Section 4 in Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (Demand Side Management) Regulations, 2013
4. Basic Principles.
(1)Every Distribution Licensee shall make DSM an integral part of their day-to-day operations, and undertake planning, designing and implementation of appropriate DSM programmes on a sustained basis;(2)The DSM related activity or programmes undertaken by the Distribution Licensee shall.-(a)need to be cost effective for the consumers of the Distribution Licensees as well as to the Distribution Licensees themselves;(b)protect the interest of consumers and be implemented in an equitable manner;(c)result in overall tariff reductions for all the consumers of the licensee.(3)Distribution Licensee shall be guided by these regulations.-(a)while planning and submitting long-term power procurement plan to the Commission as part of their application seeking determination of tariff;(b)while submitting to the Commission the measures proposed to be implemented by them as regards to load management, energy conservation and energy efficiency;(c)while submitting to the Commission the impact on energy and demand, together with the cost benefit analysis.(4)While carrying out cost-effectiveness, Distribution Licensee shall be guided by the Commission's guidelines issued in this regard.
