1 THE HARYANA ELECTRICITY REFORM ACT, 1997 ... - HIPA

(a) “area of transmission" means the area within which the holder of a transmissionlicence is for the time being authorised by licence to transmit energy;(b) "Commission" means the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission constitutedunder sub-section (1) of section 3;(c) "licence" means a licence granted under PART VI of this Act(d) "licensee" or "licence holder" means a person licensed under PART VI of this Actto transmit or supply energy including Transco;(e) "member or members means the members of the Commission and shall include theChairman of the Commission;(f) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules or regulations made under this Act;(g) “Public Service Commission" means the Public Service Commission for the Stateestablished pursuant to Article 315 of the Constitution of India;(h) “regulations" means regulations made by the Commission under this Act;(i) "rules" means rules made by the State Government under this Act;(j) "selection committee" means the selection committee constituted under section 4 ofthis Act;(k) "State" means the State of Haryana;(1) “State Government” means the Government of the State;(m) “supply licence” means a licence under sub section (1) (b) of section 15;(n) "Transco" means the Corporation of Haryana incorporated as a transmissioncompany under the Companies Act, 1956 for the purpose of undertakingtransmission of electricity under a licence granted under this Act;(o) "transmission licence" means a licence under subsection (1) (a) of section 15;(p) "transmit" in relation to electricity, means, the transportation or transmission ofelectricity by means of a system operated or controlled by a licensee which consists,wholly or mainly, of extra high voltage and extra high tension lines and electricalplant and is used for transforming and for conveying and/or transferring electricityfrom a generating station to a sub-station, from one generating station to another orfrom one sub-station to another or otherwise from one place to another;(q) words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in theElectricity (Supply) Act, 1948 (Act No. 54 of 1948), have the meaningsrespectively assigned to them in that Act;4