State Electricity Distribution Companies

Smart meter tenders have gained momentum in states, thanks to the new power distribution reforms scheme of the Centre

According to the National Commission, the suspicious manner in which the heavy drums were stolen, without leaving any evidence, provided grounds for repudiating the claim

Discoms in Delhi have sought a cost-reflective tariff for the current financial year through aggregate revenue requirement and true-up petitions to power regulator DERC, sources in the distribution companies said. Electricity rates in Delhi have not been hiked since 2014. In their true-up (reconciliation of actual and estimated accounts) petitions, the discoms have shown a revenue gap of Rs 2,906 crore. The aggregate revenue requirement (ARR) petitions project a standalone revenue gap of Rs 7,817 crore. The petitions were uploaded on the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) website. No official response was available from the BSES, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) or Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) over the issue. The distribution companies submitted their petitions for truing-up of their accounts till 2021-22 and the ARR and tariff for 2023-24. As mandated, the discoms submitted their ARRs -- practically their annual

Electricity from the central pool will not be allocated to states and UTs which will impose taxes on clean energy projects, impede the inter-state flow of power and have not cleared subsidy dues on electricity tariff, according to an official order. The Ministry of Power in an office order also stated that the power from the central pool will not be allocated to those states which have regulatory assets. Regulatory assets come into existence when power regulators acknowledge that the tariffs imposed on electricity consumers do not adequately cover the power purchase costs of distribution companies (discoms). Certain aspects will be examined whenever a request will be received from any state/union territory (UT) for allocation of power from the unallocated quota of Central Generating Stations, the order dated March 31, 2023, said. The ministry will take into account non-creation of regulatory assets and timely payment of subsidy declared, if any, in the consumer tariffs by the state

The new guidelines expanding consumer choices to green energy will remain subject to the uncertainties and quirks of state policy

State-owned discoms across the country are financially and operationally beleaguered despite four reform schemes in the past 15 years

A power sector engineers' body has asked the government to not introduce the electricity (amendment) bill in the upcoming session of Parliament "in haste" and hold discussions with all stakeholders

Adani was entitled to a sum equivalent to 50 per cent of the outstanding it claims, the court said on February 1

The power ministry recovered Rs 714 crore from Jharkhand last month

The plan for carrying out reforms for reducing losses of state distribution utilities was sought by the nation's power ministry and is under discussion

The rating factors in the companies' status as a wholly owned power sector entity of the state government

Finance Nirmala Sitharaman earlier this month announced Rs 90,000 crore liquidity infusion for discoms, saying that they owe Rs 94,000 crore to power generation companies

The sector requires special attention

Several states are falling behind in meeting the goals of the scheme