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1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner, a generating company owned or controlled by the Central Government, for approval of tariff of Vindhyachal STPS Stage-III (1000 MW) (hereinafter referred to as "the generating station"), for the period 1.12.2006 to 31.3.2009, based on the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) Regulations, 2004 (hereinafter referred to as "the 2004 regulations").2. The generating station has two units with a capacity of 500 MW each.The date of commercial operation of different units of the generating station is as follows:---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual date of commercial Scheduled date of commercial operation operation---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unit-I 1.12.2006 24.2.2007---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unit-II 15.7.2007 24.8.2007--------------------------------------------...
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1. The application has been made for review of order dated 7.1.2008 in Petition No. 22/1999, whereby the Commission had revised the annual fixed charges for Kayamkulam Combined Cycle Power Project, (hereinafter referred to as "the generating station"), for the period 1.1.1999 to 31.3.2004, in the light of the judgment of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity dated 14.11.2006 in Appeal No. 96/2005. The applicant has accordingly prayed that the Appellate Tribunal's judgment may not be applied to the generating station, in view of the fact that the applicant's accounts for the year up to 2004-05 had been finalised.2. Tariff for the generating station for the period 1.1.1999 to 31.3.2004 was awarded vide the Commission's order dated 5.3.2004, subsequently revised vide order dated 18.5.2004. While awarding tariff for all generating stations owned by the respondent, for calculating interest on loan, the Commission had considered normative repayment or actual repayment, whichever was higher...
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1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. (NLC), a generating company owned and controlled by the Central Government for approval of tariff for its TPS-II, Stage-I (630 MW) and Stage-II (840 MW) (hereinafter referred to as "the generating station") for the period from 1.4.2004 to 31.3.2009 based on the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) Regulations, 2004 (hereinafter referred to as "the 2004 regulations").2. The generating station consists of three generating units each with a capacity of 210 MW under Stage-I and four generating units each with a capacity of 210 MW under Stage-II. The dates of commercial operation of the units of the generating station of Stage-I and Stage-II are as follows: 3. The tariff for the generating station for the period 2001-04 was determined by the Commission on "Net Fixed Assets" basis by order dated 23.3.2007 in Petition No. 5/2002 as under: (Rs. in lakh) Particulars 2001-02...
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1. The application for review has been made by Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (hereinafter referred to as "the applicant") for review of the Commission's order dated 31.1.2008 in Petition No. 179/2004 whereby the Commission determined tariff for Talcher STPS Stage-II, hereinafter referred to as "the generating station" for the period 1.4.2004 to 31.3.2009.2. The generating station comprises of four units of 500 MW each. The first two units were declared under commercial operation during 2003-04, and their tariff for that year was approved by the Commission in its order dated 13.6.2005 in Petition No. 1/2003. The third and fourth units were declared under commercial operation on 1.11.2004 and 1.8.2005 respectively.3. Petition No. 179/2004 was filed by the respondent for determination of tariff for the generating station wherein it considered the capital cost as under: 4. For the purpose of tariff, the respondent considered loan of Rs. 347277 lakh (notional) and equity of Rs. 148833 lakh ...
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1. The application has been made for approval of tariff for 400 kV D/C Muzaffarpur-Gorakhpur transmission line (the transmission line) in Eastern-Northern inter-connector associated with Tala Hydro Electric Project, East-North inter-connector and Northern Region transmission system (collectively referred to as the transmission system) for the period from 1.9.2006 to 31.3.2009, based on the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) Regulations, 2004 (hereinafter referred to as "the 2004 regulations") after accounting for additional capitalization of Rs. 2359.78 lakh during 2006-07 and up to 30.9.2007. The petitioner has also claimed reimbursement of insurance expenses, licence fee and higher O & M charges. The petitioner has further prayed for the reimbursement of expenditure from the beneficiaries incurred towards publishing notices in newspapers and the petition filing fee.2. The administrative approval and expenditure sanction for the transmissio...
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1. In these petitions, the petitioner, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, had sought approval of tariff in respect of its various transmission assets in Southern Region for the period from 1.4.2004 to 31.3.2009, based on the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms & Conditions of Tariff) Regulations 2004 (hereinafter referred to as "the 2004 regulations"). On completion of pleadings and after hearing the parties, final tariff in respect of these assets was awarded by different orders. The details of capital cost, equity considered at the time of award of tariff and the summary of the tariff awarded in each case are given in the annexures I to III attached.While awarding tariff, the Commission adopted capital cost, loan, equity, etc considered for determination of tariff for the period 1.4.2001 to 31.3.2004. Also, FERV for the period up to 31.3.2004 was capitalized and apportioned between debt and equity in the same ratio as considered for the period 1.4.2001 to 31.3...
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1. In these petitions, the petitioner, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd had sought approval for tariff in respect of its various transmission assets in Eastern Region for the period from 1.4.2004 to 31.3.2009 based on the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) Regulations, 2004, (hereinafter referred to as "the 2004 regulations"). On completion of pleadings and after hearing the parties, final tariff in respect of the transmission systems for the period 1.4.2004 to 31.3.2009 was awarded. The details of the orders, capital cost considered in the orders and final tariff awarded by the Commission are given in Annexures I to II of this order.2. Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) filed Appeal No. 135/2005 in the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (the Tribunal) against order dated 30.6.2006 of the Commission in Petition No 40/2002, vide which while fixing transmission tariff in respect of 400 kV D/C Kaiga-Sirsi transmission line along with associated...
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1. The petitioner, NTPC Limited, filed this petition for approval of tariff in respect of Talcher Super Thermal power Station, Stage-II (2000 MW) (hereinafter referred to as "the generating station") for the period from 1.4.2004 to 31.3.2009, in terms of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) Regulations, 2004 (hereinafter referred to as "the 2004 regulations").1. The generating station comprises of 4 units of 500 MW each and was to be commissioned by May 2006 as per the approved schedule. However, it was declared under commercial operation on 1.8.2005, ahead of schedule, as noted from the dates of commercial operation of the different generating units of the generating station as given below.2. The tariff for Units I & II of the generating station for the period 1.8.2003 to 31.3.2004, was determined by the Commission by order dated 13.6.2005 in Petition No.1/2003. Scheduled date of commercial operation as per Board Actual date of commercial...
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1. The present application has been made by Coastal Andhra Power Limited under Section 63 of Electricity Act, 2003 for adoption of tariff determined through international competitive bidding process for supply of electricity from Krishnapatnam Ultra Mega Power Project (hereinafter referred as 'Krishnapatnam UMPP').2. Section 63 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') envisages that the Appropriate Commission shall adopt the tariff if such tariff has been determined through the transparent process of bidding in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Central Government. The Central Government in Ministry of Power has issued the guidelines contemplated under Section 63 of the Act, titled "Guidelines for Determination of Tariff by Bidding Process for Procurement of Power by Distribution Licensees" (hereinafter referred to as 'the guidelines') vide Resolution No. 23/11/2004-R&R(Vol.II) dated 19.1.2005 which have been further modified vide amendments da...
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1. The petitioner, NTPC Limited, had filed this petition for approval of tariff in respect of Kayamkulam Combined Cycle Power Project (hereinafter referred to as "the generating station") for the period 1.1.1999 to 31.3.2004. On completion of pleadings and after hearing the parties, final tariff in respect of the generating station was awarded vide the Commission's order dated 5.3.2004, which was subsequently revised vide order dated 18.5.2004. The summary of the annual fixed charges awarded is given hereunder: (Rs in lakh) Particulars 1.1.1999 to 31.3.1999 1.4.1999 to 30.4.1999 1.5.1999 to 29.2.2000 1.3.2000 to 31.3.2000 2000-01 Interest on Loan 2172 Interest on Working Capital 621 Depreciation 0 Advance against Depreciation 0 Return on Equity 2248 O & M Expenses 1171 2. Details of the computation of interest on working capital awarded in the above order are as under: (Rs in lakh) Particulars 1.1.1999 to 31.3.1999 1.4.1999 to 30.4.1999 1.5.1999 to 29.2.2000 1.3.2000 to 31.3.2000 ...
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