BSES can recover 230 crore as cost of power

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) recently allowed the power distribution utility, BSES Yamuna, to recover from its consumers Rs 230 crore in power purchase costs incurred for buying power from Anta, Auraiya and Dadri stations from 2012-13 to 2015-16.

DERC had disallowed the same in the 2015-16 tariff order as its permission was not taken for renewing the power purchase agreement (PPA) with these three stations.

In its submission, the discom said Anta, Auraiya and Dadri gas-based stations were part of the consolidated power purchase agreement signed with National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) on June 5, 2008. As per a supplementary PPA, the terms of procurement from these stations were increased beyond their respective expiry dates to the end of their useful life.

Both BSES discoms, Yamuna and Rajdhani, filed a review petition in July 2017, requesting DERC to reassess its order. DERC then allowed impact of the same in the latest tariff order this March, but didn't allow this for the past period while Tata Power Delhi got the same relief in July, BSES said.

BYPL further claimed that if it hadn't got power from these plants, they would have paid a much higher rate. "The power from these stations has already been supplied and consumed by the consumers of the petitioner," it said.