The Covid-19 pandemic has adversely affected the financial system as a complete since FY 2020-21. Although the affect of Covid-19 is minimal within the case of Technology and Transmission, there was a major affect on distribution sector agency, i.e., APDCL. APDCL in its petition factored the affect of Covid 19 in addition to different points and urged the fee for approval of truing up a niche of Rs 1,168 crore together with a carrying price of Rs 195 crore for FY 2020-21. APDCL has claimed an APR hole of Rs 710 crore for FY 2021-22 and an ARR hole of Rs 1,157 crore for FY 2022-23 totalling Rs 3,035 crore.
Nevertheless, to provide some Tariff aid to the customers, APDCL restricted their declare to Rs 2,189 crore, which interprets to a hike of 34% over the present tariff. Thus, the per-unit enhance claimed by APDCL is Rs 2.41.
Throughout FY 2020-21, APDCL bought surplus energy of 1328 MU at a lack of Rs 1.44 per unit leading to whole income lack of Rs 191 crore. APDCL has reported the next distribution lack of 18.55% as in comparison with 15.5% authorised by the fee. The upper distribution losses have resulted in the next energy buy price of Rs 158 crore, of which solely a component, i.e., Rs 53 crore is handed on to the customers.
The fee has authorised a surplus of Rs 32.32 crore on account of truing-up of FY 2020-21. The fee has additionally authorised the tariff for NRPP as Rs. 3.39 per unit. The fee has authorised the ARR of AEGCL for FY 2022-23 at Rs 460 crore. The fee has authorised a surplus of Rs 31.54 crore on account of truing-up of FY 2020-21.
The Fee has authorised the cumulative income hole of Rs.946 Crore in opposition to the declare of Rs. 2189 Crore by APDCL for FY 2022-23. Whereas contemplating the income hole, the Fee has allowed solely the prudent prices permitted by the Laws. To ease the burden on the customers, the Authorities of Assam has dedicated to offering an quantity of Rs. 400 Crore as Energy Buy Subsidy to APDCL in FY 2022-23. After consideration of the subsidy of Rs. 400 Crore the web hole required to be recovered by Tariff for FY 2022-23 works out to Rs. 546 Crore. The Common Value of Provide (ACoS) for FY 2022-23 works out to Rs. 8.14 per kWh, as in opposition to APDCL’s proposal of Rs. 9.25 per kWh. There’s an general enhance of round 8% within the tariff for FY 2022-23 over tariff for FY 2021-22 which interprets to a mean enhance of Rs. 0.59 per unit. The Fee has factored within the enhance in each Fastened and Vitality cost charges.