I own Ather 450X and yesterday I have got installed a seperate electricity meter through Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) as I live in Pune.
I had only two purpose in mind:
To monitor my daily charging units, which will be billed eventually after 1 billing cycle of MSEDCL.
To avoid adding up units due to charging of vehicle with that of my home’s units. This will help me track my home appliances consumption without any other additional load.
And then, there is additional benefit, in case I decide to buy another 2W / 4W EV. I can monitor all charging units and the electricity bill can be kept under check.
Also, I am sure there is some incentive or concessional rate per unit provided for EV charging by state/central Govt.
To get a new connection of MSEDCL in Maharastra I have followed a procedure as below:
(1) Visited Welcome to Web Self Service and selected New Connection Request. I see a new page opened as below :
Fill up the form and click submit. You can also upload all supporting documents which are listed as below:
Occupancy /Ownership:
Form 8/Form 7-12/Tax/Lease Issued by Local Competent Authority
Identity Proof: (Any one of the following)
a. Collector/Govt. Authorized Photo ID
b. Aadhar Card
c. PAN Card
d. Driving License
e. Passport
D-1 form test of Consumer’s premises from Govt. Authorized contractor(to be submitted
before the release of connection)
Undertaking on Rs 200 Stamp Paper for using power supply only for Electric vehicle
charging. If rules, are violated punishable under Electricity Act 2003 under section 126 and
135.
(3) Once this is done, take a print of the application acknowledgement and submit to nearest MSEDCL office anywhere in Maharashtra.
(4) The office staff shall verify your details and initiate a new connection. Pay upfront and other service cost at the office. Your meter should get installed in 10-15 days.
I had to consistently follow up (on phone) with MSEDCL office near my area to expedite the process. The total cost I had to pay was Rs 9000 which includes meter and other service charges. I hope this cost would soon come down.
I shall keep this post updated with my new meter readings and real units consumed by my Ather to charge for half cycle or full cycle and so on.
Hope this help others to get an idea about real units Ather 450X is actually consuming to charge up.
Excellent idea for folks planning multiple EV vehicles (2W / 4W). I believe it will not only put you in lower usage slab, Discoms also have separate lower rate per unit for EVCS.
There is no decimal digit to the last value, right? So it could be anything from 1.5 Wh to 2.4 Wh. I would say it is close to the 1.5 Wh mark from what I see on my Wipro plug. Further reading and averaging will give a better answer.
I didn’t understand the requirement of additional meter here, agreed you have to pay higher as the usage slab increases and also you need to monitor separately Ather’s unit consumption → a simple submeter would have done the job here, Now you are ended up paying more fixed monthly charges + usage charges additionally
But logically if a electric car is gonna come then new meter will help a lot as it may increase slab on your ongoing meter. Just for r Ather I don’t think it’s necessary
Sorry for the late reply and thanks a lot for the reference image.
I had already uploaded the documents, so called the customer care. They mentioned that i will get the quotation in a month and post payment, connection.
I want to visit the local office, but last time i visited and didn’t know about the EVCS application, they kept pushing me to get a commercial meter.
It is not with KSEBL yet, last i checked. But you can get a different line altogether as a home or business to an address, but that is as fine line away from illegal it seems.
Hi, thank you. I am not sure about start and end day of a month in ride logs, whether start is 15th of each month or 16th or 01st, I am not sure.
If someone know, please reply.