Request Letters for Disconnection of Electricity Connection

It is better to disconnect the electric supply when you are not using your residential or commercial property. By disconnecting the electricity you are not required to pay monthly electricity charges.

You can disconnect your electricity supply temporarily or permanently depending on your needs. To apply for electricity disconnection you should write a request letter to your respective electricity department in your location.

Reasons for Disconnection of electricity

1. When the residents go abroad
2. Closure of business
3. Property Renovation
4. Property demolition

Temporary Electricity Disconnection Application by Residential User

To
The Electricity Department,
Madhurawada,
Visakhapatnam 530045.

Sub: Request for temporary power disconnect.

I am [your name], have a house with D No 2-102, in Ganesh Nagar, Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam 530045.

I am planning to renovate my house and it can take 2-3 months to complete the renovation work.

The renovation works may damage the electricity meter and other electric equipment, so please temporarily disconnect the electricity supply of our house until I get back to you.

Looking forward to your kind response.

Regards,
Your name,
Signature.
Mobile no.

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Temporary Electricity Disconnection Application by Commercial User

To
The Electricity Department,
Yeswantpur,
Bangalore 560022.

Sub: Request for temporary disconnection of electrical supply.

I am [Your name], writing this letter to request for temporary disconnection of the electric supply to my commercial property titled [business name] located at [address].

I am planning to demolish it and want to construct a new building. Please temporarily disconnect the power supply from the above property until the demolition process is complete.

Upon completion of the demolition process, I will inform you to resume the electricity supply.

Regards,
Your name,
Signature.
Mobile no.

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Permanent Electricity Disconnection Application by Residential User

To
The Electricity Department,
Kukatpally,
Hyderabad 500072.

Sub: Electricity disconnection application.

My name is [your name], have a house in plot no [address]. Our family will be moving to Canada next month to settle there. Since we don’t live in this house anymore we don’t need any power supply.

For this reason, we request you to disconnect the electricity supply to our house permanently. This saves us from our monthly electricity bills.

I hope you will take quick action on this.

Regards,
Your name,
Signature.
Mobile no.

Permanent Electricity Disconnection Application by Commercial User

To
The Electricity Department,
Nungambakkam,
Chennai 600006.

Sub: Electricity disconnection application.

I am [your name] owner of [company name] located at [address]. For personal reasons, I’m shutting down the company.

Hence the electric meter is in my name I request you permanently disconnect the electric supply to the above-mentioned property by the end of this month.

Please inform me if you need any further information.

Regards,
Your name,
Signature.
Mobile no.

Meter Disconnection Application

To
The Electricity Department,
Motera,
Ahmedabad 382424.

Sub: Meter disconnection reg.

I am [your name], the owner of a house located at [address]. I am moving abroad next month so we do not need a power supply to my house starting from next month.

Because nobody lives in that house anymore, that house does not need power.

Therefore please proceed to the required inspection and disconnect the meter effective from [disconnection date].

Regards,
Your name,
Signature.
Mobile no.

FAQs

Not all electricity boards provide options to disconnect electricity connections online. So please check it on your electricity department’s website.
If there is no option for a disconnection request you need to write a request letter to your electricity department office.

In temporary disconnection, the electricity supply will be disconnected for a short period of time until the consumer’s request.
In permanent disconnection power supply will be disconnected completely.

It will take a minimum of 30 days to do an inspection by the electricity officer to disconnect the power supply.

Recommended:

• Application for high electricity bill correction in English.
• Application for change of name in electricity bill.