The Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR) proposal has been filed in the Electricity Regulatory Commission on Thursday on behalf of the power distribution corporations of Uttar Pradesh. In this, a loss of Rs 11 to 12 thousand crores has been reported. If the Commission accepts the proposal, electricity may become costlier for consumers by 15 to 30 percent. Last time, an increase of 15 to 25 percent was proposed on the loss of Rs 9 thousand crore, which was rejected by the Regulatory Commission. Before preparing the new tariff plan, Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR) proposal is filed by the power distribution corporations. Then the proposal for increase is filed accordingly. The ARR filed with the Regulatory Commission on Thursday evening shows a loss of between Rs 11 to 12 thousand crores. This is based on 13.06 percent line losses recorded in the RDSS scheme. In this, stating the requirement of one lakh forty five thousand million units of electricity, its total cost has been estimated between Rs 80,000 crore to Rs 85,000 crore. Before this, an annual state requirement of approximately Rs 92,547 crore was filed in the year 2023-24. At that time the rate of increase was estimated at 15 to 25 percent.
About Rs 33,122 crore dues of consumers
This time the responsibility of increase while filing ARR has been left to the Regulatory Commission. In this matter, Consumer Council President Awadhesh Kumar Verma said that the electricity corporations in Uttar Pradesh owe about Rs 33,122 crore to the consumers. In the year 2024-25, the gap (deficit) of about Rs 11 to 12 crore from the corporations is a conspiracy with the Electricity Regulatory Commission to increase the electricity rates. This will not be allowed to succeed. Talking about tariff law, Thursday was the last day for power companies to file ARR. The power companies filed their ARR after 5 pm, showing a gap of Rs 11,000 to 12,000 crore in the proposal. The proposal was filed under Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) showing 13.06% line loss.
Leakage in boiler of fourth unit in NTPC
Leakage started in the boiler of the fourth unit of NTPC project on Thursday afternoon. Due to this the unit was shut down. Due to closure of the unit, power generation has reduced by 210 MW. On the other hand, due to low demand the fifth unit is already closed. The project officials are saying that the technical glitches will be resolved and the unit will be started soon. There are five units of 210-210 MW power generation capacity installed in the NTPC project. The sixth unit generates 500 MW electricity. On Thursday afternoon, there was a leak in the boiler of unit number four with 210 MW power generation capacity. As soon as the officials came to know about this, they closed the unit.
On receiving information, the project engineer reached the spot and inspected the defect. According to sources, the repair work of the unit will be started on Friday. Before this, on November 17, unit number five with 210 MW production capacity was closed due to low demand for electricity. It has not been started yet. Due to closure of two units, power generation in the project is decreasing by 420 MW. At present 1130 MW electricity is being produced from units one, two, three and sixth. Public Relations Officer of the project, Kamal Sharma said that one unit has been closed due to technical fault. Will be started after repair.