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DAKSHIN HARYANA BIJLI VITRAN NIGAM
Sales Circular No. D-10/2013 From CE/Commercial, DHBVN, Hisar. To All CEs/SEs/XENs/SDOs/OP, JEs-I, Incharge Sub office, in DHBVN.
Memo No. Ch-10/SE/C-16/50/2013/S/C Dated : 20/3/2013
Subject: Providing uninterrupted supply of power on selected Urban and Industrial feeders and applying reliability surcharge thereon.
Enclosed please find herewith the copy of HERC order dated
14/3/2013 on the subject cited matter for compliance. This order is also available
on Commission’s website www.herc.gov.in.
Related Instructions are amended to this extent please.
The above instructions should be brought to the notice of all concerned
for careful and meticulous compliance.
DA/As above CE/Commercial DHBVN, Hisar
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BEFORE THE HARYANA ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION BAYS NO. 33 - 36, SECTOR – 4, PANCHKULA
Case No. HERC/PRO – 26 of 2012
Date of Hearing: 12.02.2013
Date of Order: 14 .03 .2013
In the matter of
1. Petition filed by Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVNL) for providing
uninterrupted supply of power on selected Urban and Industrial feeders and
applying reliability surcharge thereon. Petitioner
2. M/s Faridabad Industries Association, Faridabad Respondent-1
3. M/s Jindal Stainless Ltd., Hisar Respondent-2
And in the matter of:-
Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Vidyut Sadan, Hisar, Haryana.
Quorum: Shri R.N. Prasher, Chairman
Shri Rohtash Dahiya, Member
Shri Rampal, Member
Present on behalf of Interveners: Shri R.P. Jindal, JSL
Col. (Retd) Shailendra Kapoor, FIA
Shri D.K. Gangwar,Starwire (I) Ltd.
Shri Ranjan Anand, Escorts (T)
Shri V.K. Sodhi, Yamuna Nagar – Jagadhri
Chamber of Commerce & Industries.
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On behalf of UHBVNL / DHBVNL: Shri Devendra Singh, Chairman cum Managing
Director.
Shri P.C. Gupta CE/Comm, DHBVNL
Shri Anish Kumar, DHBVNL
ORDER
1. The Distribution & Retail Supply Licensee in the Southern Circles of
Haryana i.e. Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam had submitted the
present Petition vide memo no. Ch-53/SE/RA-282/Vol – VII dated
31.10.2012 for providing uninterrupted supply of power on selected
Urban and Industrial feeders and applying reliability surcharge
thereon. The Distribution & Retail Supply Licensee in the Northern
Circles of Haryana i.e. Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam vide their
memo no. Ch-79/GM/RA/N/F-54/Vol – VIII (8) dated 13.12.2012 also
agreed with the contents of the Petition filed by Dakshin Haryana Bijli
Vitran Nigam (both the Petitioners are hereinafter referred to as the
Discoms).
2. The Discoms, in their Present Petition, have prayed as under:-
(i) For implementation of providing uninterrupted power supply to the
consumers on selected feeders and levy reliability surcharge on all the
units consumed during a month.
(ii) Approval to implement the above proposal may be granted for a
period of one year or till such time Haryana is power surplus or as may
be approved by this Commission.
(iii) The Commission may determine compensatory charges in an
event power availability to such consumer(s) is below 90% on the
feeder.
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(iv) The Commission may allow reconciliation of Reliability Charges
collected on a periodic basis.
(v) Pass any such other order(s) and / or direction(s) which the
Commission may deem fit and proper considering the facts and
circumstances of the case.
3. The Discoms, while seeking the above, have submitted the following
for consideration of the Commission.
3.1 Need for filing the present petition:
The Discoms had submitted that they desire to provide uninterrupted
power supply for 24 hours to Urban/ Bulk Supply/ Bulk Domestic/ NDS
and Industrial feeders with loss levels as specified in table – 6. In order
to improve customer satisfaction and provide 24 hours power supply to
the consumers who wish to avail this facility the Discoms had
submitted that they would have to purchase additional power for this
purpose and hence they have filed the present petition to get the extra
power procurement cost approved and to be recover the additional
cost as reliability charge.
3.2 Determination of Power Purchase quantum:
a) The Discoms had provided energy units in MUs for FY 2012-13,
as approved by the Commission for sale to Domestic, Non
domestic, HT industry, LT Industry and Bulk Supply category of
consumers of the Discom. The same is reproduced in table – 1.
Table 1
Category DHBVN (MU)
Domestic 3840
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Non Domestic 2751
HT Industry 4477
LT Industry 815
Bulk Supply 344
b) As on date, DHBVN had submitted, that they are maintaining
the running hours for its urban/ mixed urban and industrial
feeders as depicted in table – 2.
Table 2
Category DHBVN
Urban/ Mixed urban 20 hours
Industrial/ Independent 20.5 hours
a) It was further submitted by the Discoms that in order to
maintain 24 hour power supply to the consumers on selected
feeders, additional power needs to be purchased, which will
primarily be procured from open market at a price higher than
the price at which long term power procurement is done by
them. In support of this contention the Discoms had provided
the details of price of electricity in the open market for FY 2011-
12 and FY 2012-13. The same is presented in the tables 3, 4 &
5.
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Table 3 Price of Short term transactions of electricity (Rs/kWh), 2011-12
Period
Bilateral Though Traders Power
Exchange UI
RTC Peak Off Peak Total IEX PXIL NEW Grid SR Grid
Apr-11 4.76 5.07 4.72 4.76 3.49 4.00 3.91 6.35
May-11 4.52 5.02 4.22 4.49 2.96 3.03 2.86 3.82
Jun-11 3.81 4.94 3.81 3.82 2.80 2.99 2.96 3.29
Jul-11 3.90 3.95 3.70 3.90 2.97 3.22 3.55 3.42
Aug-11 3.88 4.73 3.61 3.88 2.89 3.01 3.14 2.68
Sep-11 3.95 6.26 4.63 3.95 3.00 3.08 3.81 3.24
Oct-11 4.19 5.16 5.02 4.22 5.40 5.42 6.55 5.52
Nov-11 4.25 6.80 4.75 4.29 4.08 4.09 4.81 4.92
Dec-11 4.12 6.05 4.46 4.17 4.05 4.02 5.40 4.35
Jan-12 4.38 6.10 5.12 4.43 3.29 3.36 3.33 4.36
Feb-12 4.41 5.93 4.70 4.45 3.34 3.50 3.17 5.09
Mar-12 4.37 5.74 4.86 4.43 3.32 3.94 2.96 5.87
Source: CERC Report on Short term power market in India: 2011-12
Table 4 Electricity Prices in IEX (Rs/kWh), 2011-12
Summary Apr-11
May-11
Jun-11
Jul-11
Aug-11
Sep-11
Oct-11
Nov-11
Dec-11
Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12
Average (RTC) 3.53 2.94 2.80 2.99 2.99 3.10 5.43 4.14 4.17 3.46 3.63 3.26
Peak 4.35 3.25 3.15 3.73 4.03 4.54 6.22 4.44 4.70 3.88 3.87 3.52
Non Peak 3.25 2.84 2.68 2.74 2.64 2.62 5.16 4.04 3.99 3.32 3.56 3.18
Day 3.45 3.36 3.15 3.19 2.90 2.88 5.42 4.57 4.59 3.75 3.79 3.40
Night 3.18 2.59 2.45 2.39 2.56 2.48 5.04 3.46 3.13 2.54 3.01 2.93
Morning 3.02 2.36 2.25 2.55 2.32 2.41 4.95 4.13 4.45 3.92 4.10 3.21
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Table 5
The Discoms had submitted that the data from Power Exchange India
Limited (PXIL) has not been included in tables 4 and 5 due to small
volume of power trading done through this exchange which is less than
10% of the volume traded in IEX. The Discoms have submitted that It can
be observed from the above tables that in most of the cases the per unit
price of electricity sold is more than the average rate of power purchase
allowed by the Commission in FY 2012-13 for DHBVN i.e. Rs. 3.20 / kWh
without accounting for inter- state and intra-state transmission losses and
the losses in the distribution system.
3.3 Reliability / Additional Charge:
a) The Discoms have proposed to provide uninterrupted power
supply only on the selected urban and industrial feeders having
existing line loss levels as per table -6.
Price of Short term transactions of electricity (Rs/kWh), 2012-13
Month
IEX NEW Grid Traders
Min Max Weighted Average Peak
Non Peak Min Max
Average Price Min Max
Weighted Average Peak
Off Peak
Apr-12 1.20 20.00 3.19 3.35 3.04 0.00 12.22 2.81 2.96 7.07 4.40 5.78 4.95
May-12 1.80 19.95 3.60 3.66 3.35 0.00 17.46 4.26 2.75 7.07 4.30 6.12 4.79
Jun-12 1.30 19.50 4.11 4.53 4.09 0.00 17.46 5.55 2.90 6.15 4.11 4.91 4.17
Jul-12 1.20 19.00 4.51 5.21 4.08 0.00 17.46 6.13 2.90 7.56 4.03 5.81 4.69
Aug-12 1.00 14.61 3.89 4.46 3.23 0.00 17.46 2.16 2.90 8.04 4.22 4.89 4.30
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Table 6
Feeders Line Loss level less than
Urban feeders/ Bulk Supply/ Bulk
Domestic/ NDS feeders
15%
Industrial feeders 6%
b) Period of Implementation
The Discoms have proposed to levy the reliability surcharge on the
consumers availing this facility for a minimum period of one year or
till such time the State of Haryana is power surplus, whichever is
earlier.
c) In order to supply uninterrupted power to the consumers on
selected feeders, the Discoms have submitted that they would
make substantial capital investment for strengthening the
distribution network so that the entire system can bear the
additional load on the feeders which will be kept energized at all
times in a day.
d) Additionally the Discoms, considering the high market price of
electricity and the capital investment to be made for strengthening
the distribution network, have proposed Rs 2.50 per unit as
additional reliability charge for the category of consumers to which
uninterrupted power supply shall be made available, on selected
Urban/ Bulk Supply/ Bulk Domestic/ NDS feeders and Industrial
feeders for all the units consumed in a month by the consumer.
The Discoms have mentioned that the industrial consumers use
diesel generators for generating electricity during period of power
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cuts. The electricity generated from DG sets costs around Rs 12
per unit. Hence the provision of 24 hours of uninterrupted power
supply by the Discom on payment of reliability charge, as
submitted by them, is a win-win proposition for the industrial
consumers.
e) The Discoms have further submitted that the facility of
uninterrupted power supply is optional. The group of consumers
on the above mentioned feeders, having the stipulated line loss
levels, who wish to avail this facility, will have to approach the
distribution licensee(s) and sign an undertaking whereby they shall
agree to pay reliability charge over and above their respective tariff
(energy charge, fixed charge, FSA, PLEC, electricity duty and
municipal tax). If more than 50% of the consumers on a particular
feeder agree to avail this facility then the Discoms shall provide
uninterrupted power supply to all the consumers on that particular
feeder and continue to charge reliability charge from all the
consumers on the feeder, irrespective of their consent.
f) Further the Discoms have mentioned that the distribution licensees
shall strive to provide power availability for more than 95% time of
the day. However, in case the power availability falls below 90%
time of the day, the distribution licensees shall pay compensatory
charges to all the consumers on the particular feeder where the
supply was below 90%. The charges shall be compensated in their
electricity bills. They have requested the Commission to determine
the compensatory charges.
4.0 Legal Status:
The Discoms have submitted that, the Electricity Act, 2003, lays
special emphasis on safeguarding consumer’s interest and also
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requires that the cost should be recovered in a reasonable manner.
The Electricity Act, 2003 mandates that tariff determination should
be guided by factors, which “encourage competition, efficiency,
economical use of resource, good performance and optimum
investment”. The relevant provision of Electricity Act, 2003 and
National Tariff Policy cited by the Petitioners are reiterated below:
Section 62 (Determination of tariff):
(3) The Appropriate Commission shall not, while determining the tariff under this Act, show undue preference to any consumer of electricity but may differentiate according to the consumer's load factor, power factor, voltage, total consumption of electricity during any specified period or the time at which the supply is required or the geographical position of any area, the nature of supply and the purpose for which the supply is required.
Section 94. (Powers of Appropriate Commission):
(2) The Appropriate Commission shall have the powers to pass such interim order in any proceeding, hearing or matter before the Appropriate Commission, as that Commission may consider appropriate.
Provision 8.2.1 of National Tariff Policy 2006 –
(1) All power purchase costs need to be considered legitimate unless it is established that the merit order principle has been violated or power has been purchased at unreasonable rates. The reduction of Aggregate Technical & Commercial (ATC) losses needs to be brought about but not by denying revenues required for power purchase for 24 hours supply and necessary and reasonable O&M and investment for system upgradation. Consumers, particularly those who are ready to pay a tariff which reflects efficient costs have the right to get uninterrupted 24 hours supply of quality power. Actual level of retail sales should be grossed up by normative level of T&D losses as indicated in MYT trajectory for allowing power purchase cost subject to justifiable power purchase mix variation (for example, more energy may be purchased from thermal generation in the event of poor rainfall) and fuel surcharge adjustment as per regulations of the SERC.
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In view of the above mentioned submissions the Petitioner has
concluded that while determining tariff, the Commission can
differentiate the tariff on the basis of nature of supply and other
parameters as mentioned above.
5.0 Objections filed by the Interveners:
In order to have the benefit of the views of the consumers likely to
be affected by the aforesaid proposal of the Discoms, the
Commission sought the views of the stakeholders on the same.
In response to the above, two almost identical objections were filed
by the Faridabad Industries Association and Jindal Steel
(hereinafter referred to as the Respondents). A brief synopsis of the
objections raised by the Respondents is presented below.
The Respondents, in their objections to the Discom’s proposal
mostly relied on the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003; Tariff
Policy notified by the Central Government in January, 2006; the
terms and conditions of the Distribution & Retail Supply license
granted by this Commission and the Regulations notified by the
Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission namely HERC
(Standard of Performance for the Distribution Licensee)
Regulations, 2004.
The Respondents have submitted that this Commission decides the
ARR and tariff for quality and reliable power; hence the petition of
the Discoms for introduction of reliability charge is devoid of merit
and needs to be rejected by this Commission.
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They had further submitted that as per the Electricity Act, 2003 and
HERC Regulations as well as the Terms and Conditions of the
License; it is the duty of the Licensee to provide 24 hours power
and to do so there is no need for any special dispensation.
Additionally, the Respondents have submitted that as far as
purchase of additional power is concerned this Commission allows
procurement of sufficient quantum of power. If the Licensee is able
to supply the same they will not need to resort to additional
purchase of power. Moreover, the Licensee, instead of selling the
available power to its , consumers is selling power outside the State
(inter –state sales).
In addition to the above the Respondents had submitted that the
very concept of selected feeders on the basis of line loss levels is
discriminatory. In fact the Petitioner should have created ‘express
feeders’ to provide uninterrupted supply and submitted a proposal
to this Commission for determining separate tariff for consumers on
such feeders.
The Respondents, in their written submission, had further submitted
that the proposed reliability charge of Rs. 2.50/unit on the plea of
high open market price of electricity and capital expenditures
required for strengthening the distribution system and further
comparing the same with cost of generation from Captive Power
sources, have overlooked the fact that under the prevailing law(s)
the consumers have the option to buy power from any other source
through open access and does not necessarily depend on captive
DG sources.
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Further, the Respondents had submitted that the present proposal
is bad in law as even if a single consumer opts out of the scheme
he could not be forced to pay the proposed reliability charge.
Additionally, the existing position wherein peak load exemption
surcharge (PLEC) is being levied by the Discoms, the proposal is
without any merit.
In view of the above arguments, the Respondents had submitted
that the proposal is unwarranted and hence ought to be rejected by
this Commission at the preliminary stage itself.
6.0 Public Hearing: The Commission scheduled a hearing of the parties on 12.02.2013
and heard at length the arguments of the Discoms in support of their
proposal and the counter arguments of the Respondents. As both
parties mostly reiterated their written submissions, the same is not
being reproduced here, except where the Petitioner agreed to
modify their written proposal / scheme.
7.0 The Commission’s observations and ruling:
a) As regards the preliminary objections of the Respondents
regarding non – admissibility of the Petition in accordance with the
provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003, the Commission has relied on
Section 62(3) of the Act and admitted the Petition.
b) The Commission has considered the submissions of the
Chairman cum Managing Director of the Discoms in the hearing held
on 12.02.2013 that the present proposal has been drafted after
consultation with the stakeholders wherein majority of the
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consumers have agreed to the scheme. The Commission upon
hearing the interveners is of the considered view that at present the
proposed scheme will be useful only for such large consumer(s) who
have Diesel Generator(s) as source of back – up power, which is
expensive as well as environmentally not benign. The Commission
believes that such large consumers(s) are generally on exclusive or
shared independent feeder(s) and they mostly have DG back – up
power supply. In case the proposed scheme is offered to such
consumer(s) there is very high probability that all of them on that
feeder will agree to it. However, for smaller consumer(s) who rely on
inverters etc. for power back – up there is very little likelihood that
they would be willing to pay the substantial additional cost i.e.
reliability charge over and above the applicable normal tariff and
charges. In the present format the scheme is designed to be
applicable on feeder(s) on which majority of the consumer(s) opt for
it. Effectively this would imply that merely because some
consumer(s) are willing to pay the extra cost the unwilling
consumer(s) too would have no option but to bear the extra burden.
The Commission, on this issue, agrees with the intervener, that such
a proposition is not justifiable. At the same time the Commission is
of the considered view that if the scheme is properly implemented
and the benefits of the same is quickly visible, more and more
consumer(s) will opt for the scheme. Therefore, to begin with, the Commission orders that this scheme shall be optional and applied only to the Consumer(s) on Independent Feeder or any other Feeder where all the Consumer(s) on such Feeder(s) opt for it. This, the Commission believes, would also allay the concerns raised by the Interveners in the public hearing.
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In view of the above discussions the Commission approves the scheme with certain modifications, as per the details in the subsequent paragraphs.
c) The Commission has considered the objections filed by FIA and
JSL regarding no need for additional power purchase by the
Discoms for providing reliable power and levying an exorbitant
reliability surcharge of Rs. 2.50/Unit over and above the normal tariff
as well as peak load exemption surcharge already being levied by
the Discoms. The Commission observes that the fact cannot be
denied that given the present energy balance and distribution
system constraints, the incidence of load shedding across consumer
categories is fairly acute. Further, the cost of 10% marginal long
term power purchased by the Discoms in FY 2012-13 was in excess
of Rs. 5.30/Unit as against the average power purchase cost of
about Rs. 3.65/Unit. Additionally, the Commission finds it difficult to
agree with the contention of the Respondents that on one hand the
Discoms are having surplus power and are selling power outside the
State and on the other hand they want to levy additional charge for
supplying reliable power to the electricity consumers in Haryana.
Regarding this the Commission notes that during off peak hours
there may be some surplus power available to the Discoms and
since the power is contracted on the basis of ‘take or pay’, the
Discoms are compelled to sell the same outside the State to
compensate for some cost of power that they have to incur under
long term contracts. However, the fact remains that during morning
and evening peak hours the quantum of power available to the
Discoms from the sources approved by the Commission, could be
inadequate due to higher than normative distribution losses and
hence power regulatory measures are implemented by the Discoms.
Consequently, in case the Discoms undertakes to provide reliable
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power they may have to either schedule the most expensive power
available in the Grid as at that point of time entire Northern Grid of
which Haryana is a small constituent, will be operating under low
grid frequency i.e. demand outstripping the power being dispatched
by the available generators. Thus arranging power in such a
scenario for the Discoms may turn out to be very expensive. This
fact is also supported by the details of price of short term power
including the power transacted through the IEX and electricity
traders submitted by the Discoms.
In view of the above, the Commission is of the considered view that
the additional cost incurred by the Discoms for supplying reliable
power needs to be recovered through a reliability charge.
(d) The Commission has examined the contention of the
Respondents that the Discoms, in accordance with this
Commission’s order, are already levying Peak Load Exemption
Surcharge (PLEC) and the proposal to levy reliability surcharge on
the plea that they have to purchase expensive power during peak
load hours is inappropriate. On this issue the Commission observes
that in the hearing held on 12.02.2013 the Chairman cum Managing
Director of the Discoms conceded this issue raised by the
Respondents and agreed that no PLEC shall be levied on the
consumer(s) who opt for availing reliable power and paying reliability
surcharge thereon.
Accordingly the Commission orders that since the consumer(s) who opt for reliable power after paying the reliability surcharge shall be doubly burdened in case PLEC is also recovered from them, the Discoms shall not levy any PLEC on such consumers. On such consumers Peak Load restrictions and
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PRM shall not apply. Further the scheme should be allowed only where the system is capable of being run even when all feeders emanating from a power transformer are running at their rated peak load.
(e) The issue of per unit rate of reliability charge was also discussed
at length. In the hearing held on 12.02.2013, the Chairman cum
Managing Director of the Discoms agreed to reduce the reliability
charge of Rs. 2.50 / unit originally proposed by them to Rs. 1.50 /
unit.
The Commission, considering the cost difference in the weighted
average rate of short term power and the weighted average rate of
long term power purchased by the Discoms, finds the modified
proposal reasonable and thus approves the same. Hence the reliability charge shall be Rs. 1.50 / unit subject to the terms and conditions as approved by the Commission in the present order.
(f) In the hearing held on 12.02.2013, the issue of consumers who
opt for reliable power and may be billed on MMC basis was also
raised. The Commission deliberated the issue at length and is of the
considered view that in case of such consumer(s) for any period /
billing cycle who is billed on MMC basis then in such an event in
addition to paying MMC as determined by the Commission in
accordance with the tariff order dated 31.03.2012, shall also pay the
reliability surcharge and other charges including FSA on the actual
energy consumed by him during the period.
(g) The Commission, in principle, agrees with the contention of the
Respondents that the Petitioner could have introduced the concept
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of ‘express feeder’ and submitted a proposal to this Commission for
separate tariff. In view of the above, the Commission orders
implementation of the reliability surcharge up to 31st March, 2014
and directs the Discoms to submit a proposal along with supporting
details with their next ARR and Tariff Petition. The Commission,
after taking into consideration the revenue impact and consumer’s
feedback as well as Discoms performance up to 31.03.2014, shall
decide whether to continue with the scheme or not.
(h) As regards the Discom’s proposal to determine compensatory
charges in an event the power availability is below 90% on the
feeders, the Commission is of the view that on such feeders where
reliably power and surcharge is introduced, the Discoms shall
ensure that to the extent possible, load shedding in not undertaken
since the consumers shall be paying reliability surcharge for every
Unit of consumption.
7.1 Terms & Conditions:
i) The number of Interruptions on such feeder(s) shall be capped at
30 per month. In case the interruptions, in any given month exceeds
the capped number for reasons not attributable to the Consumers,
then reliability charge shall not be leviable on the entire consumption
during such month(s). However, this shall be subject to force
majeure events such as weather conditions (flood, cyclone etc.),
devastating fire, major earthquake or any other act of God.
ii) The reliability charge / penalty shall be as per the table that
follows:
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Sr.No. Reliability of Supply Reliability Charge
1 Total Period during which supply
remained available during the
billing period works out to 95%
and above
Rs 1.50 /kWh
2 Total Period during which supply
remained available during the
billing period works out equal to
90% or above but less than 95%
Rs. 0.50 / kWh
3 Total Period during which supply
remained available during the
billing period works out to less
than 90%
Nil (Penalty Clause
shall apply)
iii) Penalty Clause:
In the event of availability of supply being less than 90% during the
billing period, the Discoms will pay a compensation of Rs. 0.50 /
kWh for the entire consumption of such consumer(s) during the
billing period.
iv) On all such feeder(s) brought under the ambit of reliable power
supply, the Discoms shall install AMR at the sub – station end of the
feeder. Till such time the meters are installed at the sub – station
end, the consumer’s meter(s) shall be relied upon for determining
the period of supply during the billing period / cycle.
v) In order to reconcile the accounts, as prayed for, the Discoms are
directed to maintain a separate account for the power supplied and
additional revenue generated from sale of such power to the
consumer(s) under the reliable power supply scheme. The additional
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revenue generated shall be set off against quarterly FSA claims of
the Discoms.
vi) Any additional capital expenditure that the Discoms may be
required to undertake to implement the scheme over and above the
Capex approved by the Commission in Discoms’s ARR, the
Discoms may file a petition along with relevant details for approval of
the Commission. However, such capital expenditure shall not
exceed 15% of the total additional revenue expected from this
scheme in the twelve month period.
viii) The Discoms shall be obliged to continue the scheme for 12
months.
ix) Power supplied under this scheme shall not be at the cost of
other consumers.
In conclusion, the Commission observes that due to envisaged
generation capacity augmentation in Haryana including power
availability from other long term sources, the peak load shortages
may not continue in the medium to long term. Hence the
Commission believes that the reliability charge approved by the
Commission is only a short term measure and ought not to continue
beyond a year or two at the most.
In view of the above discussions, the Commission allows the
Petition as modified in the relevant paragraphs for a period of one
year till 31.03.2014.
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This order is signed, dated and issued by the Haryana Electricity
Regulatory Commission on 14th March, 2013.
Date: 14th March, 2013 Place: Panchkula
(Ram Pal)
(Rohtash Dahiya)
(R.N. Prasher)
Member Member Chairman
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