LOW TENSION (LT) ELECTRICITY TARIFF 2024

FROM 01.11.2023 to 30.06.2024

LOW TENSION – I- DOMESTIC ( LT- I ) 

The tariff applicable to supply of electrical energy for domestic purpose (both single phase and three phase)

Note-1. Fixed charges shall not be applicable to consumers belonging to below poverty line (BPL) category with connected load of and below 1000 watts and monthly consumption of and below 40 units. 

Note-2. BPL family having cancer patients or permanently disabled persons as family members due to polio or accidents, and consume upto 100 units per month shall be billed @Rs 1.50/unit, provided their connected load is of and below 1000 watts.

Note-3. Home stay units approved as such by Department of Tourism shall be billed under LT-I domestic.

Note-4. Domestic consumers shall be allowed to utilize electrical energy in a portion of their residence for their own use for purposes other than domestic if the connected load for the purposes other than for domestic, in their premises does not exceed 20% of the total connected load or 1000 Watts whichever is less. When connected load other than for domestic use in such cases exceeds 20% of the total connected load or 1000 Watts whichever is less, such loads shall be segregated and separate service connection shall be obtained under appropriate tariff. When this is not done, the tariff applicable to the whole service connection shall be at the appropriate tariff applicable to the connected load used for purposes other than domestic, if such tariff is higher than the tariff for LT-I category. 

Note.5: (a) The tariff for domestic consumption by the families of the victims of endosulfan tragedy in Hosdurg and Kasaragod Taluks of Kasaragod District shall be Rs.1.50 / unit for a monthly consumption up to 150 units. If the consumption of the consumer, who is eligible for the above concession, exceeds 150 units per month, the consumption in excess of 150 units will be charged at the rates specified for the slabs 151-200 units or 201-250 units as the case may be. This concession will not be available for the consumers with monthly consumption above 250 units.

(b)The consumer who is eligible for this concession granted to endosulfan victims has to submit to the officer in charge at the section office of the licensee, a certificate from the revenue authorities or from the local selfgovernment authority to prove his / her eligibility for this tariff concession.

Note-6: (a) The domestic water supply schemes approved by the Government including the following shall be charged under domestic tariff.

• water supply schemes under Jalanidhi, Jaladhara or

Swajaladhara Projects;

• water supply schemes coming under water supply societies or under beneficiary committees;
• water supply schemes for Scheduled Caste (SC) and / or Scheduled Tribe (ST) colonies;
• water supply schemes for Laksham Veedu Settlements taken over and managed by Local Self Government Institutions;
• social drinking water supply schemes established using local area development funds of Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA) and / or Members of Parliament (MP);
• social drinking water supply schemes established using funds of Local Self Government Institutions;
• social drinking water supply schemes under Peoples Participatory Schemes (PPS);
• Rajeev Gandhi Drinking Water Schemes managed by beneficiary groups.
• The method for billing for the above mentioned water supply schemes solely for domestic purpose shall be as specified hereunder;
• The total monthly consumption of electricity of the units of such water supply schemes will be divided by the number of beneficiary households and the average consumption per households will be billed under LT – I domestic tariff. The amount of electricity charges assessed for the average consumption per beneficiary household will then be multiplied by the number of beneficiary households to assess the total electricity charges to be paid by the units of such schemes.
• Anganwadies, if any, availing drinking water from the above water supply schemes shall also be considered as a beneficiary availing the water supply for domestic purpose and the benefit of such community drinking water schemes shall be extended to them.

LOW TENSION – II TEMPORARY CONNECTIONS {LT II }

Tariff applicable for single or three phase temporary connections for purposes such as illumination, exhibition, festivals, public meeting and fairs.

Note: 40% concession in the rates shall be allowed if the connection is for;

• the exhibitions conducted or sponsored by the Government or Local SelfGovernment institutions or by Government educational institutions or by Public Sector Undertakings and the exhibitions conducted by recognized private educational institutions;
• Festivals of religious worship centres for the illumination, public address system and security lighting. (This concession is limited to the energy availed by the religious worship centres and not by other agencies who function in the premises of religious worship centres where festival is being organized).

LOW TENSION – III TEMPORARY EXTENSIONS {LT III}

Applicable to temporary extension taken from the premise of existing consumers.

LT - III Temporary extensions

Fixed charges per day - Rs.65/kW or part thereof of, the temporarily connected load plus the application fee, test fee etc. Energy charges shall be recovered from the consumer wherefrom extension is availed, at the tariff applicable to him

Note: Temporary extension shall be allowed only for a maximum period of 15 days at a time.

LOW TENSION IV - INDUSTRY (LT- IV)

(a) LT- IV (A) – INDUSTRY

LT-IV (A) Industrial tariff is applicable for the general purpose industrial loads (single or three phase) which include,- (i) manufacturing units,

• grinding mills, flour mills, oil mills, rice mills,
• saw mills, units using electric hydraulic axe machine to break down logs into small pieces.
• ice factories,
• rubber smoke houses, tyre vulcanizing/re-treading units, units manufacturing rubber sheets from latex, coconut drying units,
• workshops using power, mainly for production and/or repair,
• public waterworks, drinking water pumping for public by Kerala Water Authority, Corporations, Municipalities and Panchayats, telemetry stations of KWA, pumping water for non- agricultural purposes, sewage pumping units, 
• power laundries,
• screen printing of glass ware or ceramic, SSI units engaged in computerized colour printing excluding photo studios/ colour labs.
• audio/video cassette/CD manufacturing units,
• printing presses including presses engaged in printing dailies,
• bakeries (where manufacturing process and sales are carried out in the same premises)
• diamond- cutting units, stone crushing units, granite cutting units (where boulders are cut into sheets in the same premises)
• book binding units with allied activities,
• garment making units,
• seafood processing units, prawn peeling and processing units, granite cutting units (where large granite blocks are cut into sheets in the same premises),
• plantations of cash crops, tea factories, cardamom drying and curing

units, 

• units carrying out extraction of oil in addition to the filtering and packing activities carrying out in the same premise and under the same service connection, 
• dairy, processing of milk by pasteurization and its storage and packing, (xx) soda manufacturing units, bottling plants/ packaging drinking water.
• Dewatering of agriculture land
• Dewatering of water logged areas.
• De-siltation plants
• Units engaged in cleaning, grading, blending and storage of food grains.
• Units engaged in catering services without facility for retail sales as that of restaurants and hotels.
• Manufacturing of concrete rings and concrete tanks

Note: 1- Workshops with automobile service stations shall segregate the workshop load for availing the benefit of industrial tariff. If loads are not segregated the charges shall be realized at the rates applicable to automobile service stations.

Note: 2- General conditions relating to installation of capacitors will apply.

LOW TENSION – IV (B) – IT and IT Enabled Services. {LT IV (B)}

Tariff applicable to Information Technology (IT) and IT enabled services including akshaya-e-centres, computer consultancy services units, call centers, software services, data processing activities, desktop publishing (DTP), software development units and such other IT enabled services.

LT - IV (B) IT and IT Enabled Services

Note: General conditions relating to installation of capacitors will apply.

LOW TENSION - V- AGRICULTURE 

• LT- V AGRICULTURE (A) {LT- V (A)} This tariff applicable to the use of electricity for:
  • pumping, dewatering and lift irrigation for cultivation of food crops, fruits and vegetables.
  • pumping, dewatering and lift irrigation for the cultivation of cash crops such as cardamom and coffee and for the cultivation of crops such as coconut, areca nut, pepper, nutmeg, cloves, cocoa and betel leaves as pure crops or as inter crops.

Note:- 1. General conditions relating to installation of capacitors will apply.

2. The electricity for pumping and lift irrigation for the cultivation of cash crops only are included under LT V(A) agriculture tariff and the electricity for general purpose industrial loads like drying, further processing, value addition etc. of plantation of cash crops shall be billed under LT IV(A) tariff’.

• LT – V - AGRICULTURE (B) {LT -V (B)}

The tariff under this category is applicable to the supply of electricity for the use of the following activities such as,-

• livestock farms, combination of livestock farms with dairy, poultry farms, rabbit farms, piggery farms, hatcheries,
• silk worm breeding units, sericulture,
• floriculture, tissue culture, agricultural and floricultural nurseries, mushroom culture,
• aquaculture, fish farms including ornamental fish farms, prawn farms, other aqua farms, aquarium run by the Agency for Development of Aquaculture, Kerala, and
• cheenavala without fish farming and egger nurseries

Note1: General conditions relating to installation of capacitors will apply.

Note-2: LT-V (B) Agriculture tariff is applicable to the dairy farms, which have facilities for collection, chilling and storing of milk, till it is sent to the processing units, and also applicable to the primary milk producer’s co-operative societies, the primary function of which is the collection of milk from the farmers and to sell the same to the processing units in bulk. This tariff will be also applicable for retail sales outlets if the connected load of sales outlets does not exceed 10% of the total connected load.

Note-3: The electricity used for running electric motors for making rubber sheets from Latex by individual farmers shall be billed under LT-V- Agriculture (B) [LT-V(B)].

Note -4: The electricity used for running Shredding machines used for

powdering dry waste such as coconut leaves, coconut husk, grass etc by individual farmers 

LOW TENSION –VI GENERAL 

LT-VI- General (A) [LT- VI (A)]

The tariff under LT-VI (A) category is applicable to,-

• Government or Government aided educational institutions; libraries and reading rooms of Government or Government aided educational institutions.
• Educational institutions administered by the Government such as LBS, IHRDE, CAPE
• Primary health centres, dispensaries and hospitals under the Central

Government or State Government or Local Self Government Institutions; XRay units, laboratories, blood banks, mortuaries and such other units attached to such primary health centres, dispensaries and hospitals; blood banks of IMA; poly clinics under Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS).

• Centres for religious worship such as temples, mosques and churches; institutions imparting religious education, monasteries and convents;

LT - VI GENERAL (A) 

LT- VI GENERAL (B)

The tariff under this category is applicable to,-

• offices and institutions under the State or Central Governments or under the Local Self Government Institutions, except those which are included in the category LT-VI General (C); village offices; Government Treasuries.
• offices of the Corporations, Boards and other Public Sector Undertakings under State or Central Governments; 
• offices of the Kerala Water Authority (KWA), Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and Kerala State Water Transport Corporation (KSWTC);
• museum and / or zoo;
• hostels of educational institutions affiliated to Universities, hostels under the control of the Director of Technical Education or the Director of Medical Education or the Director of Public Instruction or such other institutions of Government, hostels run by the State or Central Government, hostels run by State Social Welfare Board, hostels run by institutions registered under the Travancore - Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955 (12 of 1955) or under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) or under Indian Trust Act, 1882, the donations to which are exempted from payment of Income Tax; Working women hostels operating under the scheme approved by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, hostels under the supervision and monitoring of Department of Social Welfare, Government of Kerala; 
• Pay wards and institutions of Kerala Health Research and Welfare Society (KHRWS);
• travellers’ bungalows, rest houses and guest houses under government; Police Clubs,
• type writing institutes;
• offices of social service organizations, offices of service pensioners’ associations.
• offices of political parties not approved by the Election Commission of India;
• collection centres of ‘FRIENDS’; single window service centres under Department of Information Technology;
• offices of Department of Posts, all post offices including extra departmental (ED) post offices;
• cameras at traffic signal points, surveillance cameras installed by the Local Self Government Institutions and also under Operation Kaval Kannukal
• offices of KMRL
• Old age homes which charge the inmates for boarding and lodging.
• Offices of Railways including Railway Stations,
• Light houses
• Offices of the document writers.

LT- VI GENERAL (C) 

The tariff under this category is applicable to:

• offices or institutions under Income Tax or Central Excise and Customs Departments,
• offices under Motor Vehicles Department or Sales Tax department or Excise Department; Sub-Registry offices; and such other tax earning departments under State or Central Government (other than Local Self Government Institutions);
• banking and / or financing institutions (excluding micro financing institutions registered and functioning as per the guidelines issued by Reserve Bank of India);
• ATM counters including the ATM counters of post offices.
• offices of Airport Authority of India except airports; 
• Insurance companies,
• Offices of the Goods and Service Tax (GST)
• Microfinancing Institutions,
• Offices of the LIC Agents
• Offices of the pawn brokers; and
• any other LT categories not included any where in this schedule.

LT- VI GENERAL (D)

The tariff under LT-VI (D) category is applicable to: 

• orphanages;
• anganwadis; schools and hostels for differently abled or physically challenged persons (including mentally retarded students, deaf/dumb/blind/physically handicapped persons),
• old age homes where no charges are levied for the boarding and lodging of inmates, 
• Cheshire homes; polio homes; SoS Childrens’ Villages, 
• charitable centres for cancer care, pain and palliative care and HIV

rehabilitation, 

• charitable hospital guidance centres registered under the Travancore - Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955 (12 of 1955) or under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) or under Indian Trust Act, 1882, donations to which are exempted from payment of Income Tax,
• shelters exclusively for orphaned animals and birds run by charitable institutions registered under the Travancore - Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955;
• libraries and reading rooms with connected load of and below 2000 watts and monthly consumption of and below 100 units.
• e-toilet and public comfort stations, where no charges levied for use.
• Dialysis centres providing free dialysis to the poor.
• Buds school and school for Autism

LT VI GENERAL (E)

The tariff under LT-VI(E) category is applicable to:

• sports and / or arts clubs (with connected load not exceeding 2000 Watts);
• sailing and / or swimming clubs (with connected load not exceeding 2000 Watts);
• gymnasium (with connected load not exceeding 2000 W);
• libraries and reading rooms excluding those which are included in LT VIA and LT VI-D categories,
• press clubs;
• offices of political parties approved by Election Commission of India;
• e-toilet and public comfort stations, where charges are levied for use

LT VI GENERAL (F)

The tariff under LT- VI (F) is applicable to:

• Computer training institutes, private coaching or tuition centres, selffinancing educational institutions including the hostels run by them,
• Cinema studios, audio/video cassette recording/duplication units, CD recording units, cinema dubbing and animation studios,
• All construction works,
• Installations of cellular mobile communications, satellite communications, offices and / or exchanges of telecom companies.
• Offices or institutions of All India Radio (AIR), Doordarshan and other television broadcasting companies, cable TV networks, radio stations, (vi) Hall marking centres.
• Offices of the advocates or chartered accountants or company secretary or consulting engineers or tax consultants or architects or cost accountants or of management
• Offices of the ‘on line news channels and on line portals’.
• Printing press engaged in printing dailies along with online media channels.

LT-VI- GENERAL (G)

The tariff under this category is applicable to all the private hospitals, private clinics, private clinical laboratories, private X-ray units, private mortuaries, private blood banks and private scanning centers and such other private institutions in health care sector.

LOW TENSION - VII – COMMERCIAL

LT- VII-Commercial (A) [LT- VII (A)]

The tariff under LT-VII (A) category is applicable to commercial and trading establishment such as,

• shops, showrooms, display outlets, business houses,
• hotels and restaurants (having connected load exceeding 2000 Watts), (iii) house boats
• private lodges, private hostels, private guest houses, private rest houses, private travellers bungalows,
• freezing plants, cold storages, milk chilling plants for the purpose of marketing the milk and milk products.
• shops selling confectioneries, sweetmeat, breads and such other eatables without manufacturing process,
• petrol/diesel/ LPG /CNG bunks, LPG bottling plants,
• automobile service stations, computerized wheel alignment centres,
• marble and granite cutting units,
• units carrying out filtering, packing and other associated activities of oil brought from outside,
• share broking firms, stock broking firms, marketing firms,
• godowns of Kerala State Beverages Corporations, (xiii) photo studios/ colour labs

LT- VII Commercial (B) [LT-VII-B]

Tariff applicable to commercial and trading establishments such as,-

• shops, bunks, hotels, restaurants, having connected load of and below 2000 Watts.

• telephone / fax / e-mail / photocopy booths and internet cafes having connected load of and below 2000 Watts.

When connected load of the above mentioned consumers exceeds 2000 Watts, such consumers shall be charged under LT -VII (A) tariff. If monthly consumption of LT- VII (B) consumers having connected load of and below 2000 Watts, exceeds 300 units, the energy charges shall be realized at the rate of energy charges applicable to LT -VII (A) consumers.

LT- VII Commercial (C) [LT-VII-C]

The tariff under LT VII (C) is applicable to,-

• cinema theatres;
• circus;
• sports and arts clubs, sailing or swimming clubs and gymnasium having connected load exceeding 2000W.
• Stadiums, turf courts, and indoor courts.
• Multiplexes
• Auditoriums

LOW TENSION – VIII PUBLIC LIGHTING (LT- VIII) 

LT – VIII (A) Unmetered street lights {LT VIII (A)}

Tariff applicable to various categories of unmetered public lighting per lamp.

LT – VIII (B) METERED STREET LIGHTS AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHTS

{LT-VIII (B)}

Tariff applicable for metered street lights and tariff signal lights.

Note: 1.- When public lighting is to be done after extension of lines, the beneficiaries shall pay the cost of the work as per the cost data approved by the Commission.

Note: 2.- In campuses where lines and lights are provided by the beneficiary, LT metered supply shall be provided at Rs. 4.80 per kWh plus fixed charge of Rs.90.00 per meter per month subject to other conditions regarding the payment of cost of the work.

Note: 3.- Supply to light houses when taken from the street mains of Kerala State Electricity Board Limited or any other licensee will be charged at appropriate public lighting tariff. Where metered independent supply is provided at low tension, the rate applicable will be Rs. 4.80 per kWh plus fixed charge at Rs.90.00 per meter per month and subject to other conditions regarding payment of cost of the work.

Note: 4.- In areas where low tension distribution lines of Kerala State Electricity Board Limited and other licensees exist, metered supply shall be given by the respective licensee for special type of lamps, for which the rates are not given in the table above, provided the lamps are installed and maintained by the local bodies at their cost. The tariff applicable in such cases shall be Rs 4.80 per unit plus fixed charge at Rs 90.00 per meter per month, subject to other conditions regarding payment of cost of the work.

Note: 5.- Separate charges shall not be collected from the consumers towards service charges for street lighting.

Note: 6.- Electricity duty is not payable for public lighting as per the provisions of Kerala Electricity Duty Act, 1963.

LT IX : DISPLAY LIGHTING AND HOARDINGS

Tariff applicable to display lighting, hoarding, external illumination of buildings for publicity and sales- promotion purposes. 

Note: The electricity used for the purposes of displaying the name, address, working time and such essential details of commercial, industrial or other category of consumers is allowed to be charged at same tariff applicable to the category to which such consumers belongs.

LT-X A : ELECTRIC VEHICLES CHARGING STATIONS

Tariff applicable to electric vehicle charging stations at LT