Consumer meters shall generally be owned by the licensee:

 Central Electricity Authority (Installation and Operation of Meters) Regulations
(Amendment) Regulations, 2022

4. In regulation 6 of the said regulations, in sub-regulation (2), for clause (a), the following shall be
substituted, namely:-
(a) Consumer meters shall generally be owned by the licensee:
Provided that in case the licensee has engaged the services of Advanced Metering Infrastructure
Service Provider to provide Advanced Metering Infrastructure services for an Advanced Metering
Infrastructure project area, the ownership of meters shall remain with Advanced Metering
Infrastructure Service Provider during the contract period