In a scathing attack on inefficient operations of state transmission utility Power Grid Corporation of India, the official au ditor Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has put the blame of higher electricity tariff on PSUs inability to recover Rs 6,853.43 crore from customers for relinquishing long-term access (LTA) to transmission network.
According to the CAG report on planning and implementation of transmission p rojects executed by PGCIL in the 12th Plan (2012-2017) presented in Parliament on Friday, a total 26,836 MW of LTA were surrendered by the customers from September 2010 to March 2018 but no relinquishment charges had been collec ted from the customers till date.