DERC asks Centre to reallocate Delhi’s power from NTPC Dadri

The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has written to the Centre requesting it to “permanently reallocate” Delhi’s share of power from the NTPC’s Dadri plant to other states, with the city’s largest discom, BSES, complaining that is pays Rs 35 crore per month as fixed charges despite not drawing any power from the facility since November last year.

In its letter to the Union Power Ministry on July 7, the DERC

In its letter to the Union Power Ministry on July 7, the DERC stressed that deallocation from Dadri will “ultimately benefit the consumers of Delhi”. The BSES has approximately 45 lakh consumers in the national capital.