1 CONSUMER GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL FORUM CENTRAL REGION (Formed under Section 42(5) of the Electricity Act 2003) 220 kV Substation Compound, HMT Colony P.O. Kalamassery, Pin – 683 503 Phone No. 0484-2556500 Website: cgrf.kseb.in, Email:
[email protected], CUG No. 9496008719 Present (1) Smt.Soudamini B Chairperson (2) Smt. S.N.Sheeba. Member (3) Sri. Jefrin Manuel Member Petitioner Sri. V.J. George, AIS Road, Schoolppady, Vadassery House, Vaduthala, Kochi – 682 023. Respondent 1) The Asst.Exe. Engineer, Electrical Sub Division, Central, Ernakulam 2) The Asst. Engineer, Electrical Section, KSEBL, Vaduthala ======================================================== No.CGRF-CR/OP No.34/2020-21/297 Date :17-11-2020 O R D E R Background of the case: The petitioner, Sri.George V.J., Vadassery (H), AIS Road, Vaduthala P.O., Kochi – 682023, is a domestic consumer under the jurisdiction of Electrical Section, Vaduthala. The petitioner had registered for solar plant on 19-03-2020 and received feasibility report from KSEBL on 29-04-2020. Thus the petitioner submitted an application to register his solar plant and received an acknowledgement on 07-05-2020. On completion of installation, the petitioner submitted an application and received its confirmation on 18-05-2020 to test and connect the plant to grid. The consumer states that on 04-06-2020, Smt.Smitha, AEE, informed him about the inspection to test the plant on 05-06-2020 and fixed time at 10 am (+ / - 15 min). Hence the petitioner arranged the technician 2 by 9:30 am. Thus the technician waited till 10:30 am and left for an urgent call a couple of minutes before the arrival of AEE.