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

State Reports (Vol.-III)
Study on `Impact of Restructuring of SEBs’
8 Mar 2004 on admissibility of ARR for T&BS Business for 2004-05 and T&BS Tariffs
2003
20 Aug 2003 on ARR for D&RS Business for 2003-04
12 Aug 2003 on ARR for T&BS Business for FY 2003-04 and T&BS Tariffs
2002
16Aug 2002 on ARR for D&RS Business for 2002-03
16Aug 2002 on ARR for T&BS Business for 2002-03 and T&BS Tariffs
2001
11 Aug 2001 on ARR for D&RS Business for 2001-02 and D&RS Tariffs
06 Aug 2001 on ARR for T&BS Business for 2001-02 and T&BS Tariffs
2000
22 Dec 2000 on ARR for D&RS business for 2000-01 and D&RS Tariffs
14 Dec 2000 on ARR for T&BS business for 2000-01 and T&BS Tariffs
1999
29 Nov 1999 on ARR Filing by the HVPN for its Distribution and Retail Supply Business for 1999-2000
26 Nov1999 on ARR Filing by the HVPN for its Transmission and Bulk Supply Business for 1999-2000
TARIFF REVISION
Since its inception, the Commission has issued seven orders on ARR for Distribution
and Retail Supply (D&RS) business of the DISCOMs. However, the distribution and
retail supply tariff have been revised only thrice in the last seven years. This is in spite
of the increase in power purchase expenses of the DISCOMs. In the tariff setting
philosophy of the Commission, it was envisaged that the tariff shall move towards
cost to serve and the cross-subsidies shall be gradually removed. While there is no
subsidy to domestic consumers, tariff for industrial and commercial categories have
remained the same. But agricultural tariffs were reduced instead of being
progressively increased towards the cost to serve. This is a matter of concern since it
is a deviation from the basic principle of reforms and tariff rationalisation and phasing
out of cross-subsidies. The following table shows the tariff structure across the years
for the DISCOMs.
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