Allow BSES to exit agreement, power regulator writes to Centre

The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has written to the Union power ministry asking that share of electricity allocated to the Capital from the Dadri-I thermal power plant be given to other states.

According to senior power department officials, despite the expiry of the agreement to buy power from the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), which owns the Dadri plant, BSES discoms continue to pay around ₹35 crore per month as fixed charges to NTPC.

They explained that since NTPC refused to discontinue the power purchase agreement (PPA) with the BSES discoms, the power companies approached the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), which ruled in their favour.