Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission determines Additional Surcharge for Open Access Consumers 2016-17
Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) in its order dated 1st October 2016 has computed the additional surcharge payable by the Open Access Consumers for the control period of 1st October 2016 to 31st March 2017.
The order has come as per the GERC Open Access Regulation which states, that additional surcharge shall be determined in 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. 0.44/kWh. The additional surcharge has decreased by Rs. 0.22/kWh from the previous surcharge.
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, 2016 to 31th March, 2017. The graph below depicts how the addition surcharge has varied over the past:
The regulation can be accessed here.