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Panaji, 28th December, 2022 (Pausa 7, 1944)

SERIES I No. 38

Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2021-2023

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

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GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Power

Office of the Chief Electrical Engineer

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Notification

CEE/TECH/PLG/OTSS/2022-23/1139

The Government of Goa is pleased to

introduce a “One Time Settlement Scheme

2022” under Electricity Department for

defaulting consumers of electricity charges

having accumulated arrears up to date of

application for the scheme for Active,

Temporarily Disconnected, Permanently

Disconnected and Revenue Recovery cases

consumers and also for the consumers with

billing disputes pending in various courts in

order to enable prompt recovery of such

outstanding dues under the following

conditions:-

Present proposal:

1. The scheme will be applicable to all the

categories of consumers whose installations

are Active, Temporarily Disconnected,

Permanently Disconnected and Revenue

Recovery cases.

2. The validity for applying for the scheme

is two months from the date of notification on

the Official Gazette of Government of Goa.

3. Any of the consumers that are not covered

in the scheme such as those with cases

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pending in the courts, C.G.R.F. may directly

apply to the Department for settlement of their

dues within the specified period and the same

will be considered on merit on a case to case

basis.

4. The applications/proposals received from

16 consumers for adjustment of dues/refund

where court cases are pending for settlement

as per Para 2 of the earlier notification under

OTSS, 2020 will be processed under the OTSS,

2022.

5. The consumer can avail any one of the

following 2 options of repayment, as detailed

hereunder:

OPTION 1:

The consumer will be required to pay the

outstanding principal amount in one

instalment only for which no D.P.C. shall be

charged i.e DPC included in the bill will be

waived off totally. The consumer will have to

pay the outstanding principal amount on the

date of application for the scheme.

OPTION 2:

The consumers can pay the outstanding

amount in instalments. The existing balance

amount i.e. Principal amount + DPC will be

freezed as on the date of the application and

the consumer will have to pay this amount in

instalments. There will be NO waiving off the

Delayed Payment Charges (DPC) in this option.

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However, NO interest will be charged on the

instalments. The current billing will be

continued and consumers will have to pay the

current bills along with instalments within the

due date of the bills. The number of instalments

made available under the scheme:

a) Eight installments for Industrial/

/Commercial consumers.

b) Twelve installments for Domestic/other

consumers.

In case of default in payment of any

instalments after opting the scheme, the

consumer will be charged the existing balance

i.e. the freezed amount with DPC after

deduction of the instalments paid. The

outstanding amount will be added to the

existing bill immediately after the default on

the part of the consumers to pay instalment.

The consumer shall pay the first instalment

on the date of application on the OTSS Portal

and the subsequent instalment shall be paid

in the subsequent month/months, as per the

schedule displayed on the portal.

6. It is also proposed under the scheme, that

the fixed/maximum demand charges along

with DPC charged during the period from

Temporary Disconnection to Permanent

Disconnection will be waived to the new

occupier of the premises if the same is not paid

by the previous occupier. The new occupier

of the premises will have to apply for the waive

off during the period of the OTSS 2022 scheme.

However, the new occupier of the premise will

have to pay any dues payable to the

Department by the previous occupier prior to

temporary disconnection.

7. For cases referred to RRC, the consumer

will have the option 1 to pay the Principal

amount and the DPC will be waived off. In this

case, the consumer will have to approach the

concerned sub-divisional office for applying for

the scheme and carrying out payments. The

concerned Revenue Recovery Officer i.e.

Superintending Engineer of both the circles

will be intimated by the concerned Ex.

Engineer or concerned Assistant Engineer

(Com) for withdrawal of such cases from R.R.C.

8. The cases referred to R. R. C. will be

withdrawn on full settlement of the bill as per

the schedule of payment opted by the

consumer under OTS Scheme 2022. The

concerned Mamlatdar will be intimated by the

concerned Executive Engineer or the

concerned Assistant Engineer (Com) for

withdrawal of such cases from R. R. C. only on

receipt of the full payment as per this scheme.

9. The Consumers desiring to avail the OTS

Scheme 2022 will have to apply Online at

www.goaelectricity.gov.in only. The payment

will be automatically processed online as per

the option selected by the consumer and

settled in the account of the Department.

10. In respect of the RCC cases where the

break-up of actual energy charges and Delay

Payment Charges are not available in the

system/records of the Goa Electricity

Department, 50% amount of the accumulated

bill as on the date of application will be waived

off in order to give relief to the consumers for

settlement of the outstanding dues.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Stephen Fernandes, Chief Electrical

Engineer & ex officio Addl. Secretary.

Panaji, 22nd December, 2022.

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