Petition No. 66/2005. Case: Damodar Valley Corporation Vs Department of Energy, Govt. of West Bengal and Ors.. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
| Case Number | Petition No. 66/2005 |
| Judges | Ashok Basu, Chairman, K.N. Sinha, Bhanu Bhushan and A.H. Jung, Members |
| Issue | Electricity Law |
| Judgement Date | June 21, 2005 |
| Court | Central Electricity Regulatory Commission |
Order:
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Heard Shri M.G. Ramachandran, Advocate for the petitioner. The copy of the petition be supplied to the respondents latest by 20.6.2005 who mayfile their reply by 20.7.2005 with an advance copy to the petitioner. The petitioner may file its rejoinder, if any, by 31.7.2005.
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Learned Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the notices shall be published by 17.6.2005 to invite objections/suggestions from general public within 30 days from the date of publication. Let the notices be published as stated.
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Meanwhile, the petitioner shall furnish the following information duly supported by affidavit latest by 20.7.2005, with copy to the respondents:
(a) Principles and methodologies adopted for computation of tariff up to 2003-04, with detailed computations for the last 2 tariff settings to bring out the charges under different functional activities like generation, transmission, distribution etc. along with cost elements like O&M, interest on loan, interest on working capital, return on investment, etc;
(b) Whether NFA or GFA approach was followed for computation of tariff for the period prior to 1.4.2004;
(c) Details of investment in different functional areas of the petitioner; and in case of generation projects, the details should be furnished station-wise;
(d) Gross value of non-performing assets included in the capital cost for tariff computation;
(e) Reasons for not including return on equity in the tariff applicable up to 31.3.2004;
(f) Co-relation between existing O&M charges in 2003-04 with actual O&M charges indicated for 1998-99 to 2002-03;
(g) Justification for inclusion of certain elements like proportional share of direction and other offices, general overhead charges, operating expenses of subsidiary activities, and expenses on fuel in O&M, along with break-up;
(h) Operation and maintenance requirements in each functional activity separately, giving details under the relevant heads;
(i) Viability of R&M on old vintage machines and whether these machines can be replaced by new machines;
(j) Extension in life from a reference date coupled with the realistic improvement in operational parameters like station heat rate, specific fuel oil consumption and auxiliary energy consumption consequent to R&M;
(k) Quarterly operational data relating to availability or machine availability, PLF, station heat rate, auxiliary energy consumption, and specific fuel oil consumption for 1999-2000 to 2003-04 along with reasons for low...
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