How to open an EV charging station in Panaji, Goa

Goa is structurally different from the other states in our reference set in two ways that matter before you read a single number. Its distribution utility is a government department rather than a company, and its tariff is set by a joint regulatory commission rather than a state-specific one.

1. GED and JERC — who you are actually dealing with

Electricity distribution in Goa is run by the Goa Electricity Department (GED), which is the public distribution department and publishes its own area directory of divisions, subdivisions and sections. Tariffs come from the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC), under a multi-year order running FY 2025–26 to FY 2029–30, effective 1 October 2025.

The practical consequence of the departmental structure is that you should establish your accountable office early. Our register records confirming the exact GED division, subdivision and accountable office for the parcel as a critical open item, with the reason stated bluntly: the wrong office delays feasibility. The directory also distinguishes extra-high-voltage functions from consumer operations and maintenance, so obtaining a written lead office and voltage-feasibility route is worth doing at the start rather than discovering it midway.

2. The tariff — and the choice that actually has a calculable answer

FPPCAS, duty and statutory charges are additional in both cases, so neither figure is your landed cost. Note also that these are kVAh rates, as in Maharashtra — so power factor affects the bill for the same energy delivered, and correction equipment is a real consideration rather than an optional refinement.

At ₹4.75/kVAh, HTS-VI is the lowest EV-applicable energy charge across the five cities in this series. But it comes with a ₹120/kVA-month demand charge against LTEV-I’s ₹25 — and unlike Hyderabad’s LT-IX or Mumbai’s LT VIII, there is no nil-fixed-charge option here. Both categories charge you something every month regardless of throughput.

That makes the LT/HT decision an arithmetic one rather than a matter of preference:

The value of framing it this way is that it converts “should we go HT?” into a throughput question you can test against your own demand case. If your honest projection is nowhere near 450 kVAh a day on a 100 kVA connection, the cheaper energy rate is not cheaper for you.

3. The 90–150 kW routing gap

Goa carries an open item that is unusually specific, and it lands in exactly the range many DC projects sit in. Our register records, as critical: resolve the LT/HT portal routing for EV load above 90 kW and up to 150 kW / 167 kVA, because it controls the voltage application and the design.

In other words, for a project in that band it is not currently settled from the published sources whether you route as LT or HT — and that determines your application path, your equipment and your works. Whether LTEV-I, HTS-VI or a premise-category treatment applies to your operating model is flagged separately as controlling billing.

4. Capital support

The solar subsidy is worth noting alongside the tariff structure. Goa has no published time-of-day rebate in what we have verified — unlike Telangana, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, which all reward daytime consumption. So in Goa the benefit of pairing with solar comes through generation and the capital subsidy rather than through a cheaper daytime tariff.

Same discipline as everywhere: no financing credit without a written sanction. Both entries are policy statements whose live availability and budget we have not confirmed.

5. Goa-specific practicalities

Advisory observation rather than sourced fact:

• Demand is seasonal in a way that few Indian markets are. A tourism driven arrival pattern means peak and off-season throughput can differ substantially. Since both tariff categories carry a monthly fixed or demand charge, the off-season months still cost you — so model the year honestly rather than annualising a peak-season week.
• The seasonality argues against oversizing. With a demand charge payable year-round, a connection sized for the busiest fortnight is paid for in the quietest one.
• Inspectorate fees and timelines need written confirmation — our register carries no figure, only the instruction to use the current form and fee notice, triggered by HT, distribution-transformer or other installation work.

6. The sequence we would follow

1. Confirm the GED division, subdivision and accountable office for the parcel, and get a written lead office and voltage-feasibility route.
2. Resolve the LT/HT routing question if your load lands between 90 kW and 150 kW / 167 kVA.
3. Run the LT-versus-HT crossover against your honest throughput projection, not a hoped-for one.
4. Get the live FPPCAS, duty, tax and deposit stack for a true landed cost.
5. Confirm inspectorate fee and timeline against the current notice.
6. Model the full year, with off-season throughput and the fixed charge still running.

What is still unconfirmed

Published deliberately. For Goa we have not verified from a primary source: the exact GED division, subdivision and accountable office for a parcel (critical); LT/HT portal routing for EV load above 90 kW and up to 150 kW / 167 kVA (critical); whether LTEV-I, HTS-VI or premise-category treatment applies to the operating model (critical — controls billing); and current FPPCAS, duty, tax and deposit rates. Security deposit, service line, augmentation and connection timeline all require an official, route-specific estimate, and the inspectorate fee and timeline require written confirmation.

Sources

Reference information for planning purposes, not legal, engineering or financial advice. Confirm the current JERC order and GED position before financial commitment. Found an error? Tell us.