Petition Filed for Tariff Determination of Assets Under Eastern Region Strengthening Scheme – XXII

Case Summary – PGCIL Transmission Tariff Petitions

Forum: Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), New Delhi
Date of Hearing: 19 August 2025
Coram:

• Jishnu Barua, Chairperson
• Ramesh Babu V., Member
• Harish Dudani, Member
• Ravinder Singh Dhillon, Member

1. Petitions Covered

1. 396/TT/2024 – Tariff for assets under Eastern Region Strengthening Scheme – XXII (ERSS-XXII).
2. 211/TT/2024 – Tariff for 4 assets under North East–Northern/Western Interconnector-I Project (NER).
3. 213/TT/2024 – Tariff for 1 no. 220 kV line bay at Chamera Pooling Station (for Karian–Chamera Pool line, NR).
4. 196/TT/2025 – Truing up (2019–24) & tariff for 2024–29 for:
   • Asset-I: 50 MVAR Line Reactor at Jaipur (South) (used as Bus Reactor).
   • Asset-II: 400 kV D/c Kota–Jaipur (South) line with bays (RAPP 7&8 evacuation, NR).

2. Parties

Petitioner: Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL)
Respondents: State utilities (BSPHCL, APDCL, HPPTCL, UPPCL, etc.)
Other Participants: NHPC, NPCIL

3. Proceedings

• 396/TT/2024: PGCIL sought permission to implead WBSETCL as party; Commission allowed, directed amended Memo of Parties.
• 196/TT/2025: Respondent counsel sought adjournment (illness).
• 211/TT/2024 & 213/TT/2024: Counsels flagged mismatch in implementation of assets; requested further listing.

4. Commission’s Directions

General:

• Petitioner to file required data/information within 2 weeks (affidavit).
• Respondents to file replies within 2 weeks; Petitioner may file rejoinder within 1 week.

Petition-specific:

• 396/TT/2024: Submit Form-5A & Part-B of Form-7.
• 211/TT/2024:
  • Justify delay in forest clearance (2012 rejection → 2018 reapplication).
  • Submit Part-B of Form-7.
  • Confirm recovery of LD from contractor (details).
  • Provide award/commencement/completion dates.
  • Activity-wise time overrun table (with reasons).
  • RoW overrun details with evidence of compensation.
  • Shutdown overrun details.
  • Confirm commissioning “on load”.
  • Submit updated Auditor’s Certificate & IDC discharge statement reflecting revised notional IDC (₹12,276.26 lakh for Asset-2; ₹15,056.27 lakh for Asset-3).
  • Reconcile IDC figure mismatches between petition & computations.
• 213/TT/2024:
  • Justify LOA completion mismatch (planned 24.04.2022 vs. actual 27.04.2022) with supporting docs.
  • Provide CTUIL Certificate (per Grid Code 2023, Reg. 27(1)(c)) approving COD.

5. Next Hearing

Scheduled for 21 October 2025.

6. Outcome

Type of Order: Procedural (Record of Proceedings)
Effect: Multiple compliances ordered (IDC reconciliation, RoW/shutdown data, CTUIL certification, amended parties).
Final tariff determination reserved, pending compliance.