No power tariff trek in Telangana for next year

Hyderabad: Power customers have actually got great news ahead of the New Year 2023: Telangana power circulation business– Telangana State Northern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSNPDCL) and Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDCL)– have actually not proposed any boost in the existing power tariff for 2023-24 fiscal year. According to power tariff propositions that the discoms have actually sent to the Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) on Wednesday, yearly aggregate profits requirement (ARR) for the coming fiscal year is Rs 54,060 crore. Energy requirement is 83,111 million systems (MU) and sales forecast stands at 73,618 MU. TSSPDCL sent ARR for Rs 36,963 crore and TSNPDCL for Rs 17,095 crore. Overall profits gotten out of today tariff is Rs 43,525 crore, with the earnings space of Rs 10,535 crore. The discom-wise profits space is Rs 3,211 crore in TSSPDCL and Rs 7,324 crore in TSNPDCL. Aid gotten out of the state federal government is Rs 10,535 crore. The proposed real expense of service per system is Rs 7.34 for the fiscal year 2023-24 The real expense of service authorized by TSERC for 2022-23 is Rs 7.03 per system. Talking to press reporters here on Wednesday, Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission chairman T. Sriranga Rao stated that TSSPDCL and TSNPDCL have actually sent yearly aggregative earnings requirement (ARR) and power tariff propositions. Both the discoms looked for to continue the existing power tariff for next fiscal year (2023-24). After cautious confirmation, he stated the propositions will be provided for individuals on the TSERC site. “We will state public hearing dates on tariff propositions to welcome objections from individuals quickly”, he stated. Sriranga Rao stated a retail tariff order will be provided after hearing out various areas. “The orders will enter force from April 1, 2023,” he included. “The discoms proposed no walking in existing power tariff for the next fiscal year, however we will take decision over power tariff, whether to increase or continue the existing tariff after mindful factor to consider of the monetary position of both the discoms,” the chairman described. There are demands from different areas to modify the power classification of federal government schools and spiritual locations and a proper choice will be taken, he stated. The discoms looked for to gather energy modification charges due to trek in coal costs, which will impact power purchase expenditures, he stated. ERC authorized to gather energy change charges up to 30 paise per system, he stated, including that last guidelines will be formed after the state federal government authorizes the walking in energy modification charges. Sriranga Rao stated TSERC directed in its previous tariff orders that the discoms take actions to set up meters for farming circulation transformers. If AT and C losses are reduced to 15 percent, TSERC will think about tariff propositions, he stated. Couple of departments reported more than 50 percent AT and C losses, he stated. …
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