The Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (HPERC) on December 06, 2025, issued the Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Distribution Performance Standards) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2025 to further amend the Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Distribution Performance Standards) Regulations, 2010.
The following amendments have been stated:
• In Regulation 2 of the Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Distribution Performance Standards) Regulations, 2010, after sub-regulation (10), the following sub-regulation (10A) shall be inserted, namely:—
“(10A) “Hilly Areas/terrain” shall mean and include, for the purposes of these regulations, all areas/terrains having height above 1000 meter from the mean sea level;” .
• In Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations, for sub-regulation (2), the following sub-regulation shall be substituted, namely:—
“(2) “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in sub-regulation (1), the Reliability Indices as specified under item 4 of the Schedule appended to these Regulations, shall be followed.”.
• In Regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations,—
(i) in sub-regulation (11), for the words, figures and signs “latest by 30th September, 2022,”, the words and sign “within thirty days from the date of publication of these amendment Regulations,” shall be substituted.; and
(ii) sub-regulation (12) shall be omitted.
These Regulations shall come into force December 06, 2025.
[Notification No. HPERC-401]
