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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Electricity Act, 2003 Section 51

OTHER BUSINESSES OF DISTRIBUTION LICENSEES A distribution licensee may, with prior intimation to the Appropriate

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Electricity Act, 2003 Section 51 is part of Electricity Act, 2003 - OTHER BUSINESSES OF DISTRIBUTION LICENSEES A distribution licensee may, with prior intimation to the Appropriate. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 51: OTHER BUSINESSES OF DISTRIBUTION LICENSEES A distribution licensee may, with prior intimation to the Appropriate Commission, engage in any other business for optimum utilisation of its assets: Provided that a proportion of the revenues derived from such business shall, as may be specified by the concerned State Commission, be utilised for reducing its charges for wheeling: Provided further that the distribution licensee shall maintain separate accounts for each such business undertaking to ensure that distribution business neither subsidises in any way such business undertaking nor encumbers its distribution assets in any way to support such business: Provided also that nothing contained in this section shall apply to a local authority engaged before the commencement of this Act in the business of distribution of electricity. Provisions with respect to electricity traders.

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What does Electricity Act, 2003 Section 51 provide?

Section Section 51 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (OTHER BUSINESSES OF DISTRIBUTION LICENSEES A distribution licensee may, with prior intimation to the Appropriate) is reproduced on this page as part of the Electricity Act, 2003. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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