Any person intending to engage in the business of distribution of electricity in the State of Bihar, shall make an application to the Commission for the grant of license in the form specified in Appendix – 1 of these Regulations and in the manner directed by the Commission and accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed under section 15(1) of the Act by the Government of Bihar from time to time. The fee shall be payable by Bank draft / Pay order drawn in favor of the Secretary / Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission.

An integrated utility or a generating company or a transmission licensee, or a distribution licensee, as the case may be, may make an application before the Commission for determination of tariff in respect of completed units of the generating stations, the lines/substations of the transmission system or for the areas of supply for the distribution system. In the case of an existing generating station or the existing transmission system, the integrated utility or generating company or the transmission licensee, as the case may be shall make an application for the determination of tariff as per the formats given in Appendices A to C to these Regulations. For distribution licensees, these shall be as per the ARR formats given in Appendix D to these Regulations. The Commission may make appropriate modifications from time to time in the formats, as it deems fit.

Any person intending to engage in the business of transmission of electricity in the State of Bihar shall make an application to the Commission for the grant of license in the form specified in Appendix – 1 and in the manner directed by the Commission and accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed under section 15(1) of the Act by the Government of Bihar.

The Commission in pursuance to provisions of section 57 read with section 86 (1) (i) of the Act is specifying these standards for Distribution Licensees in the State of Bihar. The standards of performance specified herein are intended to serve as guidelines for Distribution Licensees to operate their distribution and supply business for providing quality, continuity, and reliability of service.

Introduction –Sub-section (1) of section 31 of the Electricity Act, 2003, provides that the State Government shall establish a State Load Dispatch Center (SLDC). Sub-section (2) of Section 31 provides that the said SLDC shall be operated by a Government company/authority/corporation constituted by or under any State Act and that until such company /authority /corporation is notified by the State Government, the State Transmission Utility (STU) shall operate the SLDC.