APERC to hear Discoms’ plea on true-up claims on June 30

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) will hold a hearing on the true-up claims for retail supply business made by the power distribution companies (Discoms) for the year 2019-20 on June 30. The discoms have filed petitions claiming true-up charges of Rs 2,542 crore. The Discoms have also filed their replies for the objections raised by various stakeholders.

One of the pertinent issues raised by the objectors was the procurement of higher quantum power from markets. One of the objectors, M Venugopala Rao, convenor of Hyderabad-based Centre for Power Studies claimed that the ‘hefty’ true-up claim was ‘questionable’ and added that purchases from markets were made despite surplus availability of power in the State.