
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