The Andhra Pradesh high court directed discoms to give details of the amount due to various solar and wind energy generation companies across the state. The division bench headed by chief justice Arup Kumar Goswami heard a petition filed by solar and wind energy generation companies challenging the orders given by the single bench of the high court permitting the Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) to revise the unit charge of power purchases.
Senior counsel P Raghu Sriram, Basava Prabhu Patil and Sanjan Poovayya appeared for the power generation companies and argued that the state government failed to implement the single bench orders and didn’t make payments as prescribed.
“The court directed to pay Rs 2.43 paise per unit for wind energy and Rs 2.44 pause per unit for solar energy. But the discoms failed to pay single rupee and power generation companies are becoming bankrupt,” said the counsel for power generation companies.
Advocate general S Sriram, appearing for the state government, accepted that the state government has to pay due Rs 1,384 crore. He submitted to the court that the government is searching for ways to make these payments at the earliest. He sought time to file a counter. The court permitted the state government to file a counter with details of total dues to the renewable power generation companies till 31 March 2021. The court posted the matter for hearing on 1 April 2021.
