415 V supply sanctioned and metered — new connections, name changes, category changes and reconnections, from application through to the meter being sealed.
LT is the faster route, and the reason is structural: there is no statutory inspection stage. A file that is complete and consistent moves through scrutiny, an estimate, a test report and a meter. What holds LT applications up is almost never technical — it is a document that does not match another document.
Gujarat raised the LT ceiling from 100 kW to 150 kW in the 2024 amendment to the Electricity Supply Code, which means loads that would previously have been pushed onto an HT file can now stay on the simpler one. Working out honestly which side of that line you sit on, before anything is submitted, is the single most useful hour on the job.
We prepare and file the application, follow it through scrutiny and the demand note, do the internal installation work where it is in scope, issue the completion and test report as a licensed contractor, and stay with it until the meter is installed and the supply is on.
Where the ceiling sits and what it costs to cross it. Below the line the route is short and has no inspection stage; above it the same premises becomes an HT file with drawings, an agreement and a statutory approval.
Who holds it at each stage, and what has to be true before it moves on.
Connected load added up properly — including what is going to be added next year — and checked against the LT ceiling and the tariff categories.
Form submitted with ownership proof, ID, layout and the load schedule. Category picked correctly at this stage, because changing it later means a fresh application.
Papers checked and the premises visited to confirm the point of supply, the meter position and whether the existing network can serve it.
Connection charges and the security deposit are raised. Paid on time it moves; left sitting, some DISCOMs let the estimate lapse and the file has to be revived.
Wiring, distribution board, earthing and bonding completed and tested, and the completion and test report issued under a licensed contractor.
Service connection drawn, meter installed and sealed, and the supply released. Papers and test records handed over to you.
Missing or inconsistent papers are the single commonest reason an application sits. We assemble the set before it is submitted.
It saves money once and costs it every month afterwards. Drawing above the sanctioned load puts you on a penal tariff, and correcting it later means a load extension application on top of the connection you already paid for.
Residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural are not interchangeable, and the category on the sanction governs the rate for the life of the connection. Changing it afterwards is a fresh application, not an edit.
The commonest single reason an LT file is returned. A rent agreement, an NOC from the owner, or a matching name has to be in the file at submission.
An estimate is valid for a period. Once it expires the file goes back for revision and the charges are re-worked at current rates.
Send the sanctioned load you need, the premises address and what supply you have today. We come back with the route, the papers and what it will cost.
