Gridco, others get OERC notice on tariff review petitions

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) has served notices to the Grid Corporation of Odisha Limited (Gridco), OPTCL, the State government, four distribution companies owned by Tata Power and others to file affidavits in response to petitions challenging its tariff orders for 2021-22.

Contesting the bulk supply, retail supply and transmission tariff orders of OERC for the current financial year effective April 1, 2021, petitioner Ananda Kumar Mohapatra, a consumer activist-cum-power analyst, had pointed out several gross irregularities committed by the commission during determination of tariff.