Regulatory Updates

  APTEL upholds regulatory order on tariff and VCA charge disputes in Chhattisgarh The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) on 15 May 2025 ruled on Appeal No. 286 of 2017, filed by Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Ltd (CSPDCL), challenging a 2017 tariff order issued by the Chhattisgarh State Electricity Regulatory Commission (CSERC). The appeal raised six key issues related to annual revenue requirement (ARR) calculations and billing of Variable Cost Adjustment (VCA) charges. The…

  RERC finalises Green Energy Open Access Regulations, 2025  The Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) has finalised the Green Energy Open Access (GEOA) Regulations, 2025, with the order issued on 21 May 2025. Developed following stakeholder consultations, the regulations aim to promote renewable energy adoption while addressing critical issues such as eligibility, banking, charges, and dispute resolution. Under the new framework, consumers with a contract demand of 100 kW or more are eligible for green…

  APTEL orders tariff re-determination for GI Hydro project The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) on 26 May 2025 directed the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) to re-determine the tariff for the 110 MW Chuzachen hydroelectric project in Sikkim, developed by GI Hydro Pvt Ltd (formerly Gati Infrastructure). The Tribunal held that HERC wrongly applied its 2012 MYT Regulations instead of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) Tariff Regulations, 2014. GI Hydro had filed an…

  APTEL rejects CERC order, says developers not liable for abandoned Vemagiri transmission costs On 27 May 2025, the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) set aside a 2015 order by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) that had directed gas-based power developers—Samalkot Power Ltd and Spectrum Power Generation Ltd—to reimburse 80% of the acquisition cost of the Vemagiri Transmission System Ltd (VTSL) to Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL). The Tribunal held the order…

  SECI withdraws tariff adoption plea for 200 MW peak supply project  The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has allowed Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd. (SECI) to withdraw its petition seeking adoption of tariff for a 200 MW assured peak supply project awarded under the SECI FDRE VI scheme. In its order dated 15 May 2025, the Commission noted SECI’s submission that power sale agreements (PSAs) with distribution companies had not yet been finalized,…

CERC disposes of ACME petition after CTUIL agrees to consider earlier financial closure documents The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) on 26 May 2025 disposed of a petition filed by ACME Solar Holdings Ltd and its subsidiaries after the Central Transmission Utility of India Ltd (CTUIL) agreed to consider previously submitted financial closure documents in line with earlier Commission directions. ACME approached the Commission under Sections 79(1)(c), 79(1)(f), and 79(1)(k) of the Electricity Act, 2003,…