Dues owed by discoms has gone up 50 per cent as government subsidy continues to get delayed
Dues owed by power distribution companies (discoms) has gone up by more than 50 per cent to ₹80,000 crore, as government subsidy continues to get delayed.
The mounting debt is attributed to a combination of factors from inaccurate billing to high aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses from leakages and non-collection of payments.
AT&C losses
In FY18, the actual AT&C losses of six discoms – Eastern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh, discoms of Telangana, North Eastern Electricity Supply Company of Odisha, Dakshin Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd of Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand Power Corporation Ltd – were higher than that of FY17.
