Application for name change in electricity bill

Use this to ask the electricity office to transfer a connection to your name, for example after you buy a house or after the death of the earlier holder.

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To The Sub-Divisional Officer, [Name of Electricity Company or Board], [Sub-division or Area] Date: [Date] Subject: Request to change the name on electricity connection number [Consumer Number] Sir/Madam, The electricity connection number [Consumer Number] at [Address of Connection] is at present in the name of [Present Name on Bill]. I request you to transfer this connection to my name because [Reason, for example I purchased this house on 10 March 2026 / the holder, my father, passed away on 2 January 2026]. All bills up to [Month of Last Paid Bill] have been paid. I am attaching copies of the papers listed below and am ready to complete any form and pay any fee required. Yours faithfully, [Your Name] Mobile: [Mobile Number]

When to use this letter

Use this when the connection is still in the name of the earlier owner, a builder, or a family member who has died. A bill in your own name is often asked for as address proof, and it matters when the property is sold or the connection has to be changed.

Before you send it

Every electricity company has its own form and document list for a change of name. Collect it from the office or its website; this letter goes with it.
Clear all pending bills first. The transfer is not processed with dues outstanding.
For a transfer after a death, the office usually asks for the death certificate and proof that you are the legal heir, or consent from the other heirs. Ask what it accepts.

What to attach

Copy of the latest paid bill
Proof of ownership or occupation (for example the sale deed or rent agreement)
Identity proof
Death certificate of the earlier holder, where that is the reason

How to send or submit it

Collect the company's change-of-name form and document list from its office or website, and submit this letter with it at the office that serves your area, or online where that is offered. Keep the acknowledgement and ask how you will be told when the change is done.

Mistakes that get it sent back

Unpaid bills on the connection.
The ownership or occupation papers are in a name different from the applicant's.
The company's own form was not filled in.
After a death, the papers the company asks for from the family were not complete.

This is a general format, written by us, to save you time. If the office has its own printed form, use that form. Last checked: 11 November 2026.

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