BHUBANESWAR: Reliance Infrastructure Limited (RIL), the managing investor and major shareholder in the erstwhile distribution companies – NESCO, SOUTHCO and WESCO has urged the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) to set aside the October 10, 2021 order of Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) directing it to pay arrears amounting to Rs 4,234 crore to the State-owned bulk power trading utility GRIDCO.
Challenging the legality, validity and propriety of the OERC order, RIL said that the Commission lacked the inherent jurisdiction to issue directions against the appellant which is neither a ‘licensee’ nor a ‘generating company’ within the ambit of section 86(1)(f) of the Electricity Act, 2003.
