Fair or unfair? Men with a view on Adani, Tata compensatory power tariff

Long drawn tariff tussle, for which petition was first filed in 2012 also saw political influences

S Jayaraman, a former member of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), is a happy man. The retired official was perhaps the sole member against granting a compensatory tariff of any kind to Adani Power and Tata Power.

“In my view, there is no scope either under the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to establish a grant relief mechanism to the petitioner as prayed for. The petition lacks merit and is liable to be dismissed,” Jayaraman wrote in a 15th April 2013 note dissenting to a CERC decision to allow for a compensatory tariff. Jayaraman was part of a