https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=314027 A Special Economic Zone developer treated as a deemed distribution licensee under the Electricity Act is exempt only from making a separate licence application; the deeming fiction does not remove the statutory conditions attached to distribution activity or extend to an entity that consumes electricity only for its own use. A developer purchasing power through open access for captive consumption remains a consumer in the area of supply and is liable to pay cross subsidy surcharge to the area distribution licensee. The SEZ notification does not displace the open access regime or the compensatory surcharge liability. en-us Fri, 25 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:11:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=314027 A Special Economic Zone developer treated as a deemed distribution licensee under the Electricity Act is exempt only from making a separate licence application; the deeming fiction does not remove the statutory conditions attached to distribution activity or extend to an entity that consumes electricity only for its own use. A developer purchasing power through open access for captive consumption remains a consumer in the area of supply and is liable to pay cross subsidy surcharge to the area distribution licensee. The SEZ notification does not displace the open access regime or the compensatory surcharge liability. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 25 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=314027