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All right, I person gone done the process of getting a dedicated EV metre successful Maharashtra. I thought I would papers it present truthful EV owners from Maharashtra would benefit.
Please Note that
- This process applies to municipality and agrarian areas successful Maharashtra that autumn nether MSEDCL
- In Mumbai, aggregate energy providers exist, specified arsenic Adani, Reliance, Tata, and BEST. Hence, these steps volition not use to Mumbai users who are not utilizing MSEDCL power.
- This process requests a caller single-phase 7.5 KW EV connection. This process is not applicable for expanding load sanction.
- These steps are applicable arsenic of September 2024. MSEDCL whitethorn change/update/remove immoderate of the progressive processes successful the future.
Why bash you request a abstracted 7.5 KW meter?
GTO mentioned successful broad thread (Why a inexpensive & elemental 15A plug is conscionable good for home-charging your Electric Car). However, determination are definite cases wherever you mightiness request a dedicated 7.5 KW meter.
Below are the reasons wherefore I decided to get a dedicated EV meter.
- My existent residential usage is supra 100 units, and EV volition apt person 200 units per month. In Maharashtra, rates support expanding importantly arsenic your energy usage grows. With specified usage, borrowing energy from existing residential energy metre defeats the intent of redeeming wealth with EVs.
- BYD Atto3 does not comes with portable charger but 7.2KW charger is escaped of cost. I felt I should usage it since BYD was forcing this charger connected me.
- With 60kWh battery, charging connected dedicated EV transportation with 7.2KW charger volition decidedly prevention time. I deliberation it should afloat complaint the conveyance successful 8-9 hours.
- I had capable abstraction to instal a 7.2KW charger successful my parking.
- As different radical successful my nine are already utilizing 15A for EV charging, I had nary absorption from RWA to installing the charger.
Current charges (1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025) for EV meters are Rs. 7.75 per portion successful Maharashtra. Unlike residential slabs, determination are nary slabs with an EV connection. So the complaint volition beryllium the aforesaid if you usage 100 oregon 1000 units.
The process to petition an EV metre is arsenic follows:
- Make an online exertion from MSEDCL Portal
- Upload required documents and scan copies to the portal
- Visit the MSEB bureau with documents
- Make online processing fees payment
- Meter installation
A. Online exertion process
- Visit MSEDCL portal. Link here
- Select the "New Connection Request" option
- In the caller page, prime Electric "Vehicle Charging Station(EVCS)"
- Select the beneath options carefully.
I americium mentioning indispensable options here. The remainder of the options are self-explanatory.
Consumer Category - 1-LT-SUPPLY
Supply Type - SINGLE-SINGLE PHASE
Requested Load -7.5 KW
Nearest Consumer No - It should beryllium your existing residential MSEB transportation number.
Name of Highway and milestone (if any) - NA
Ownership Details - Private Charging Station
Operation Timings(in hours/Day, but Holidays) - 1 (Mins) 23 (hours)
Mode of outgo for charging - Debit / Credit Card
Whether installation of beforehand booking disposable - No
Manned/ unmanned - Manual + Automatic
Charger Type - Type-2 AC
No. of Chargers - 1
Charging conveyance benignant (Wheeler) - 2-Wheeler 4-Wheeler
Is Multiparty/Triparty Secondary Consumers - No
Please prime enactment for outgo - Provisional Estimate alongwith Processing Fees
B. Upload Required Documents
Once you taxable the details, it volition make the exertion fig and volition amusement you the submitted details. It volition besides person the enactment to upload the documents.
You request to upload the beneath documents scan copies.
- Identity impervious - Pan Card/Aadhar Card/Passport
- Ownership/Address Proof - Local Authority Tax Bill/Electricity Bill/Index 2
- Undertaking Ele Vehicle charging usage - Here is the nexus to the draught oregon present is the attachment
[ATTACH=Format-2.pdf]2661684[/ATTACH] - Test Report for transportation (Optional) - Need to taxable successful person. This is besides called arsenic A1 signifier that your MSEB electrician signs. More connected it later.
Once you upload the documents, you volition spot the applicable charges for the connection. DO NOT marque the outgo astatine this stage.
Note astir charging usage undertaking.Though the portal says undertaking needs to beryllium connected Rs.200 stamp paper, you tin usage Rs.100 stamp insubstantial and determination is nary contented with it. There is nary Rs.200 stamp insubstantial available.
Once you people the undertaking draught connected stamp paper, you indispensable notarize it and motion it. Then, you should upload the scanned transcript to the portal. During the print, you tin people fractional of the draught connected stamp insubstantial and the remaining fractional connected greenish ineligible paper.
In the undertaking draft, capable beneath details.
You sanction
commissioned astatine - Your nine name, taluka
having 1 fig of chargers
specification of charger 7.5KW
Your sanction and signature astatine the extremity
Please enactment that you tin taxable the signifier and upload documents aboriginal on. Use this link to resume your exertion and upload documents erstwhile they are ready.
Also enactment that erstwhile you taxable the application, you request to upload documents and marque outgo wrong 15 days. Otherwise your exertion volition beryllium cancelled.
C. Visit the MSEB bureau with documents.
Once you upload scanned copies to the portal, you indispensable sojourn your MSEB bureau with each the archetypal documents and exertion confirmation printout.
The MSEB serviceman volition verify each the documents, and if everything looks good, past inquire you to get the MSEB electrician's trial study which is besides called arsenic A1 form. A1 signifier contains lawsuit details and necessitate load details. You volition get an A1 signifier successful the MSEB office. You request to people it and capable successful the required details. Then, you request to interaction the MSEB electrician for a signature. MSEB electrician mightiness travel to your spot for a survey and, aft the survey, volition remark, "Meter tin beryllium installed connected this spot and determination is simply a capable load to provide." In my case, helium signed the signifier straight arsenic helium was alert of our society.
Once the A1 signifier is signed, you indispensable sojourn the MSEB bureau with each the documents again. The elder serviceman volition again verify everything and whitethorn inquire you questions specified arsenic
1) Do you person a spot to instal a charger?
2) Have you taken support from your nine committee?
In my case, I told them we already person galore backstage EV chargers installed, and the committee should person nary objection to my transportation since it's my backstage parking space.
Once everything is verified, the serviceman volition motion it and stamp it for the adjacent processing.
D. Payment fees
After signature and stamping, you volition person an SMS stating outgo of metre installation charges with an online outgo link. Once you marque the payment, the metre volition beryllium approved wrong a week. Final exertion should look similar beneath with outgo structure.
E. Meter Installation
Once you get the SMS that the metre is installed, you tin interaction the MSEB electrician again for metre installation.
You should person SMS similar below. This connection means metre is installed successful their strategy but not astatine lawsuit site.
The electrician volition prime up the metre from the MSEB bureau and instal it successful your metre room. He volition interaction you earlier coming for the installation.
The electrician volition usage the existing metre input and get a transportation for the EV meter. In my case, I insisted connected utilizing my residential metre input. See the representation below, which shows my EV metre adjacent to my residential meter. R represents my residential meter.
Please enactment that MSEB is liable for installing an EV metre successful the metre country wherever remainder of the meters are installed. You request to marque proviso to transportation cablegram from installed metre to your parking for charger installation. Work and outgo associated with carrying cablegram from metre to your parking spot is extracurricular of MSEB scope and you request to bare it. You request to instrumentality assistance from section electrician for cablegram installation from metre country to your parking place. MSEB technologist volition conscionable instal the metre successful the metre country and thing else.
Once metre is installed, you request to hold for a period earlier speechmaking is taken from the caller metre and past metre fig and its measure volition beryllium disposable successful Mahavitaran app.
Expenses -
MSEB transportation expenses - Rs.11460
Undertaking and notary charges - Rs. 350
Total expenses - 11810
Total clip it takes from exertion to metre installation - 3 weeks
Number of visits required to MSEB bureau - 2
Number of telephone calls to MSEB Electrician for A1 signing and metre installation - 50 (These guys are ace busy!)
Overall, if you travel the process and person each the due documentation, it's straightforward. I anticipation this helps!
