Delhi, India: The public authority intends to make it exorbitant for gencos (age organizations) or discoms (conveyance organizations) to challenge requests of state power administrative commissions (SERCs), a move that expects to check "non-serious" cases frequently used to defer installments however could likewise influence endeavors to look for legitimate remuneration by substances.
The power service's most recent draft revision to the Power Rules says any party looking to challenge a SERC's choice viewing recuperation of greater expenses because of 'progress in regulation' statement should store 75% of the payable sum prior to moving APTEL (Re-appraising Council for Power).
The draft states that in the event of disputes regarding other issues, the deposit will be fifty percent of the payable amount. Additionally, the draft states that any excess deposit resulting from the APTEL verdict will be returned within ninety days. Be that as it may, on the off chance that APTEL or the High Court considers the allure unimportant, 18% late installment overcharge will be imposed on the litigant.
The service says the proposition is as per the guidance. In its April 20 judgment in a question between GMR Warora Energy Ltd and CERC, the pinnacle court had noticed the ramifications of superfluous cases on buyers and encouraged the service to develop systems to guarantee convenient installment and stay away from pointless prosecution.
Ostensibly, the proposition could further develop installment cycles, a blight for the power area as of now. Be that as it may, it is probably going to raise the passion of gencos as an allure will involve securing gigantic aggregates as stores, particularly for imported coal-based gencos whose offers to look for higher duties could include exceptionally huge aggregates like in the instances of Goodbye Power and Adani Power.
Generation companies and industries setting up captive power plants or energy storage systems will no longer require a license to construct, operate, or maintain dedicated transmission lines for connecting with the grid, according to the most recent rules changes, which have been amended three times since they were announced in 2005.
In the event of interstate standards, this will apply to customers with a minimum requirement of 10 MW for intrastate lines. This arrangement will be a positive for efficient power energy, particularly green hydrogen projects.
The draft sets a limit of 3% -- "for any reason" -- between the estimated revenue from approved tariffs and the approved annual revenue requirement for distribution companies to increase transparency and operational efficiency. It likewise specifies that such a hole, alongside conveying costs, should be sold in most extreme three yearly portions from the ensuing monetary year.
On open access charges, the draft proposes defense through an equation and furthermore covers the charges for transient admittance to state transmission lines at every available ounce of effort of the rates for long haul contracts. Open access customers will be subject to an additional surcharge equal to fifty percent of the charges for the same category of customers.