Date:31/07/2004 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/07/31/stories/2004073100851900.htm

Back Order to TNEB on multi-tenant houses

Our Bureau

Coimbatore, July 30

THE Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has by an order stated that the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) should permit the owners of multi-tenant houses to get separate service connection for each tenement in the same building premises `without collecting development and service collection charges to the additional service connections.'

The order takes effect from July 2003, but is applicable only to `existing multi-tenant house services.'

It presumably follows representations from the consumers of multi-tenant houses about the owners of such residential buildings charging the entire consumption by the tenants at the highest slab applicable for domestic tariff, instead of allowing the tenants to avail themselves of the lower slabs in paying the current consumption charges. The TNERC, it is learnt, considered the representations, obtained the opinion of the TNEB and passed the order.