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EV Charging Connection Process in Puducherry
Part of the Puducherry EV charging reference · last verified 2026-08-14
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Electricity Department, Government of Puducherry is the located distribution-utility route. Exact office/section, available voltage, sanctioned-load pathway and network feasibility must be confirmed from the complete site address.
New connection, load enhancement, meter, demand note, agreement, testing and energisation must use the current utility process and forms; the portal may require login, payment or manual submission.
A separate meter and the applicable commission-approved tariff pathway must be confirmed for the charging arrangement.
AC and DC installations must meet the relevant CEA electrical-safety protections, testing and record-retention duties; final design and energisation require qualified professionals and competent-authority acceptance where triggered.
Timelines for releasing a new connection or additional load where supply can be provided from the existing network, from receipt of an application complete in all respects: within 3 days in metro cities, 7 days in urban and municipal areas, 15 days in rural areas, and 30 days in rural areas of islands. Where extension works, enhancement of transformer capacity, extension of distribution mains or commissioning of a new substation is required, the licensee shall supply immediately after such extension or commissioning and within a period not exceeding 90 days.
If a distribution licensee fails to supply electricity within the period specified in the Supply Code Regulations it is liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred rupees for each day of default.
An applicant may submit the connection application in hard copy or by electronic means; where a hard copy is submitted it must be scanned and uploaded, and an acknowledgement carrying the registration number must be issued within 24 hours of receipt of a complete application. Applications for new connections up to 10 kW must carry a photograph of the applicant, identity proof, and proof of ownership or occupancy of the premises; above 10 kW and for modifications, further documents apply. Where an agreement between licensee and consumer is required it forms part of the application and no separate agreement is needed.
No connection shall be given without a meter, and that meter must be a smart pre-payment meter or a pre-payment meter; any exception requires the Commission's approval with recorded justification. After a smart meter is installed no penalty may be imposed on the consumer for maximum demand recorded before the installation date. Where maximum demand recorded by the smart meter exceeds the sanctioned load in a month, that billing cycle is calculated on the actual recorded maximum demand and the consumer must be informed by SMS or mobile application, with sanctioned-load revision following where the recorded demand has exceeded the sanctioned limit at least three times in a financial year.