Hyderabad: The Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) has turned down the aggregate revenue requirement (ARR) petitions submitted the two power distribution companies (discoms) as they were not accompanied by fresh tariff proposals.
They had filed petitions for determination of ARR for the financial years 2019-20, 20-21 and 2021-22. The orders were passed by commission chairman T. Sriranga Rao and members M.D. Manohar Raju (technical), Bandaru Krishnaiah (finance).
Both the TS Northern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSNPDCL) and TS Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDCL) had urged the regulator to condone the delay in filing ARR petitions, and allow filing the tariff proposals at a later date.
The commission in its letter dated June 5, had addressed a letter to the licensees for filing of proposed tariff (FPT) for 2021-22. It said the commission was in receipt of the proposed ARR for FY 2021-22 but the discoms had not filed the FPT.
It noted that though there was no filing of proposed tariff rates, the ARRs for the three years would be heard for admission on December 20.
The commission heard the submissions of the discoms’s representatives and checked the regulation applicable in these cases. As the discoms had not filed the proposals along with FPT within the stipulated period, as there was less than 120 days for filing them for consideration, the commission said it was unable to proceed with the filing in the present form on account of non-compliance of regulation.
In these circumstances, the commission said, it deemed it appropriate to decline from entertaining the ARR petitions mainly for the reason that the time period for which they were sought had lapsed.
