Report of Indian Institute of Public Administration ... - Ministry of Power

Assam
About 1.61 lakh below poverty line (BPL) category of consumers have been
provided subsidy towards their electricity consumption. Cross-subsidy still
exists in ASEB. In the tariff petition for the year 2005-06, tariff increase
demanded was 26 per cent, the Commission granted only 3 per cent. For the
year 2006-07, the increase asked for is 21 per cent for which tariff order is yet
to be issued.
AERC has come out with regulations regarding ‘Open Access’ in transmission
and distribution of power. Open Access for customers with connected load
above one MW will be completed in a phased manner by December 2008.
Companies will have to pay transmission charges, wheeling charges, crosssubsidy
surcharge (CSS) and additional surcharge payable to the DISCOMs for
their fixed costs. CSS will not be payable by the captive consumers.
ABT is, however, yet to be introduced.
4.1 Memorandum of Understanding
Commitment made by the State Government in the MoU signed with Ministry
of Power, Government of India and the status is as under:
Table: Commitment Made by the State Government in the MoU
Commitment as Per MoU
Reduction of transmission &
distribution losses
Targeted Completion
Schedule
To reduce T&D losses to
20% by 31 March 2002
100% electrification of all villages 31 March 2007
100% metering of all Distribution
feeder
100% metering of all consumers 31 December 2001
Securitise outstanding dues of Central
public sector undertaking
On line computerised billing in all
major towns
To bring down the level of ASEB’s
receivables to 60 days billing
5 PRESENT STATUS
31 July 2001 Completed
30 September 2001
8.9
Status as on 31 March
2005
T&D losses are 37.63%
62.3% villages electrified (as
on 31.3.06)
120942 un-metered
connections yet to be
converted to metered status.
Power bond issued by Govt. of
Assam
31March 2002 Not yet achieved
March 2002
Not yet achieved.
Receivable (revenue) 114 days
billing
The new entities are in a period of transition. 2004-05 was the first year of the
independent operation of the newly created utilities. The commercial and