Before you apply New electricity connection
New electricity connection · your situation
An applicant with a load or premise outside JVS considers BESCOM's normal new-connection route.
Your next step
Our research left one requirement for this situation unresolved in the public record. Take the clarification below to the responsible office and get the current position in writing before you submit anything.
Responsible on the public record: Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited. We did not confirm that this office decides this particular case.
Block one
Found in public documents, graded and dated. The statements closest to your situation come first; a single first-person account never outranks the documentary record. Open any source to read it yourself.
BESCOM's public FAQ says the normal New Connection route is under Other Services, needs no customer login for direct application, and covers LT, HT/EHT and MC/MSB; it describes personal/address, miscellaneous/load, optional LEC details, confirmation and charge-breakdown stages.
Read this with itFAQ route description is not a case eligibility or completion decision.
BESCOM's public FAQ says that for normal new connection only the application fee can be paid online and remaining additional charges need to be paid by visiting the SDO office.
Read this with itNo fee, charge, demand, payment or receipt was generated.
BESCOM's public normal New Connection form exposes LT, HT/EHT, and MC/MSB application types; temporary/permanent choice; personal, supply-address, correspondence-address, miscellaneous/load, location, LEC, and second-miscellaneous stages; and a document-upload stage.
Read this with itThe form is public and blank; this records controls, not a successful transition or requiredness of every field. Observed 2026-08-30. This is a grouped control inventory, not proof that every listed item is required, available in every case, or completes an end-to-end route. This is a grouped control inventory, not proof that every listed item is required, available in every case, or completes an end-to-end route.
The public normal New Connection form exposes ten tabs: Application type, Temporary / Permanent, Personal Details, Power Supply Required at (AD.), Correspondence Address, Miscellaneous Details, Location Details, LEC Details, Miscellaneous Details 2 and Document Upload; its application panel exposes LT, HT/EHT and MC/MSB, while Temporary / Permanent initially checks Permanent and exposes Temporary Account Id, Get Details and Skip.
Read this with itNo application type, personal data, account identifier, upload, payment or submission was used. This is a grouped control inventory, not proof that every listed item is required, available in every case, or completes an end-to-end route. This is a grouped control inventory, not proof that every listed item is required, available in every case, or completes an end-to-end route.
The public BESCOM materials expose a JVS New Connection route that does not require customer-portal login, and a normal New Connection route under Other Services for LT/HT/EHT/MC/MSB categories.
Read this with itNo route was submitted.
The public form displays stages for application type, temporary/permanent or temporary account ID where applicable, personal details, supply address, correspondence address, location, miscellaneous details, LEC details where applicable, and document upload.
Read this with itBlank controls only; no personal or property value was entered.
The public FAQ says submission leads to a confirmation page and charge breakdown/demand letter; for normal new connection it says only the application fee can be paid online and remaining additional charges are paid at the SDO office.
Read this with itNo demand, payment, or receipt was generated.
KERC's 2022 consumer-rights regulation says an owner or occupier files the electricity-supply application with prescribed fee/charges, and an online submission through the licensee's web portal or mobile app must generate an acknowledgement with a registration number; a complete application is deemed received on that acknowledgement date.
Read this with itRegulation clauses 3(1)(a)-(b) and 3(2), official PDF accessed 2026-08-30. This legal acknowledgement rule does not prove that BESCOM's blank form was submitted or that a specific case is complete.
BESCOM public guidance lists ownership/occupancy, tax, identity/address, solar-water-heater, agreement, wiring and contractor test-report document classes, with requiredness depending on the chosen category and premises.
Read this with itDo not treat the FAQ's long list as a universal checklist.
BESCOM displays conditional targets of 24 hours after requisite-fee payment for qualifying JVS domestic/commercial cases without line extension and 7/15 days for stated Bengaluru EODB load bands depending on RoW.
Read this with itDisplayed targets do not establish a case clock or guarantee supply. Downgraded from Grade B on 2026-08-29: the available citation is a general-site reference rather than claim-specific evidence.
One citizen reported remaining without a permanent electricity connection after applying and paying, while attributing the delay to a perceived occupancy-certificate-policy issue.
Read this with itOne self-report. It does not establish application completeness, payment type, inspection status, policy applicability, or a BESCOM delay.
One citizen reported being told that their newly constructed home would not receive a permanent connection because of a stated premises-size condition.
Read this with itThis preserves the reported barrier, not the threshold or its legal/technical basis. A case-specific eligibility decision remains unknown.
One citizen reported that their completed newly constructed building still lacked electricity while they were seeking a new connection and meter.
Read this with itOne commenter self-report. The commenter associates the problem with a building condition, but the case does not establish any requirement, payment, application status, assessment, or completion outcome.
One citizen reported having temporary BESCOM supply during construction but being unable to obtain permanent meters after construction completion.
Read this with itOne self-report. It does not establish that a permanent-connection application was complete, that temporary supply confers a right to permanent supply, the cited reason, or a BESCOM policy or delay. No recovery outcome was reported.
One citizen reported that a downstream service treated their BESCOM account as a new connection and that the reported recognition issue resolved only after a later billing cycle.
Read this with itA historic commenter account about a separate downstream service. It does not establish meter activation, billing-cycle timing, data synchronisation behaviour, or any scheme entitlement.
Block two
Accounts we could not reconcile. We kept both rather than picking a winner.
BESCOM's public normal-form document stage marks identity proof, proof of ownership, and geo-tagged building photo as mandatory categories, displays completion-cum-test report as another category, lists accepted image/PDF extensions, and displays a 4 MB total upload-size label.
Read this with itThe page's labels do not establish which route/category requires completion-cum-test report or whether an individual upload will pass validation. No file was selected. Observed 2026-08-30.
Block three
Two kinds of thing sit here: questions the published record leaves open, and points where our own reading stopped — at a login we did not cross, or a step we could not observe without applying. Each item says which it is. Both are reasons to ask before you apply rather than after.
Our research did not record an unresolved requirement for this situation. That is not the same as the record being complete — check the source dates before you rely on anything here.
Block four
Failure points recorded for this situation, with the recovery the record supports — or the absence of one.
No request ID, demand, payment receipt, inspection, meter, or supply result exists.
A citizen reports a paid application that did not result in a permanent connection.
A citizen reports being told a permanent connection could not be approved due to a site-size condition.
A citizen reports that permanent meters were not obtained after construction despite earlier temporary supply.
A citizen reports a completed new building still lacked electricity while they sought a new connection and meter.
Take it with you
Both are built from the same claim records you just read. Neither one adds a fact that is not above.
Take this to the office
The questions this situation leaves open, each with the document and date that raised it, and a note of what you have already read. It contains no personal details — you fill those in yourself before sending.
Same record, different reader
The identical evidence shaped for an assistant: supported facts with their grades and dates, the unresolved questions kept unresolved, and an explicit instruction that it authorises nothing.
Check us
Read them yourself. If one has moved or changed since we checked it, that is worth knowing before you act.
Not your case?
How to read the gradesA — binding law, regulation, commission order or gazette notification. B — current official procedure, form, portal or agency page. C — official but indirect, incomplete, archived, undated or potentially outdated. E — genuine public first-person evidence. F — uncorroborated lead.
Independent research, not official advice. Public sources and known gaps are shown together; do not submit personal data through this ledger. Evidence collected as of 2026-08-30; nothing on this page is generated when you open it. Every statement is a recorded claim you can trace to the source above, and the unsettled items stay unsettled on purpose.