GERC Computes Additional Surcharge
Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) in its order dated 25th September 2014 has computed the additional surcharge payable by the Open Access Consumers for the control period of 1st October 2014 to 31st March 2015.
The order has come as per the GERC Open Access Regulation which states that additional surcharge shall be determined every 6 months periods.
The GUVNL (Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited) furnished the data to the commission as per the guidelines defined and proposed an additional surcharge of Rs. 0.33/kWh.
The commission in its order based on the data submitted by GUVNL, approved additional surcharge at Rs. 0.26/kWh.
The Additional Surcharge will be applicable to the consumers of MGVCL, UGVCL, PGVCL and DGVCL, who avail power through open access from any source other than their respective DISCOMs and will be applicable for the open access transaction commencing from 1st October, 2014 to 31th March, 2015.
The relevant order can be accessed here.
Our previous blog post on APTEL order on solar tariff of Gujarat can be read here.
Contributed by Dheeraj Babariya.