ANDHRA
PRADESH ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Hyderabad
Dated: 01.04.2006
Sri. K. Swaminathan, Chairman
Sri. K. Sreerama Murthy, Member
Sri. Surinder Pal, Member
O.P.No.13 of 2006
(Suo motu)
In
the matter of determination of Surcharge under Sections 39, 40 and 42 of the
Electricity Act, 2003 and additional surcharge under subsection (4) of Section
42 of the said Act for the FY 2006-07.
WHEREAS Sections
39(2)(d)(ii) and 40(c) of Electricity Act, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as
‘the Act’) provide for payment of a surcharge (hereinafter also referred to as
‘the cross-subsidy surcharge’) when a transmission system is used for open
access for supply of electricity to a consumer and Section 42(2) of the Act
provides for payment of the surcharge in addition to the wheeling charges as
determined by the State Commission.
AND WHEREAS as
per the aforementioned provisions, the surcharge has to be utilised to meet the
requirements of current level of cross-subsidy.
AND WHEREAS
Section 42(4) of the Act further provides that a consumer permitted to receive
supply of electricity from a person other than the Distribution Licensee of the
area in which such consumer is located, shall be liable to pay an additional
surcharge to meet the fixed cost of the distribution licensee arising out of
his obligation to supply.
AND WHEREAS the
aforementioned cross-subsidy surcharge and the additional surcharge for the
year 2005-06 and the methodology for computation thereof were determined by the
Commission vide its Order dated 21.09.2005 in O.P.No.16 of 2005.
AND WHEREAS
pursuant to the notification of Tariff Policy by the Government of India
published in the Gazette of India on 06.01.2006, the Commission initiated
proceedings by issuing a public notice on 12.01.2006 for review of the
methodologies for computation of cross-subsidy surcharge and additional
surcharge in the light of the said Tariff Policy, and the Commission has also
received some written responses to its said notice, and this matter also came
up for public hearing on 16.02.2006 at Karimnagar, 18.02.2006 at Rajahmundry,
20.02.2006 at Nellore and 22.02.2006 at Kurnool, in the presence of the
representation of the licensees, individuals, consumer rights activists and
other stakeholders.
AND WHEREAS in
view of its preoccupations with several matters, like determination of
transmission tariff, wheeling tariffs / charges and tariff for retail sale of
electricity, etc., for the year 2006-07, the Commission could not complete the
above-mentioned proceedings and therefore, deems just and appropriate to issue
an interim Order to provisionally extend the applicability of the rates of
surcharge /additional surcharge already specified in its order dated 21.09.2005
in O.P.No.16 of 2005, from 1st April 2006 onwards.
NOW, THEREFORE,
the Commission in exercise of powers conferred by Section 94(2) of the Act and
all other powers enabling it in that behalf extends the applicability of the
rates of surcharge and the Additional Surcharge specified in the Annexure-II of
aforementioned Order dated 21.09.2005 for different categories of consumers
availing of open access at different voltages from 1st April, 2006
onwards till the Commission passes a final order on the proceedings already initiated,
subject to adjustment of the surcharge/ additional surcharge if any so paid
against that payable as per the final Order.
This
Order is corrected and signed this 1st day of April 2006.
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