The Jharkhand Electricity Duty (Amendment) Rules, 2021.

The State Government of Jharkhand on 1^st April 2022, has published the Jharkhand Electricity Duty (Amendment) Rules, 2021 which shall be deemed to have been effective from 7^th July 2021.

As per the amendment, a new Explanation-II has been inserted under Rule 2 which reads as- Unless the context otherwise requires, net charges shall be arrived at after excluding following charges from the ‘Energy charges’:-

1. Demand charge / fixed charge;
2. Meter rent/ service line charge;
3. Capacitor surcharge;
4. Voltage rebate
5. Load Factor rebate;
6. Delayed payment surcharge; or
7. Any other surcharge/ rebate