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Date every electricity, water, gas, broadband and DTH action for a move, using the statutory new-connection timelines.
This planner splits every utility into two dated actions — connect at the new address, close or transfer at the old one — and counts each backwards from your moving date. The electricity lead time comes from the Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020, which cap a distribution licensee at 7 days in metropolitan areas, 15 days in other municipal areas and 30 days in rural areas for a new connection or modification, with a 7-day paperwork buffer added on top. Broadband and landline carry the longest lead at 21 days because a relocation can need a fresh line, while LPG is shortest because the termination voucher is issued over the counter.
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Adjust the options until the result looks right.
Copy or download the output and put it to work.
Electricity dates follow the 7 / 15 / 30-day limits set for licensees, not a guess.
Every utility gets a closure action too, so deposits and final bills do not get abandoned.
Any action whose start date has passed is marked in red with the number of days lost.
Up to 7 days in a metropolitan area, 15 days in other municipal areas and 30 days in rural areas. Those limits are set by the Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020 and run from a complete application with the security deposit paid, so allow another week to gather documents and get an inspection slot before the clock starts.
About three weeks. A shift within the same provider's footprint can be done in a few days, but if the new address has no live fibre or copper the provider has to schedule a fresh pull, which typically runs two to three weeks and sometimes longer in a new building. Check which providers actually serve the new address before you commit to one.
Return the cylinder and regulator to the old distributor and collect the termination voucher — without it, the connection and its deposit are effectively lost. Then register with a distributor serving the new address, surrender the voucher for a reissued connection, and re-link the connection to your bank account so the subsidy resumes. Keep the original subscription voucher throughout.
Because it is the only evidence of where your liability ends and the next occupier's begins. Photograph the electricity, gas and water meters at the old address with the date visible before you hand over the keys, and again at the new address before you unload, then send both sets to the respective suppliers. Almost every closing-bill dispute is settled by whoever has the dated reading.