This Act may be called the
Rajasthan Power Sector Reforms Act, 1999.
It shall extend to the whole of the State of Rajasthan.
It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may,
by notification, appoint.
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“Area of supply”
means the area within which a supply licensee or any other person
is for the time being athorized to distribute and supply energy
“Area of transmission” means the area within which a
holder of a transmission licence or any other person is for the
time being authorized to transmit energy
"Board" means the Rajasthan State Electricity Board constituted
under section 5 of the Electricity(Supply) Act,1948(Central Act
54 of 1948)
“Central Act” means the Electricity Regulatory Commission
Act, 1998 (Central Act No. 14 of 1998)
“Central Commission” means the Central Electricity Regulatory
Commission, established under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the
Electricity Regulatory Commission act, 1998 (Central Act No. 14
of 1998)
“Commission” means the Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory
Commission constituted under section 3 of this Act
“Corporation” means the Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran
Nigam Ltd. as constituted in terms of section 13 of this Act
“Distribution Company” means a Company registered under
the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act No. 1 of 1956) and which has
among its objects the distribution and supply of electricity
“Generating Company” means a Company registered under
the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act No. 1 of 1956) and which has
among its objects the establishment, operation and maintenance of
generating stations
“High Court” means the High Court of Judicature for
the State of Rajasthan
“Licence” means a licence granted under section 18 of
this Act
“Licensee” or “licence holder” means a person
licensed under this Act to transmit, distribute or supply energy
“Local authority” means a Municipal Corporation, a Municipal
Council, a Municipal Board, a Zila Parishad and a Panchayat Samiti
in the State
“Member” means the member of the Commission and shall
include the Chairperson
“Regulations” means the regulations made by the Commission
under this Act
“Rules” means rules made by the State Government under
this Act
“Selection committee” means the selection committee
constituted under section 4 of this Act
“Supply licence” means a licence granted under clause
(b) of sub-section (1)of section 18 of this Act
“Transmission licence” means a licence granted under
clause (a) of sub-section (1)of section 18 of this Act
“Transmit” in relation to electricity, means the transportation
or transmission of electricity by means of a system operated or
controlled by a licensee which consists, wholly or mainly, of extra
high voltage and extra high tension lines and electrical plant and
which is used for transferring and for conveying and/or transmitting
electricity from a generating station to a sub-station, from one
generating station to another or from one sub-station to another
or from one place to another.
“Utility” means any person or entity engaged in the
generation, transmission, sale, distribution or supply, as the case
may be, of energy
Words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined
in the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 (Central Act No.54 of 1948)
shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act;
and
Words and expressions used but not defined either in this Act or
in the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948(Central Act No. 54 of 1948)
and defined in the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 (Central Act No.
9 of 1910)have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that
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