sub-station transformer including distribution transformer Licensee may provide the meter

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

5. In regulation 7 of the said regulations, in sub-regulation (3), for clause (iii), the following shall be
substituted, namely:
(iii) Distribution system,-
(a) all incoming feeders (3.3 kV and above);
(b) all outgoing feeders (3.3 kV and above);
(c) sub-station transformer including distribution transformer  Licensee may provide the meter on
primary or secondary side or both sides depending upon the requirement for energy accounting and
audit:
Provided that all feeders and distribution transformers shall be provided with meters having
automatic remote meter reading facility or Smart Meters as per relevant IS, as per the timelines
specified by the Central Government:
Provided further that distribution transformer level energy accounting data shall be uploaded by the
distribution licensees on quarterly basis on National Power Portal as per the format prescribed in
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (Manner and Intervals for Conduct of Energy Audit in
electricity distribution companies) Regulations, 2021.