NEW DELHI: Discoms are unhappy with DERC's decision to withdraw Thursday's order on power purchase adjustment charges (PPAC).They were banking on the hike to meet rising expenditure, and now warn that their inability to pay generation companies may lead to blackouts in Delhi.
The three private discoms--BSES Rajdhani, BSES Yamuna and Tata Power Delhi--will now have to manage with the present tar iffs announced in July . Reacting to the news of the withdrawal, one discom shot off a letter to the government stating that the cost of power from central and local generating stations had increased significantly and they might not be able to meet these costs at current tariff levels."The cost of power from NTPC stations such as Dadri and Badarpur has increased from Rs 4 per unit to around Rs 6 per unit and the cost of power from generating stations in Delhi has increased from Rs 4 per unit to Rs 11 per unit," the letter said.
Discoms said they have little money to pay the generating companies in the present scenario. Power supply to east Delhi discom BYPL is already regulated from at least two sources, including DVC and SJVNL.
Sources in the companies blamed political pressure for DERC's decision to withdraw the hike. "The Electricty Act empowers DERC to work independent of any political pressure but that is not happening,'' said a source. The companies claimed delaying PPAC expenses would burden consumers more in the future."Ultimately , these are costs that power generators are charging and we are compelled to pay on a monthly basis, otherwise they will regulate power and Delhi will face outages,'' said the source.
Source:Economic times
No comments:
Post a Comment