AP power discoms want regulator to cut wind power tariff in existing PPAs

File petition covering 82 projects involving 70% of total installed wind capacity in the state, hearing next week

Despite being signatories, Andhra Pradesh power utilities have challenged the PPAs of wind power developers in a bid to reduce the agreed preferential tariff in the light of lower prices being quoted by some of these and other developers for the projects awarded through open bidding route in the country.

The Southern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited and the Eastern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited have a filed a petition before the AP Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) seeking orders amending the wind power tariff as well as the underlying norms and parameters that were used to determine