Before The Hon’ble Jharkhand State

Before

The Hon’ble Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission,

Ranchi

Petition

For

Annual Revenue Requirement and Tariff

Determination for MYT Control Period

FY 16-17 to FY 20-21

Submitted By

Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL)

Dhurwa, HEC, Ranchi

Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd.

Annual Revenue Requirement and Tariff Petition for

MYT Control Period FY 16-17 to FY 20-21 for JBVNL Page | 1

Before the Hon’ble Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission,

Ranchi

Filing Number: _____

Case Number: _____

IN THE MATTER OF: Filing of Petition for approval of Annual Revenue

Requirement and Tariff Determination for MYT

Control Period FY 16-17 to FY 20-21 for the Licensee

under Section 45, 46, 61, 62, 64 and 86 of the

Electricity Act, 2003 and as per the regulations of

Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission

(JSERC) Terms and Conditions for Determination of

Distribution Tariff) Regulations, 2015

AND IN THE MATTER

OF:

Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (hereinafter

referred to as "JBVNL", or “erstwhile JSEB -

Distribution function” which shall mean for the

purpose of this petition the “Licensee” or “Petitioner”)

having its registered office at HEC, Dhurwa, Ranchi

The Petitioner respectfully submits hereunder:

1. The erstwhile Jharkhand State Electricity Board (“Board” or “JSEB”) is a

statutory body constituted under Section 5 of the Electricity (Supply) Act,

1948 and was engaged in electricity generation, transmission, distribution

and related activities in the State of Jharkhand.

2. Jharkhand Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd. (herein after to be referred to as

“JUVNL” or “the Holding company”) has been incorporated under Indian

Companies Act, 1956 pursuant to decision of Government of Jharkhand

to reorganize erstwhile Jharkhand State Electricity Board (herein after

referred to as “JSEB”). The Petitioner submits that the said reorganization

of the JSEB has been done by Government of Jharkhand pursuant to “Part

XIII – Reorganization of Board” read with section 131 of the Electricity Act

2003. The Holding company has been incorporated on 16th September

2013 with the Registrar of Companies, Jharkhand, Ranchi and has

obtained Certificate of Commencement of Business on 12th November




2013.

3. Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd. (herein after to be referred to as “JBVNL”

or “the Petitioner” or erstwhile “JSEB-Distribution function” has been

incorporated on 23rd October 2013 with the Registrar of Companies,

Jharkhand, Ranchi and has obtained Certificate of Commencement of

Business on 28th November 2013. The Petitioner is a Company

constituted under the provisions of Government of Jharkhand, General

Resolution as notified by transfer scheme vide notification no. 8, dated 6th

January 2014. The Distribution Company - Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam

Ltd. is duly registered with the Registrar of Companies, Ranchi on 23rd

October 2013

4. Pursuant to the enactment of the Electricity Act, 2003, every utility is

required to submit its Aggregate Revenue Requirement (ARR) for control

period and Tariff Petitions as per procedures outlined in section 61, 62

and 64, of Electricity Act 2003, and the governing regulations thereof.

5. The present petition is being filed by the newly formed company before

the Hon’ble Commission for approval of the projected ARR and Tariff

determination for FY 16-17 to FY 20-21 of the Control period as per the

Electricity Act, 2003 and as per the provisions of the regulations issued by

the Hon’ble Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission (JSERC)

(Terms and Conditions For Determination of Distribution Tariff)

Regulations, 2015.

6. JBVNL along with this petition is submitting the regulatory formats with

data & information to an extent applicable and would make available any

further information/ additional data required by the Hon’ble Commission

during the course of tariff determination process.

Prayers to the Commission

JBVNL respectfully prays that the Hon’ble Commission may

1. Admit this Petition filed by JBVNL.

2. Consider the submissions and approve Aggregate Revenue Requirement for

MYT Control Period FY 16-17 to FY 20-21 and Tariff Determination for the




period FY 16-17 to FY 20-21.

3. Approve the revenue gap and appropriate tariff increase as detailed in the

enclosed proposal

4. Pass suitable orders for implementation of the tariff proposals for the FY 16-

17 for making it applicable from April 1, 2016 onwards.

5. Approve the terms and conditions of Tariff Schedule and various other

matters as and the proposed changes therein.

6. Condone any inadvertent omissions/ errors/ shortcomings and permit JBVNL

to add/ change/ modify / alter this filing and make further submissions as may

be required at a future date.

7. Pass such orders as the Hon’ble Commission may deem fit and proper,

keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case;

Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited

Petitioner

Ranchi

Dated:




Contents

List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................................. 5

List of Tables .................................................................................................................................................................. 6

1. Introduction and Background .............................................................................................................................. 8

2. Annual Revenue Requirement for MYT Control Period (FY 16-17 to FY 20-21) ....................................... 12

3. Segregation into Wheeling and Retail Supply business ................................................................................ 33

4. Revenue Gap and Treatment of Revenue Gap ............................................................................................... 36

5. Tariff Proposal ....................................................................................................................................................... 40

6. Demand Side Management (DSM) Fund Creation and levy of DSM Charge ............................................ 66

7. Schedule of Charges ............................................................................................................................................. 71

8. Terms and Condition of Supply ......................................................................................................................... 82

9. Consideration from Previous Tariff Order ....................................................................................................... 96

10. Prayers to Hon’ble Commission ........................................................................................................................ 98

11. Annexures .............................................................................................................................................................. 99




List of Figures

Figure 1: Tariff Comparison of JBVNL with different sates of India .................................................. 10

Figure 2: AT&C Losses and Collection Efficiency (%age) ................................................................ 22

Figure 3: Action Plan for AT&C and T&D Loss Reduction ................................................................ 22

Figure 4: Proposed DSM Fund Model............................................................................................... 69




List of Tables

Table 1: Sales in MUs- Historical ...................................................................................................... 13

Table 2: Projection of Sales in MUs .................................................................................................. 13

Table 3: Connected Load Projections (KW) ...................................................................................... 14

Table 4: Power Purchase Quantum in MUs for FY 15-16 ................................................................ 14

Table 5: Power Purchase Quantum in MUs ...................................................................................... 16

Table 6: IEX price Index in Rs/KWh .................................................................................................. 17

Table 7: Power Purchase rate in Rs/KWh ........................................................................................ 18

Table 8: Power Purchase cost in Crores .......................................................................................... 19

Table 9: Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPO) ............................................................................ 21

Table 10: Targets AT&C Losses, Collection Efficiency and Billing Efficiency .................................. 23

Table 11: Energy balance ................................................................................................................. 24

Table 12: Employee Cost & Terminal Benefit ................................................................................... 25

Table 13: A&G Expenses .................................................................................................................. 26

Table 14: R&M Expenses ................................................................................................................. 26

Table 15: Gross Fixed Assets and Depreciation ............................................................................... 27

Table 16: Interest on Working Capital ............................................................................................... 28

Table 17: Equity Schedule & RoE ..................................................................................................... 29

Table 18: Bad Debts due to collection efficiency .............................................................................. 30

Table 19: Non-Tariff Income ............................................................................................................. 31

Table 20: Projected Revenue on Current Tariff for each year of MYT Control Period (Rs. Crores) 31

Table 21: Projected Aggregate Revenue for MYT Control Period .................................................... 32

Table 22: ARR Components into Wheeling and retail business ....................................................... 33

Table 23: ARR of Retail Supply Business (Rs. Cr.) .......................................................................... 34

Table 24: ARR of Wheeling Business (Rs. Cr.) ................................................................................ 34

Table 25: Revenue Gap on Current Tariff for MYT Period (Rs. Crores)........................................... 36

Table 26: Revenue Surplus/Gap for the year FY 16-17.................................................................... 36

Table 27: Revenue at Proposed Tariff .............................................................................................. 37

Table 28: Revenue Gap at Proposed Tariff ...................................................................................... 38

Table 29: Summary of Tariff Proposal .............................................................................................. 40

Table 30: Existing and Proposed Tariff - DS ..................................................................................... 43

Table 31: Comparison of existing domestic urban metered tariffs with approved tariffs in other States

as per the applicable recent tariff orders ........................................................................................... 45

Table 32: Existing and Proposed Tariff - NDS .................................................................................. 49

Table 33: Ratings of Capacitors for Inductive Load .......................................................................... 50

Table 34: Comparison of existing Non-domestic/ Commercial tariffs with approved tariffs in other

States as per the applicable recent tariff orders ............................................................................... 51

Table 35: Existing and Proposed Tariff - LTIS .................................................................................. 53

Table 36: Ratings of Capacitors for Inductive Load .......................................................................... 54

Table 37: Existing and Proposed Tariff - IAS .................................................................................... 56

Table 38: Comparison of existing IAS tariffs with approved tariffs in other States as per the applicable




recent tariff orders ............................................................................................................................. 57

Table 39: Existing and Proposed Tariff - HTS .................................................................................. 58

Table 40: Existing and Proposed Tariff - HTSS ................................................................................ 60

Table 41: Existing and Proposed Tariff - RTS .................................................................................. 62

Table 42: Existing and Proposed Tariff - RTS .................................................................................. 63

Table 43: Existing and Proposed Tariff – MES ................................................................................. 64

Table 44: Estimated collection from levy of proposed Energy Conservation Charge ....................... 67

Table 45: Inflation of last 10 Years.................................................................................................... 72

Table 46: Minimum wages in Jharkhand and Bihar .......................................................................... 73

Table 47: Charges related to Service Connection ............................................................................ 73

Table 48: Service Line Charges ........................................................................................................ 76

Table 49: Development Charges ...................................................................................................... 77

Table 50: Charges related to meters................................................................................................. 77

Table 51: supervision charges and interest on security deposits ..................................................... 79

Table 52: New Charges .................................................................................................................... 79

Table 53: Voltage Rebate ................................................................................................................. 84

Table 54: Load Factor Rebate .......................................................................................................... 84

Table 55: Installation of Shunt capacitors ......................................................................................... 85

Table 56: Consumer wise Load Factor ............................................................................................. 87

Table 57: Tariff Structure of Seasonal Supply .................................................................................. 88

Table 58: Tariff Schedule for CPP consumers .................................................................................. 93




1. Introduction and Background

Introduction

1.1 Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd. (herein after to be referred to as “JBVNL” or “the

Petitioner” or “erstwhile JSEB-Distribution function) has been incorporated under

Indian Companies Act, 1956 pursuant to decision of Government of Jharkhand to

reorganize erstwhile Jharkhand State Electricity Board (herein after referred to as

“JSEB”).

1.2 The Petitioner submits that the said reorganization of the JSEB has been done by

Government of Jharkhand pursuant to “Part XIII – Reorganization of Board” read

with section 131 of The Electricity Act 2003. The Petitioner is a Company constituted

under the provisions of Government of Jharkhand, General Resolution as notified by

transfer scheme vide notification no. 8, dated 6th January 2014, and is duly

registered with the Registrar of Companies, Ranchi on 16th September 2013, having

CIN as U40108JH2013SGC001603. The Distribution Company - Jharkhand Bijli

Vitran Nigam Ltd. is duly registered with the Registrar of Companies, Ranchi on 23rd

October 2013, having CIN as U40108JH2013SGC001702. The distribution

company, Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd has been incorporated on 23rd October

2013 with the Registrar of Companies, Jharkhand, Ranchi and has obtained

Certificate of Commencement of Business on 28th November 2013.

1.3 The Petitioner is a Distribution Licensee under the provisions of the Electricity Act,

2003 (EA, 2003) having license to supply electricity in the State of Jharkhand. The

Petitioner is functioning in accordance with the provisions envisaged in the Electricity

Act, 2003 and is engaged, within the framework of the Electricity Act, 2003, in the

business of Distribution of Electricity to its consumers situated over the entire State

of Jharkhand.

1.4 Section 62 of the Electricity Act 2003 requires the licensee to furnish details as may

be specified by the Commission for determination of tariff. In addition, as per the

regulations issued by the Hon’ble Commission, JBVNL is required to file for all




reasonable expenses it believes it would incur over the next financial year and seek

the approval of the Hon’ble Commission for the same. The filing is to be done based

on the projections of the expected revenue and costs, which should be arrived at by

a reasonable methodology adopted by the Petitioner.

1.5 The Hon’ble Commission on 22nd January 2016 issued JSERC (Terms and

Conditions for Determination of Distribution Tariff) Regulations, 2015 (hereinafter

referred as JSERC Tariff Regulations 2015) which is applicable for Control Period

from 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2021 for elements of ARR.

Background

1.6 Jharkhand is home to nearly 68 Lac households, out of which ~38 Lac Households

(56%) are already electrified. Presently, out of total 50.9 Lac rural HHs, nearly 23

Lac rural HHs are electrified (~45%), while out of 17.1 Lac urban HHs, nearly 15.4

Lac urban HHs are electrified (90%) in the State. The remaining 28.2 Lac rural HHs

and ~1.8 lac Urban HHs are yet to be electrified. Considering the national HH

electrification level of 72%, a significant emphasis on electricity access is required

by the State.

1.7 The consumers of Jharkhand are being served by 5 utilities, viz. JBVNL, Damodar

Valley Corporation, JUSCO, TSL and SAIL Bokaro. Amongst the 5 distribution

utilities, JBVNL with energy sales of nearly 9.7 BU in FY 16-17 is the largest utility,

while DVC with its sizeable base of industrial consumers in the DVC command area

is the 2nd largest power distribution utility. Other utilities (JUSCO, Tata Steel and

SAIL Bokaro) have relatively small share in their share of energy handled in the State

and are operating in their respective limited license areas.

1.8 JBVNL has recently, on 10th October 2015, has signed the Power for All (PFA)

program aiming to achieve 24X7 availability of reliable power to all households,

industrial, commercial establishments. Also, JBVNL along with the Government of

India and the State of Jharkhand have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding

(MOU) under the Scheme UDAY – “Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana” on 5th

January 2016 UDAY scheme primarily focus on revival of JBVNL and aims at

achieving better financial health and consistent operations of the utility.

1.9 In order to realize the vision of Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, JBVNL aims to

achieve 100% access and 24X7 electricity availability to all households in the State.




In order to meet the challenge of providing 24X7 Power for All, JBVNL has prepared

a detailed plan with focus on developing robust capital assets while ensuring

achievement of operational efficiency. Based on the above premise, this MYT

Petition presents the projections of various operational and financial parameters and

emphasises on the requirement of rationalizing the tariff in the State to make it

reflective of actual cost of supply.

1.10 It is pertinent to mention that Jharkhand is one of the State with lowest tariffs in the

country, especially for domestic consumers, as detailed in table below:

Figure 1: Tariff Comparison of JBVNL with different sates of India

With the electrification of additional rural HHs to the tune of 28 lacs there will be a

significant impact on the Average Revenue Recovery, which either needs to be

mitigated by adequate increase and rationalization of tariff or through government

support or through cross-subsidization. Therefore, It is humbly submitted that the

Hon’ble Commission may kindly consider the enormous mission of electrification to

the last mile in State and the expected impact on the financial position of JBVNL,

while approving the ARR and fixing the tariff.

1.11 The lower level of tariff along with the existing legacy of high AT&C losses and

regulatory disallowances, have led to heavy dependence of JBVNL on Revenue Gap

Funding (RGF) by the State. However, the Hon’ble Commission in its Tariff Orders

has always considered the RGF to be utilized towards reduction of ARR. This has

led to double whammy for JBVNL and the disallowances have increased. The State

Government vide letter No. 01/350 dated 14.07.2014 has already notified for

utilization of RGF first towards disallowance and the remaining RGF funds may be

4.17

5.75

4.87 4.72

6.53

5.29

1.98

4.12

3.28

3.97

5.81

5.12

Jharkhand Chhatishgarh Bihar Odisha Maharashtra MadhyaPradesh

Overall tariff Domestic Tariff




utilized towards reduction of tariff for particular category of consumers.

1.12 It is submitted that the Petitioner is committed towards improving the electricity

availability in the State, while achieving the operational turnaround for a sustained

business model in future and reduced dependence on the State Government

finances. A slew of measures are being undertaken and activities are being carried

out a considerable level to achieve the greater goal of becoming a sustainable power

utility.

1.13 It is also submitted that JBVNL endeavours to strive on a mission of sustainable

development by encouraging efficient use of electricity in the State. Therefore,

JBVNL proposes to create a Demand Side Management Fund and a very small

amount has been proposed to be levied, in addition to the approved tariff, for each

consumer category. The funds so collected shall be utilized completely towards

designing and promoting the Demand Side Management programs in the State,

which may kindly be considered by the Hon’ble Commission while approving the

tariff.

1.14 The following sections of the Petition presents the details of projections of Aggregate

Revenue Requirement, underlying approach & methodology and rationale for

proposed ARR and Tariff.




2. Annual Revenue Requirement for MYT Control Period (FY 16-17 to FY 20-21)

2.1 JBVNL had filed a Business plan for the MYT Control period FY 16-17 to FY 20-21

along with requisite details as provided in JSERC (Terms and Conditions for

Determination of Distribution Tariff) Regulations 2015.

2.2 The present Petition has been prepared in line with the Business plan submitted to

the Hon’ble Commission. Based on the above mentioned regulations, this MYT

Petition is being filed by the Petitioner for the Control Period i.e. FY 16-17 to FY 20-

21. This chapter provides the details of the expenditure estimated by JBVNL for the

each of the year of the Control Period from FY 16-17 to FY 20-21.

2.3 The Petitioner has projected elements of ARR for Control Period FY 16-17 to FY 20-

21 based on the provisions of JSERC (Terms and Conditions for Determination of

Distribution Tariff) Regulations 2015 and considering figures for previous years.

Energy Sales and Connected Load

2.4 For projecting the sales for MYT Period from FY 16-17 to FY 20-21, the Petitioner

has computed the 4 year CAGR based on the historical data of FY 11-12 to FY 15-

16. This category wise CAGR has been then applied on the estimated sales for FY

16-17 to FY 20-21. However, for projecting the energy sales for domestic

consumers, the existing energy consumption for each domestic consumer is

estimated. The year on year demand of domestic consumers is calculated and

multiplied by the total consumers forecasted for the respective year to arrive on the

total sales of domestic consumers

2.5 The Petitioner would further like to submit that this growth trend of increase in sales

has been considered as it signifies the best possible projections as per the

experience of the Petitioner and latest per available data. Also, wherever the trend

has seemed unreasonable or unsustainable, the growth factors have been




appropriately modified by JBVNL, to arrive at more realistic projections.

2.6 JBVNL holds the high consumer base of around 28.51 Lacs consumers with total

energy sales of around 8,450 MUs in FY 15-16. It can be noted that during FY 15-

16, the domestic consumers contributes nearly about 54% in the total energy mix,

while HT consumers holds 27% and remaining energy consumption is done by LT,

Commercial, IAS and other consumer categories.

Table 1: Sales in MUs- Historical

JBVNL FY 11-12 FY 12-13 FY 13-14 FY 14-15 FY 15-16

Domestic 2,483.32 2,888.55 3,318.50 3,735.40 4,557.19

Commercial/Non

Domestic 339.84 339.21 392.42 426.65 460.26

Public Lighting / SS 131.69 127.18 176.59 140.50 143.57

Irrigation / IAS 64.78 67.71 79.96 87.00 95.99

MES 15.00 15.00 15.05 15.31 15.57

Industrial LT / LTIS 165.05 157.27 181.81 174.98 178.42

Industrial HT / HTS / S 2,221.90 2,532.67 2,359.40 2,308.45 2,338.04

Railway / RTS 641.20 658.73 653.61 656.50 661.68

Inter State Sales 435.41 473.79 - -

Total 6,498.19 7,260.11 7,177.34 7,544.79 8,450.72

2.7 JBVNL has witnessed a significant growth in the total Sales across all categories in

the last five years, as can be seen in the table above. It is pertinent to note that since

2011, JBVNL has been able to considerably increase the availability of power,

because of which the sales of JBVNL have been able to grow at a rapid rate.

2.8 It is important to mention that the electrification of un-electrified HHs in the States

will lead to a significant change in the existing sales mix of JBVNL. The share of

domestic sales in total sales is expected to increase to 73% in FY 20-21 from existing

54% in FY 15-16. It is submitted that the consumer mix is an important determinant

of the financial health of a utility and with the deteriorating consumer mix, the tariff

rationalization becomes inevitable. The tariff for the domestic category should also

move towards being closer to the average cost of supply to reduce the cross-subsidy

gap, in line with the requirements of National Tariff Policy.

Table 2: Projection of Sales in MUs


Domestic 6,025.51 8,177.35 11,173.35 11,825.34 12,559.49

Commercial/Non

Domestic 497.08 536.85 563.69 591.88 621.47


Irrigation / IAS 303.00 519.00 736.10 800.79 865.48

MES 15.73 15.88 16.04 16.20 16.36





Industrial LT / LTIS 181.93 185.51 189.16 192.88 196.68

Industrial HT / HTS / S 2,368.01 2,398.36 2,429.10 2,460.24 2,491.78

Railway / RTS 222.00 222.00 222.00 222.00 222.00

Total 9,759.95 12,204.85 15,482.61 16,265.85 17,133.19

2.9 The Petitioner requests Hon’ble Commission to approve proposed energy sales and

connected load as per the proposal of Petitioner.

2.10 Based on the year on year growth of consumers and their energy sales, connected

load is forecasted for FY 16-17 to FY 20-21 as detailed in the table below.

Table 3: Connected Load Projections (KW)


Domestic 3,792,357 4,952,955 6,512,346 6,696,884 6,976,525

Commercial/Non

Domestic 505,670 553,383 605,597 662,737 725,269

Public Lighting / SS 15,645 15,713 15,782 15,851 15,920

Irrigation / IAS 220,269 377,604 534,939 582,140 629,340

PWW 5,680 5,680 5,680 5,680 5,680

Industrial LT / LTIS 285,285 289,756 294,297 298,909 303,594

Industrial HT / HTS/ S 943,038 966,976 984,424 1,009,394 1,034,994

Railway / RTS 1,142 1,142 1,142 1,142 1,142

Total 5,769,086 7,163,210 8,954,207 9,272,737 9,692,464

2.11 The projection of connected load of different consumer categories has been done

based on the existing load per consumer, which has been assumed to increase in

the existing proportion.

Power Purchase Quantum and Cost

2.12 For projecting the power purchase quantum for MYT period from FY 16-17 to FY 20-

21, the existing energy availability based on provisional power purchase of FY 15-

16 has been considered, with certain adjustments based on the relevant information

about availability of source of generation. The provisional figures of power purchase

quantum for FY 15-16 used for projection are provided in the table below.

Table 4: Power Purchase Quantum in MUs for FY 15-16




Particulars Power Purchase Quantum

FY 15-16

NTPC

Farrakka 825.38

Farrakka III 188.88

Khalagaon I 184.93

Talcher 498.19

Khalagaon II 190.08

Barh 237.10

Total 2,124.56

NHPC

Rangit 45.79

Teesta 329.69

Total 375.48

PTC

Chukha 203.79

Tala 405.61

Total 609.40

Total Central Sector 3,109.44

Others

DVC 4,764.93

STOA 15.11

ERLDC(APNRL)

DVC STOA 109.79

STOA 15.11

Total Others 4,913.35

State Sector

PTPS 460.37

PTPS-NTPC Phase-1 -

PTPS-NTPC Phase-2 -

SHPS 55.19

TVNL 2,266.75

Total State Sector 2,782.31

Private

Inland Power 422.94

APNRL 12% 458.00

APNRL 13% 496.00

APNRL STOA -

Total Private Sector 1,376.94

Other RE

Solar IPPs 16.87

Solar REC 7.60

JREDA -

RE Others -

Total RE 24.47

PGCIL -




Particulars Power Purchase Quantum

FY 15-16

Posoco (ERLDC) -

UI Payable 20.45

UI Receivable 153.00

Grand Total 12,226.97

2.13 The Regulation 5.19 of JSERC MYT Regulations, 2015 provides for the projection

of Sales and Power Purchase Cost, as below:

“Source wise quantum of power purchase shall be computed on the basis of

estimated sales and distribution loss targets. The source wise cost of power

purchase shall be calculated on the basis of rates approved by the appropriate

Commission or as per rates discovered under appropriate mechanism under

Electricity Act 2003 and subsequent amendments thereof.”

2.14 In line with above, the Petitioner has computed the source wise quantum of power

purchase and humbly request the Hon’ble Commission to approve the same.

Accordingly, the Power Purchase Quantum (MUs) for FY 16-17 to FY 20-21 is

detailed in the table below.

Table 5: Power Purchase Quantum in MUs

Particulars Power Purchase

FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 18-19 FY 19-20 FY 20-21

NTPC

Farrakka 900.00 900.00 900.00 700.00 700.00

Farrakka III 200.00 200.00 200.00 100.00 100.00

Khalagaon I 184.93 184.93 184.93 184.93 184.93

Talcher 498.19 498.19 498.19 498.19 498.19

Khalagaon II 190.08 190.08 190.08 190.08 190.08

Barh 250.00 250.00 250.00 100.00 100.00

NTPC Darlipalli STPS - - 585.00 742.50 742.50

NTPC Nabinagar - 367.20 367.20 367.20 367.20

NTPC North Karanpura - - 867.13 2,585.77 2,585.77

KBUNL Kanti TPS 32.00 73.44 73.44 73.44 73.44

Total 2,255.20 2,663.84 4,115.97 5,542.11 5,542.11

NHPC

Rangit 45.79 45.79 45.79 45.79 45.79

Teesta 329.69 329.69 329.69 329.69 329.69

Total 375.48 375.48 375.48 375.48 375.48

PTC

Chukha 210.00 210.00 210.00 210.00 210.00

Punatsangchhu-II HEP - 488.13 533.44 534.90 533.44

Tala 405.61 405.61 405.61 405.61 405.61




Particulars Power Purchase

FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 18-19 FY 19-20 FY 20-21

Total 615.61 1,103.75 1,149.05 1,150.51 1,149.05

Total Central Sector 3,246.29 4,143.07 5,640.51 7,068.11 7,066.65

Others

DVC 5,100.00 5,300.00 5,300.00 4,100.00 4,000.00

STOA - 618.00 - - -

Total Others 5,100.00 5,918.00 5,300.00 4,100.00 4,000.00

State Sector

PTPS 460.37 460.37 460.37 460.37 460.37

PTPS-NTPC Phase-1 - 478.00 1,782.00 1,782.00 2,606.00

SHPS 55.19 55.19 55.19 55.19 55.19

TVNL 2,266.75 2,266.75 2,266.75 2,266.75 2,266.75

Total State Sector 2,782.31 3,260.31 4,564.31 4,564.31 5,388.31

Private

Inland Power 422.94 422.94 422.94 422.94 422.94

APNRL 12% 458.00 458.00 458.00 458.00 458.00

APNRL 13% 496.00 496.00 496.00 496.00 496.00

APNRL STOA 85.00 - - - -

Total Private Sector 1,461.94 1,376.94 1,376.94 1,376.94 1,376.94

Other RE

Solar IPPs 16.87 16.87 16.87 16.87 16.87

Solar REC 13.14 13.14 13.14 13.18 13.14

JREDA 163.13 314.98 561.97 831.09 977.52

RE Others 643.80 996.63 1,548.26 2,104.99 2,216.58

Total RE 836.94 1,341.61 2,140.24 2,966.12 3,224.11

PGCIL - - - - -

Posoco (ERLDC) - - - - -

Grand Total 13,427 16,040 19,022 20,075 21,057

2.15 In order to compute the power purchase expenses for MYT period from FY 16-17 to

20-21, the per unit rate of power purchase for FY 15-16 has been considered, which

is escalated by 5% based on the inflation factor and past few year trends of power

purchase cost escalation.

2.16 The transmission charges for PGCIL and ERLDC for control period have been

computed by applying 10% escalation over actual transmission charges of FY 15-

16.

2.17 The power purchase cost of short term power is based on the average of last 5 year

trend of IEX (India Energy Exchange) prices, estimated at Rs 3.21/KWh, as detailed

in the table below.

Table 6: IEX price Index in Rs/KWh




IEX Price

Index FY 11-12 FY 12-13 FY 13-14 FY 14-15 FY 15-16

5 year

Average

Price in

Rs/KWh 3.56 3.48 2.80 3.51 2.73 3.21

* source-IEX

2.18 For the power purchase rate of renewable sources, JBVNL has taken an average

bidding rate quoted by all 23 bidders in the recent bidding held through JREDA for

1,200 MW solar IPPs and an average price of Rs.6.0/KWh is considered for power

purchase rate through non-solar renewable sources as taken through MNRE.

2.19 The following table provides the detailed power purchase rate forecasted for the FY

16-17 to FY 20-21 for all sources are provided in the table below.

Table 7: Power Purchase rate in Rs/KWh

Particulars Power Purchase Rate

FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 18-19 FY 19-20 FY 20-21

NTPC

Farrakka 3.87 4.07 4.27 4.49 4.71

Farrakka III 5.09 5.35 5.61 5.90 6.19

Khalagaon I 3.65 3.84 4.03 4.23 4.44

Talcher 2.30 2.41 2.54 2.66 2.80

Khalagaon II 3.44 3.62 3.80 3.99 4.19

Barh 6.25 6.56 6.89 7.23 7.59

NTPC Darlipalli STPS 4.63 4.86 5.11

NTPC Nabinagar 4.63 4.86 5.11 5.36

NTPC North Karanpura 4.63 4.86 5.11

KBUNL Kanti TPS 4.73 4.96 5.21 5.47 5.74

Total

NHPC

Rangit 3.16 3.32 3.48 3.66 3.84

Teesta 2.48 2.60 2.73 2.87 3.01

Total

PTC

Chukha 2.09 2.29 2.29 2.29 2.29

Punatsangchhu-II HEP 3.31 3.47 3.65 3.83

Tala 2.22 2.22 2.22 2.22 2.22

Total

Total Central Sector

Others (outside Boundaries)

DVC 5.12 5.38 5.65 5.93 6.23

STOA 3.37 3.54 3.72 3.90 4.10

Total Others

State Sector

PTPS 4.73 4.96 5.21 5.47 5.74

PTPS-NTPC Phase-1 4.50 4.50 4.50 4.50




Particulars Power Purchase Rate

FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 18-19 FY 19-20 FY 20-21

SHPS 4.20 4.41 4.63 4.86 5.11

TVNL 3.69 3.88 4.07 4.27 4.49

Total State Sector

Private

Inland Power 4.36 4.58 4.81 5.05 5.30

APNRL 12% 2.40 2.52 2.65 2.78 2.92

APNRL 13% 5.05 5.30 5.57 5.85 6.14

APNRL STOA 5.00

Total Private Sector

Other RE

Solar IPPs 17.96 17.96 17.96 17.96 17.96

Solar REC 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.50

JREDA 6.36 6.36 6.36 6.36 6.36

RE Others 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00

Total RE

PGCIL - - - - -

POSOCO (ERLDC) - - - - -

Average Rate 4.40 4.57 4.82 4.96 5.12

2.20 Considering the power purchase quantum and rate from different sources, a detailed

power purchase cost of all sources for FY 16-17 to FY 20-21 is provided in the table

below. It can be noted from the table below that power purchase cost is expected to

increase form Rs. 5,905.30 Crs in FY 16-17 to Rs. 10,791 in FY 20-21.

Table 8: Power Purchase cost in Crores

Particulars Power Purchase Cost

FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 18-19 FY 19-20 FY 20-21

NTPC

Farrakka 348.71 366.14 384.45 313.97 329.66

Farrakka III 101.85 106.94 112.29 58.95 61.90

Khalagaon I 67.57 70.95 74.50 78.22 82.13

Talcher 114.56 120.29 126.30 132.62 139.25

Khalagaon II 65.46 68.74 72.17 75.78 79.57

Barh 156.19 164.00 172.20 72.32 75.94

NTPC Darlipalli STPS - - 270.88 361.01 379.06

NTPC Nabinagar - 170.03 178.53 187.46 196.83

NTPC North Karanpura - - 401.53 1,257.21 1,320.07

KBUNL Kanti TPS 15.12 36.44 38.26 40.17 42.18

Total 869.46 1,103.52 1,831.11 2,577.71 2,706.59

NHPC

Rangit 14.47 15.20 15.96 16.75 17.59

Teesta 81.70 85.78 90.07 94.57 99.30




Particulars Power Purchase Cost

FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 18-19 FY 19-20 FY 20-21

Total 96.17 100.98 106.03 111.33 116.90

PTC

Chukha 43.89 48.09 48.09 48.09 48.09

Punatsangchhu-II HEP - 161.45 185.26 195.05 204.25

Tala 89.96 89.96 89.96 89.96 89.96

Total 133.85 299.50 323.31 333.11 342.30

Total Central Sector 1,099.48 1,504.01 2,260.45 3,022.14 3,165.79

Others (outside

Boundaries)

DVC 2,613.43 2,851.71 2,994.30 2,432.16 2,491.48

STOA - 218.71 - - -

Total Others 2,613.43 3,070.42 2,994.30 2,432.16 2,491.48

State Sector

PTPS 217.53 228.40 239.82 251.81 264.40

PTPS-NTPC Phase-1 - 215.10 801.90 801.90 1,172.70

SHPS 23.18 24.34 25.56 26.83 28.18

TVNL 836.59 878.42 922.34 968.46 1,016.88

Total State Sector 1,077.30 1,346.26 1,989.62 2,049.00 2,482.16

Private

Inland Power 184.40 193.62 203.31 213.47 224.14

APNRL 12% 110.13 115.63 121.41 127.48 133.86

APNRL 13% 250.50 263.03 276.18 289.99 304.49

APNRL STOA 42.50 - - - -

Total Private Sector 587.53 572.29 600.90 630.95 662.49

Other RE

Solar IPPs 30.30 30.30 30.30 30.30 30.30

Solar REC 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.25 7.23

JREDA 103.75 200.32 357.41 528.57 621.71

RE Others 386.28 597.98 928.96 1,262.99 1,329.95

Total RE 527.55 835.83 1,323.90 1,829.11 1,989.18

PGCIL 124.53 136.98 150.68 165.75 182.32

Posoco (ERLDC) 1.54 1.69 1.86 2.05 2.25

Grand Total 5,905.30 7,328.80 9,169.16 9,963.37 10,791.10

2.21 The Petitioner requests the Hon’ble commission to approve the Power Purchase

Cost as detailed above which is in line with the JSERC (Terms and Conditions for

Determination of Distribution Tariff) Regulations 2015.

2.22 Jharkhand has put special focus on power purchase through renewable sources with

a vision to move on the path of sustainable development as well as to fulfil the

Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPO). The RPO targets are segregated into two




major parts i.e. RPO through solar sources and RPO through Non-solar sources.

2.23 To meet the Solar RPO targets, JBVNL has planned to procure the solar power from

present allocations as well as power available through different IPPs recently

selected under the recently floated tender for development of 1200 MW solar

capacity. Projects under this tender are expected to be allocated under two

categories: 200 MW for projects smaller than 25 MW (minimum size is 1 MW) and

1,000 MW for projects ranging between 26 MW and 500 MW. Around 23 small and

big players of solar industry are selected to install solar power plants in Jharkhand

totalling up to 1200 MW capacity. JBVNL has already planned to procure power from

these sources based the expected CODs of the solar plants in a phased manner.

This will not only fulfil the below described targets, but will allow utility to meet its

demand and serve its consumers with 24X7 reliable power.

2.24 Also, Petitioner has to meet the Non-solar targets as provided in the table below. To

meet these targets JBVNL has planned to enter into the PPAs with different

generators having different sources of power generation like wind, small hydro and

biomass. The process of allocation from these sources are underway and will be

done at earliest. Once after the finalization of allocation through non solar renewable

sources, a notification in this regard along with detailed allocation list will be provided

to Hon’ble commission.

2.25 In the absence of above mentioned power availability, Petitioner has also planned

to purchase REC’s to meet the shortfall in achieving the RPO targets. The RPO

targets to be followed by JBVNL and expected quantum to be purchase to fulfil it

based on the total energy availability are provided in the table below.

Table 9: Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPO)

RPO FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 18-19 FY 19-20 FY 20-21

Non-solar (%) 5.00% 6.50% 8.50% 11.00% 11%

Solar (%) 1.50% 2.25% 3.25% 4.50% 5.00%

Non-solar (MUs) 643.80 996.63 1,548.26 2,104.99 2,216.58

Solar (MUs) 193.14 344.99 591.98 861.13 1,007.53

Total (MUs) 836.94 1,341.61 2,140.24 2,966.12 3,224.11

AT&C & Distribution Losses and Energy Requirement

2.26 The Regulation 5.23 of JSERC MYT Regulations provides for the targets for

Distribution Losses and Collection Efficiency, as stated below:

“The Licensee shall file the distribution loss trajectory for the entire Control Period in

the Business Plan commensurate with the capital investment plan for each year of




the control period for approval of the Commission after verification and evaluation of

the same.”

2.27 Historically, AT&C losses of JBVNL have been high to the extent of 54.16% in FY

08-09 (erstwhile JSEB), however significant improvement has been witnessed

during the last 7 years as the losses have been brought down to 39% in FY 14-15

and 38.00 % during FY 15-16 as seen in the figure below. It is still alarmingly high

considering the national average of 23% during FY 14-15. The AT&C losses vis-à-

vis collection efficiency over the period of FY 11-12 to FY 15-16 are provided in the

figure below.

Figure 2: AT&C Losses and Collection Efficiency (%age)

2.28 The Petitioner clearly recognizes the importance of bringing down the AT&C losses

in order to make the State power sector viable. It is understood that by any

standards, the existing AT&C losses are unsustainable and imply a steady decline

of power sector operations. Continuation of the present level of losses would not

only pose a threat to the power sector operations but also jeopardize the growth

prospects of the economy as a whole.

2.29 The Petitioner has already undertaken several steps and numerous measures are

envisaged to be undertaken in near future to bring down the existing AT&C losses.

The details of such initiatives is already provided in the MYT Business Plan

submitted by the Petitioner, as summarized below:

Figure 3: Action Plan for AT&C and T&D Loss Reduction

42.847.5

42.239 36

87.480.8

87 87 88

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

FY 11-12 FY 12-13 FY 13-14 FY 14-15 FY 15-16

AT&C Losses Collection efficiency




2.30 The Petitioner is committed towards achieving an operational turnaround.

Considering the focus and all round efforts to reduce the AT&C losses, the Petitioner

has proposed a stringent AT&C loss reduction trajectory to serve as a target for the

organization. The Petitioner aims to reach the level of AT&C losses to the tune of

15% by FY 18-19 itself, as detailed in the trajectory below:

Table 10: Targets AT&C Losses, Collection Efficiency and Billing Efficiency

Parameters FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 18-19 FY 19-20 FY 20-21

Distribution Losses 24.20% 20.40% 15.00% 15.00% 15.00%

Collection Efficiency 95.00% 98.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

AT&C Losses 27.99% 21.99% 15.00% 15.00% 15.00%

2.31 It is pertinent to mention that the AT&C loss trajectory is an optimistic target set by

the Petitioner and is in line with UDAY targets. However, the Petitioner is in the

process of seeking relaxation in the above trajectory from the Govt. of India,

considering the practical difficulties. Therefore in an event of a revised trajectory

approved by the Govt. of India, the Petitioner shall be submit the revised AT&C loss

trajectory to the Hon’ble commission. It is humbly requested that the Hon’ble

Commission may kindly consider the efforts being undertaken by JBVNL and any

revision in the AT&C losses in future years may kindly be allowed subsequently.

Energy Balance

2.32 The Petitioner would like to submit that power purchase from various sources are

segregated into different heads, while calculating the energy balance for the control

period. Power Purchase from Outside JBVNL boundary comprises of all power

purchased through central allocations, APNRL, STOA and a portion of TVNL while

Billing Efficiency

•Metering

•Android based Spot Billing

•Mobile Application

•Consumer Indexing & GIS Mapping

•Automatic Meter Reading

Collection Efficiency

•Pragya Kendra

•Post offices

•Tying up with Banks

•ATP machines

•Online Payment through Portal

•Prepaid Metering

•Mobile Application

Other Measures for AT&C and Distribution Los reduction

•Physical feeder segregation

•LED

•PAT scheme implementation

•Consumer awareness programs

•Name and shame campaign

•Energy audit

•Consumer Complaint Cell




a major portion of around 67% on an average falls into the energy Input directly to

state transmission system. Subsequent transmission loss are applied on energy

Input directly to state transmission system, State-owned generation and major part

of renewables (above 50 MW), which are connected to 132 kV or above. While no

transmission charges are applied on direct input of energy to distribution system

which comprise power available from DVC and a small portion of renewables (less

than 50 MW).

2.33 The energy requirement for Company will be met by supply from various sources as

discussed above in the power purchase section. Based on the information provided

above, Energy Balance of JBVNL for the period FY 16-17 and FY 20-21 is shown in

the following table.

Table 11: Energy balance

Particulars FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 18-19 FY 19-20 FY 20-21

Power Purchase from Outside

JSEB Boundary 5,123.99 6,553.76 7,433.20 8,860.80 8,859.34

Loss in External System (%) 3% 3% 3% 3% 3%

Loss in External System 153.72 196.61 223.00 265.82 265.78

Net Outside Power Available 4,970.27 6,357.15 7,210.21 8,594.98 8,593.56

Energy Input Directly to State

Transmission System 1,428.05 1,428.05 1,428.05 1,428.05 1,428.05

State Generation 938.51 1,416.51 2,720.51 2,720.51 3,544.51

Energy Input through

Renewables sources 627.70 1,006.21 1,605.18 2,224.59 2,418.08

UI Sale / Receivable - - - - -

Energy Available for Onward

Transmission 7,964.53 10,207.92 12,963.94 14,968.13 15,984.20

Transmission Loss (%) 5.00% 5.00% 4.50% 4.50% 4.00%

Transmission Loss 398.23 510.40 583.38 673.57 639.37

Net Energy Sent to

Distribution System 7,566.30 9,697.52 12,380.57 14,294.56 15,344.83

Direct Input of Energy to

Distribution System 5,309.23 5,635.40 5,835.06 4,841.53 4,806.03

Total Energy Available for

Sales

12,875.54

15,332.93

18,215.63

19,136.09

20,151.79

Projected Sales

9,759.95

12,204.85

15,482.61

16,265.85

17,133.19

Distribution loss Trajectory 24.20% 20.40% 15.00% 15.00% 15.00%

Total energy requirement

considering Distribution

Losses

12,875.93 15,332.73 18,214.84 19,136.29 20,150.69




2.34 It is humbly submitted that the Hon’ble Commission may kindly consider the above

energy balance and approve for the purpose of ARR and tariff determination.

Operations and Maintenance Cost

2.35 As per JSERC (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Distribution Tariff)

Regulations 2015, the operation and Maintenance (O&M) expenses includes:

a) Salaries, wages, pension contribution and other employee costs;

b) Administrative and General expenses;

c) Repairs and Maintenance;

2.36 In line with the above Regulations, the Petitioner has computed the O&M expenses,

with its constituents as detailed in the following paragraphs.

Employees cost

2.37 The employee cost for the MYT control period is estimated based on the employee

cost provided in the provisional accounts for FY 14-15 and estimated employee cost

for FY 15-16, as detailed in the table below.

Table 12: Employee Cost & Terminal Benefit

Particulars (Rs.

Cr.)

FY 14-15 FY 15-16 FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 18-19 FY 19-20 FY 20-21

(Prov.) (Est.) (Proj.) (Proj.) (Proj.) (Proj.) (Proj.)

Employee Cost 151.9 173.9 212.2 228.3 245.7 264.4 284.4

Terminal benefits 102.0 111.0 135.4 145.6 156.7 168.6 181.4

Total Cost 253.9 284.9 347.6 374.0 402.4 433.0 465.9

2.38 The projections of employee cost for the MYT period from FY 16-17 to FY 20-21

considers an annual escalation of 7.6%, however, owing to the expected impact of

7th Pay Commission the escalation rate for FY 16-17 period has been considered

as 22%. The escalation factor has been estimated in line with the Regulation 6.6 (c)

whereby the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and Consumer Price Index (CPI) for a

period of 5 years has been estimated and a weighted average rate has been arrived

at by giving 45% weightage to WPI and 55% weightage to CPI. It would be important

to mention here that the CPI and WPI for a period of 5 years has been considered

as it would reflect long term trend and considers the impact of economic cycle.

2.39 In addition to employee cost, the terminal benefits liability of JBVNL employees has

been estimated keeping in view the actual terminal benefit liability during FY 14-15,

based on the provisional annual accounts. The terminal benefit liability also




considers an escalation of 22% over the base year for FY 16-17 while for remaining

period the escalation of 7.6% YoY has been considered.

Administrative and General (A&G) Expenses

2.40 In line with the Regulation 6.6 (b) and (c ) the A&G expenses have been projected,

with provisional figures of FY 14-15 being the base for arriving A&G expenses for

FY 15-16 and for the MYT control period. The estimation of A&G expense for FY 16-

17 assumes an additional 5% increase owing to the various steps being undertaken

by the utility in terms of outsourcing the tasks and utilizing consultancy services for

capacity building of the entity. The details of A&G expenses are provided in the table

below.

Table 13: A&G Expenses

Particulars (Rs. Cr.)

FY 14-

15

FY 15-

16

FY 16-

17

FY 17-

18

FY 18-

19

FY 19-

20

FY 20-

21


Administration and

General Expenses 42.50 46.75 52.64 56.64 60.94 65.57 70.56

Repair and Maintenace Cost

2.41 In line with the Regulation 6.6 (a) of JSERC MYT Regulation 2015, the R&M cost

has been projected whereby the projected GFA has been considered.

Table 14: R&M Expenses


FY 14-

15

FY 15-

16

FY 16-

17

FY 17-

18

FY 18-

19

FY 19-

20

FY 20-

21


Gross Fixed Assets 2,369.5 4,065.4 6,930.1 10,880.2 14,184.5 16,222.4 17,918.5

Repair and

Maintenance cost 30.7 124.2 111.2 115.3 162.2 196.8 221.0

2.42 It can be observed that during FY 15-16 a significant increase in R&M cost is

expected as during FY 14-15 the agency of rural franchisees had not raised the bills

and the pending bills of RF were admitted in FY 15-16 and no provision was made

during FY 14-15. The bills amounting to Rs. 54 Cr. were estimated to be paid to rural

franchisee during FY 15-16.

2.43 The Petitioner thus humbly prays to the Hon’ble Commission to approve the

Operation & Maintenance Expenses as outlined above and which are in line with the

Regulations 6.3 – 6.7 of JSERC (Terms and Conditions for Determination of

Distribution Tariff) Regulations, 2015.




GFA and Depreciation

2.44 The Petitioner humbly prays to the Hon’ble Commission to approve the Depreciation

Expenses as outlined below which are in line with the Regulations 6.32 to 6.36 of

JSERC (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Distribution Tariff) Regulations,

2015.

2.45 The projections of depreciation considers the Gross Fixed Assets as per the opening

balance provided in the provisional financial statement for FY 14-15 based on which

the GFA for FY 15-16 has been estimated. Based on the closing GFA of FY15-16,

the additions in GFA for the MYT control period have been added to arrive at the

closing GFA figures for the MYT control period. The details of capitalization / amount

of capital expenditure transferred to GFA in each of the financial year has been

detailed out in Chapter 4 of this business plan.

2.46 The depreciation for the existing assets has been considered as to be the same rate

as provided in the provisional financial statements of FY 14-15. While for asset

additions during FY 15-16 and for MYT period, the depreciation rate has been

considered as per the depreciation rates provided in the Appendix 1 of the JSERC

MYT Regulations, 2015. It is expected that majority of the capital expenditure shall

be towards transformers, switchgears, lightening arresters, cables, etc., thus an

average rate applicable to these components has been arrived , based on which the

depreciation rate applicable has been estimated.

2.47 It is important to mention, as provided in Regulation 6.32 of the JSERC Tariff

Regulations 2015, the depreciation attributable to grants has been reduced from the

total depreciation to arrive at the depreciation forming part of the ARR. The details

of total depreciation, depreciation attributable to grants and depreciation forming part

of ARR are provided in the table below:

Table 15: Gross Fixed Assets and Depreciation

Particulars (Rs.

Cr.)

FY 14-

15

FY 15-

16

FY 16-

17 FY 17-18

FY 18-

19

FY 19-

20

FY 20-

21


Opening GFA 2,293.9 2,369.5 4,065.4 6,930.1 10,880.2 14,184.5 16,222.4

Additions 75.6 1,696.0 2,864.7 3,950.1 3,304.3 2,037.9 1,696.1

Closing GFA 2,369.5 4,065.4 6,930.1 10,880.2 14,184.5 16,222.4 17,918.5

Depreciation -

Existing Assets 54.2 54.2 54.2 54.2 54.2 54.2 54.2

Depreciation - New

Assets 22.4 120.4 300.3 491.8 632.9 731.4

Depreciation – 54.2 76.6 174.6 354.5 546.0 687.1 785.6




Particulars (Rs.

Cr.)

FY 14-

15

FY 15-

16

FY 16-

17 FY 17-18

FY 18-

19

FY 19-

20

FY 20-

21


Total

Less: Depreciation

attributable to

Grants etc.

- 9.6 49.9 128.5 221.2 282.7 299.4

Depreciation

forming part of

ARR

54.2 67.0 124.7 226.0 324.9 404.4 486.2

2.48 The Petitioner humbly prays to the Hon’ble Commission to approve the GFA and

Depreciation which are in line with the JSERC Tariff Regulations 2015.

Interest on Working Capital

2.49 The Regulation 6.29 and 6.30 of JSERC Tariff Regulation 2015 provide for

estimation of working capital requirement and interest thereof. In line with the above

Regulation, the working capital requirement of JBVNL has been estimated for the

MYT control period, with the following components:

a. One-twelfth of the amount of Operation and Maintenance expenses for wheeling

business for such financial year; plus

b. Maintenance spares at 1% of Opening GFA of wheeling business; plus

c. Two months equivalent of the expected revenue from wheeling charges at the

prevailing tariffs; minus

d. Amount held as security deposits under clause (a) and clause (b) of subsection

(1) of Section 47 of the Act from consumers and Distribution System Users net

of any security held for wheeling business; minus

e. One month equivalent of cost of power purchased, based on the annual power

procurement plan.

2.50 Based on the above, the working capital requirement has been estimated and the

interest rate of 13.5% has been applied to arrive at the interest on working capital.

The Regulation 6.31 provides for rate of interest on working capital to be equal to

SBI base rate, which is prevailing at 10% plus 350 basis points, thus totalling to

13.5%. The details of working capital and interest is provided in the table below:

Table 16: Interest on Working Capital

Particulars (Rs. Cr.) FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 18-19 FY 19-20 FY 20-21

(Proj.) (Proj.) (Proj.) (Proj.) (Proj.)

Receivables 1,471.2 1,738.3 2,077.3 2,200.3 2,377.0

Maintenance spares 40.7 69.3 108.8 141.8 162.2

O&M Cost 42.6 45.5 52.1 57.9 63.1

Less: Power purchase cost 492.1 610.7 764.1 806.1 873.9






Less: Security deposits held 335.7 335.7 335.7 335.7 335.7

Total Working capital requirements 726.7 906.7 1,138.4 1,258.3 1,392.7

Interest on working capital 98.1 122.4 153.7 169.9 188.0

Equity Schedule and Return on Equity

2.51 The Petitioner humbly prays to the Hon’ble Commission to approve the Return on

Equity Expenses as outlined below and which are in line with the Regulations 6.17

to 6.19 of JSERC (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Distribution Tariff)

Regulations, 2015.

According to Regulation 6.17 of JSERC Tariff Regulation 2015,

“The rate of return of equity shall be 15.5% (post tax) for the period of these

Regulations;

Provided that in case of projects, commissioned on or after 01st April, 2016 the rate

of return shall be increased by 0.50%, if such projects are completed within the time

line specified in the capital investment plan approved by the commission.”

2.52 The capital investments of JBVNL shall be funded through a mix of grant, debt and

equity, the envisaged equity contribution of State Government under various

approved schemes and equity portion to the extent of 30% of remaining capital

investment schemes has been considered. The rate of return on equity has been

considered in line with the Regulation 6.17 of the JSERC MYT Regulation 2015,

considering the projects to be completed on time. The details of projected equity

capital to be employed and the estimated return on equity are provided in the table

below:

Table 17: Equity Schedule & RoE

Particulars (Rs.

Cr.)

FY 14-15 FY 15-

16 FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 18-19 FY 19-20 FY 20-21


Opening Equity - 3,028.4 3,029.7 3,239.0 3,767.4 4,294.0 4,756.0

Equity Additions - 1.3 209.3 528.4 526.6 462.1 556.5

Closing Equity 3,028.4 3,029.7 3,239.0 3,767.4 4,294.0 4,756.0 5,312.6

Return on Equity 484.5 484.6 501.5 560.5 644.9 724.0 805.5




Provision for Bad Debt

2.53 The Regulation 5.24 of JSERC (Terms and Conditions for Determination of

Distribution Tariff) Regulations 2015 which provides for the collection efficiency

target of JBVNL to be 100% for the entire control period. It is humbly submitted to

Hon’ble Commission that JBVNL’s present collection efficiency level is about 89.1%,

which JBVNL is committed to improve over significantly over the MYT control period.

There have been numerous initiatives undertaken by JBVNL to improve its collection

efficiency, including introduction of Urja Mitra, spot billing, mobile base bill

application, increasing number of bill collection points, taking actions against

defaulters to recover arrear, which are discussed in detail in chapters of this

business plan. However, it would be highly unlikely and impractical to say that any

amount of measures to improve the collection efficiency will overnight result in 100%

achievement.

2.54 It is imperative to mention that it is not only the JBVNL’s prerogative to undertake

initiatives to improve collections but it significantly depends upon the socio-political

environment of the State, which affects the consumers capacity and intention to pay

for the usage of electricity. For the people of the State who have been used to

consuming electricity without paying over the years, bringing a sudden change and

creating awareness regarding importance of electricity bill payment may take some

time. Therefore, JBVNL humbly requests the Hon’ble commission to kindly provide

a modified trajectory as proposed by JBVNL below, which JBVNL is aspiring to

achieve over the next five years and emerge as a self-sustained utility of Jharkhand.

Table 18: Bad Debts due to collection efficiency


FY 15-16 FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 18-19 FY 19-20 FY 20-21

(Est.) (Proj.) (Proj.) (Proj.) (Proj.) (Proj.)

Receivables 7,717.9 8,827.4 10,430.1 12,463.6 13,201.7 14,262.0

Collection efficiency 89.0% 95.0% 98.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Bad debts provision 849.0 441.4 208.6 - - -

2.55 It is submitted that till such time JBVNL is not able to achieve 100% collection

efficiency, the disallowance of such amount in the ARR may kindly be avoided and

the difference in such collection efficiency may kindly be passed on as part of ARR

in form of provision for bad debts. Also, as can be seen in table above, JBVNL is

committed to reduce the gap of actual and approved collection efficiency to zero by

FY 20-21, which shall be in the benefit of consumers and State at large.




Non Tariff Income

2.56 The Petitioner humbly prays to the Hon’ble Commission to approve the Non-tariff

income as outlined below and which are in line with the Regulations 6.50 to 6.51 of

JSERC (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Distribution Tariff) Regulations,

2015.

According to the JSERC Tariff Regulation 2015 -

“All incomes being incidental to electricity business and derived by the Licensee from

sources, including but not limited to profit derived from disposal of assets, rents,

delayed payment surcharge, meter rent (if any), income from investments other than

contingency reserves, miscellaneous receipts from the consumers and income to

Licensed business from the Other Business of the Licensee shall constitute non-

tariff income of the Licensee; “

2.57 In order to project the non-tariff income, the historical figures of other income,

excluding DPS has been utilized. The DPS has not been considered as part of other

income as JBVNL is able to recover only a minimal amount against the actual DPS

booked.

Table 19: Non-Tariff Income

Particulars (Rs.

Cr.)

FY 15-16 FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 18-19 FY 19-20 FY 20-21

(Est.) (Proj.) (Proj.) (Proj.) (Proj.) (Proj.)

Other income (12.5) (13.1) (13.8) (14.5) (15.2) (16.0)

Revenue at Current Tariff

2.58 The billed revenue on the estimated sales and prevailing tariff for the Control Period

is estimated in the table below:

Table 20: Projected Revenue on Current Tariff for each year of MYT Control Period (Rs. Crores)


Domestic 897.29 1,217.73 1,663.88 1,760.97 1,870.30 Commercial/Non Domestic 393.66 425.15 446.41 468.73 492.16


Irrigation / IAS 20.75 35.55 50.42 54.85 59.28

MES 45.70 45.66 45.62 45.58 45.54 Industrial LT/ LTIS 142.77 145.58 148.44 151.36 154.34

Industrial HT/ HTS / S 1,439.08 1,457.52 1,476.21 1,495.13 1,514.29





Railway / RTS 152.91 152.91 152.91 152.91 152.91

Total 3,115.03 3,503.47 4,007.76 4,153.93 4,313.76

Estimated Aggregate Revenue Requirement for MYT Control Period

2.59 Based on the components of the ARR discussed in the above sub-sections, the

projected ARR for the MYT control period has been provided in the table below:

Table 21: Projected Aggregate Revenue for MYT Control Period



O&M Cost 511.4 545.9 625.6 695.3 757.4

Employee cost 347.6 374.0 402.4 433.0 465.9

A&G Expense 52.6 56.6 60.9 65.6 70.6

R&M Cost 111.2 115.3 162.2 196.8 221.0

Power purchase (Inc. PGCIL & RLDC) 5,905.3 7,328.8 9,169.2 9,673.4 10,487.2

Transmission cost – JUSNL 267.9 336.0 418.4 463.6 510.6

Interest Cost 990.3 1,115.6 1,141.6 1,086.3 1,043.0


Depreciation 124.7 226.0 324.9 404.4 486.2

Return on Equity 501.5 560.5 644.9 724.0 805.5

Provision for bad debts 441.4 208.6 - - -

Less: Other income (13.1) (13.8) (14.5) (15.2) (16.0)

Total ARR required 8,827.4 10,430.1 12,463.6 13,201.7 14,262.0

2.60 The Petitioner humbly prays to the Hon’ble Commission to kindly approve the above

Aggregate Revenue Requirement for the MYT Control period. It is pertinent to

mention here that the impact of increase in operational and financial efficiency is

evident from the fact that the energy sales in the MYT period are increasing around

twice from 8,450.72 MUs in FY15-16 to 17,133.19 MUs in FY20-21, however, the

ARR after consideration of escalation increases from 8,827.4 Cr.in FY 16-17 to Rs.

13,941.1 Cr. in FY 20-21.




3. Segregation into Wheeling and Retail Supply business

3.1 The Regulation 5.7 of the JSERC Tariff Regulations 2015, requires the distribution

licensee to segregate its ARR into wheeling and retail supply business, as

reproduced hereunder:

“5.7 The Business Plan shall be filed separately for the Retail Supply and Wheeling

Business. As specified in clause 5.5 of these regulations, in absence of segregated

accounts for the two businesses, the Licensee shall prepare an allocation statement

and submit the same with the business plan;”

3.2 In line with the above, the Petitioner has segregated the ARR into retail supply and

wheeling business. It is pertinent to mention that at present the Petitioner is not

maintaining separate accounting for wheeling and retail supply business. However,

considering the nature of expenditure and its attribution to the different businesses

the ARR has been segregated.

3.3 The summary of segregation of various components of ARR into wheeling and retail

supply business is provided in the table below.

Table 22: ARR Components into Wheeling and retail business

Particulars (Rs. Cr.) Share of Retail Supply Share of Wheeling Business

%age %age

O&M Cost

Employee cost 50% 50%

A&G Expense 25% 75%

R&M Cost 5% 95%

Power purchase (Inc. PGCIL &

RLDC) 100% 0%

Interest Cost 100% 0%

Interest on working capital 10% 90%

Depreciation 2% 98%

Return on Equity 10% 90%

Provision for bad debts 10% 90%

Less: Other income 10% 90%




Considering the general principles of segregation of above heads into wheeling and

retail supply business, JBVNL has considered different ratio to Wheeling Business

and retail supply business based on the nature of heads. The detailing of head wise

segregation is provided in the Business Plan for MYT period for FY 16-17 to FY 20-

21

3.4 Based on above, the segregated ARR of Retail supply business and wheeling

business has been provided below:

Table 23: ARR of Retail Supply Business (Rs. Cr.)

Table 24: ARR of Wheeling Business (Rs. Cr.)



O&M Cost 318.9 339.0 401.0 452.6 495.8

Employee cost 173.8 187.0 201.2 216.5 232.9

A&G Expense 39.5 42.5 45.7 49.2 52.9

R&M Cost 105.6 109.5 154.1 187.0 209.9

Power purchase (Inc. PGCIL & RLDC) - - - - -

Transmission charges – JUSNL - - - - -

Interest Cost 891.3 1,004.1 1,027.4 977.7 938.7




O&M Cost 192.5 206.9 224.5 242.7 261.6

Employee cost 173.8 187.0 201.2 216.5 232.9

A&G Expense 13.2 14.2 15.2 16.4 17.6

R&M Cost 5.6 5.8 8.1 9.8 11.0

Power purchase (Inc. PGCIL & RLDC) 5,905.3 7,328.8 9,169.2 9,673.4 10,487.2

Transmission charges – JUSNL 267.9 336.0 418.4 463.6 510.6

Interest Cost 99.0 111.6 114.2 108.6 104.3


Depreciation 12.5 22.6 32.5 40.4 48.6

Return on Equity 50.1 56.1 64.5 72.4 80.5


Less: Other income (13.1) (13.8) (14.5) (15.2) (16.0)







Depreciation 112.2 203.4 292.4 364.0 437.6

Return on Equity 451.3 504.5 580.4 651.6 724.9


Less: Other income - - - - -





4. Revenue Gap and Treatment of Revenue Gap

Revenue Surplus/Gap for the Control Period

4.1 Based on the projected ARR and revenue based on the existing tariff for each year

of the MYT Control Period, the revenue gap is summarized in table below:

Table 25: Revenue Gap on Current Tariff for MYT Period (Rs. Crores)

S.

No. JBVNL FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 18-19 FY 19-20 FY 20-21

1. Net Revenue

Requirement 8,827.4 10,364.8 12,246.8 12,899.1 13,941.1

2.

Revenue from

Retail sales at

Existing Tariff

3,115.0 3,503.4 4,007.7 4,153.9 4,313.7

3.

Revenue

(Surplus)/ Gap

for the year 5,712.4 6,861.3 8,239.0 8,745.2 9,627.3

4.2 The above revenue gap has been estimated at the current tariffs prevailing in the

Petitioner’s supply area.

4.3 As submitted in previous chapter, the computed revenue at existing tariff for the FY

16-17 is inadequate to meet the projected annual revenue requirement of the JBVNL

for the said period. The total revenue gap projected for FY 16-17 is provided in the

table below.

Table 26: Revenue Surplus/Gap for the year FY 16-17

S. No. JBVNL FY 16-17

(In Rs Crs)

1. Net Revenue Requirement 8,827.4

2. Revenue from Retail sales at Existing Tariff 3,115.0

3. Revenue (Surplus)/ Gap for the year 5,712.4

4.4 The Petitioner would like to bring in notice to Hon’ble Commission that the Petitioner

has not considered the previous accumulated revenue gap of JBVNL for FY 13-14 to

FY 15-16. And the same will be filed separately in the true-up petition with audited

annual accounts for the said period.




Revenue at Proposed Tariff for FY16-17

4.5 In order to cover the projected revenue gap for the Control Period, JBVNL has

proposed revision in retail tariff for various categories which is discussed in the next

chapter of this petition.

4.6 With proposed tariff revisions for FY 16-17 outlined in Section 5 of this Petition, the

revenue at proposed tariffs for FY 16-17 from various categories of consumers is

summarized in the table below:

Table 27: Revenue at Proposed Tariff

Categories Sales (MUs) Energy Charge (Rs Crs)

Fixed Charge (Rs. Crores)

Total Revenue (Rs. Crores)

Domestic 6,025.51 1,568.54 850.82 2,419.36

Commercial / Non Domestic

497.08 296.66 234.40 531.06

Public Lighting / SS 146.70 4.40 76.41 80.81

Irrigation / IAS 303.00 36.36 18.50 54.86

MES 15.73 7.86 2.39 10.25

Industrial LT / LTIS 181.93 104.90 73.60 178.50

Industrial HT/ HTS/ S 2,368.01 1,342.73 470.30 1,813.03

Railway / RTS 222.00 139.86 0.32 140.18

Total 9,759.95 3,501.31 1,726.74 5,228.05

Resource Gap Funding

4.7 The Petitioner would like to submit that in order to meet the operational funding

requirement of JBVNL arising out of legacy of disallowances and present tariffs being

non-reflective of the actual cost of supply, the State Government provides support in

form of Revenue Gap Funding.

4.8 The resource gap funding amounted to Rs 1,662.60 Cr has been proposed to be

received by the Petitioner during FY 16-17 from the Govt. of Jharkhand as envisaged

under UDAY Memorandum of Understanding. The Petitioner would also like to submit

that resource gap funding being provided by Government of Jharkhand is towards

disallowances and slashes made by the Hon’ble Commission during tariff

determination process for various parameters such as higher T&D Loss, normative

interest computation, normative generation cost etc. and should not be considered

as measure to reduce the Aggregate Revenue Requirement of Petitioner.

4.9 A communication from the Energy department, Government of Jharkhand was also




submitted (annexed for reference) vide letter dated 14 July 2014 stating that

“Amount released towards resource gap may be utilized to meet the

slashes/disallowances worked out by the Hon’ble commission while fixing the tariff”.

4.10 In line with the above communication by the GOJ, the Petitioner prays that the

Hon’ble Commission should consider adjusting the complete RGF towards

disallowance/slashes and the remaining amount of RGF may be considered towards

reduction of tariff for particular category of consumers in the State.

4.11 It is pertinent to mention here that similar practice has been adopted by the Bihar

State Electricity Commission during the last 4 years. The resultant impact can be

seen in terms of rationalized tariffs and better financial position of the State Utility. A

similar treatment of RGF will result into a financially sustainable JBVNL over the long

run, which is in the larger interest of the consumers of the State.

Revenue Surplus/Gap at Proposed Tariff for FY 2016-17

4.12 Based on the projected ARR, revenue for FY 2016-17 and Resource gap funding

envisaged from Govt. of Jharkhand, the net revenue gap for FY 2016-17 is

summarized in table below

Table 28: Revenue Gap at Proposed Tariff

S. No. JBVNL FY 16-17

(In Rs Crs)

1 Net Revenue Requirement 8,827.40

2 Revenue from Retail sales at Proposed Tariff 5,228.05

3 Revenue (Surplus)/ Gap for the year 3,599.35

4 Resource gap funding 1662.6

5 Net Revenue Gap for FY 2016-17 1,936.75

4.13 In view of the above submission, it can be seen that the revenue form proposed tariff

will only provide a partial relief to the Petitioner in recovering its revenue gap for FY

16-17. The Petitioner would like submit that given the significant amount of revenue

gap, the whole impact may be not be feasible to be passed on by way of revision in

retail tariffs, as it may lead to an inevitable tariff shock. Hence, net revenue gap

amounted to Rs 1,936.75 Crs is proposed to be left uncovered in FY 2016-17.

4.14 The Petitioner proposes and prays to the Hon’ble Commission for creation of

regulatory assets of such uncovered revenue gap, as discussed in the following

paragraphs.




Creation of Regulatory Assets

4.15 It can be seen from the section above that in FY 2016-17 there is a huge revenue gap

of Rs 1,943.73 Crs which is not considered in the tariff revision. The Petitioner proposes

to meet the balance/ Uncovered revenue gap through creation of Regulatory Asset.

4.16 JBVNL proposes creation of regulatory asset for the unrecovered revenue gap Rs

1,943.73 Crs to avoid tariff shock to the consumers. The Hon’ble Commission is most

humbly requested to approve the above Regulatory assets worth Rs 1,943.73 Crs and

also provide an appropriate recovery mechanism to recover the Regulatory Assets as

per the provisions of Tariff Regulations 2010 and guidelines of National Tariff Policy

2006.

4.17 A proposed period of 5 years may be considered by the Hon’ble Commission to amortize

the regulatory assets and passed on to the consumers over the same period in equal

instalments. During the period, the Petitioner also prays for providing return on such

regulatory asset to the tune of weighted average cost of capital i.e.

4.18 The creation of regulatory assets has been a common practice amongst other States of

the country. The same has been allowed by the DERC in order on True-up for FY 13-

14, ARR and Distribution Tariff for FY 15-16 for BSES Rajdhani Power Limited dated

September 2015. Few clauses from Tariff Order is reproduced below-

2.280- Recovery of accumulated revenue gap, Regulatory Asset as envisaged in

clause 8.2.2 of Tariff policy is as under: a. Carrying cost of Regulatory Assets should

be allowed to the utilities. b. Recovery of Regulatory Assets to be time bound and

within a period not exceeding three years at the most, preferably within the control

period. c. The use of the facility of Regulatory Assets should not be retrospective. d.

In case when Regulatory Asset is proposed to be adopted, it should be ensured that

the ROE should not become unreasonably low in any year so that the capability of

licensee to borrow is not adversely affected.

2.373- The 8% surcharge has been allowed by the Commission for liquidating of huge

regulatory asset, which is against the provision of Electricity Act, 2003, NTP, MYT

Regulation and various directives of APTEL.




5. Tariff Proposal

Summary of Tariff Proposals

5.1 The table below presents the existing and proposed tariff for various categories.

Table 29: Summary of Tariff Proposal

Category

Existing Component of Tariff Proposed Component of Tariff

Energy Charges (Rs/kWh)

Fixed Demand Charge (Rs/conn/month)



Domestic (DS)

DS-I (a), Kutir Jyoti (metered) (0-50)

1.20 15.00 1.50 40.00

DS-I (a), Kutir Jyoti (metered) (51-100) 1.20 15.00 2.00 50.00

DS-I (a), Kutir Jyoti (unmetered) 0.00 40.00 0.00 250.00

DS-I (b),Metered (0-100) 1.50 27.00 2.25 100.00

DS-I (b),Metered (101-200) 1.50 27.00 2.50 150.00

DS-I (b),Metered (above 201) 1.60 27.00 3.00 200.00

DS-I (b), Other Rural Domestic Connections (Unmetered)

0.00 110.00 0.00 595.00

DS-II, <= 4 KW

0-100 2.60 43.00 3.50 120.00

101-250 2.60 43.00 3.80 140.00

251-500 3.10 65.00 4.25 160.00

500 and above 3.10 65.00 4.75 200.00

DS-III, Above 4 kW

0-250 3.20 110.00 4.10 200.00

251 and above 3.20 110.00 5.25 300.00

DS HT (either at 33Kv or 11kv level) 2.80 80.00 4.00 250.00

Non Domestic

NDS-I, Metered (<=2kW) (0-100)

1.90 32.00 3.50 80.00




Category

Existing Component of Tariff Proposed Component of Tariff





NDS-I, Metered (<=2kW) (101 - 250)

1.90 32.00 4.00 80.00

NDS-I, Metered (<=2kW) (Above 250)

1.90 32.00 4.50 100.00

NDS-I, Unmetered (<=2kW)

0.00 190.00 0.00 700.00

NDS-II 5.65 190.00 6.15 400.00

NDS-III (Advertising & Hoardings)

0-250 6.50 165.00 6.00 400.00

251-500 6.50 165.00 6.50 450.00

500 and above 6.50 165.00 7.00 500.00

Low Tension Industrial & Medium Power Service (LTIS)

LTIS (Demand based Tariff)

5.30 255 5.75 350

LTIS (Installation based Tariff)

5.30 140 5.75 200

Irrigation & Agriculture

IAS - I Metered 0.65 0.00 1.50 0.00

IAS - I Unmetered 0.00 75.00 0.00 300.00

IAS - II Metered 1.10 0.00 2.00 0.00

IAS - II Unmetered 0.00 300.00 0.00 500.00

HTS

HTS - 11KV 5.85 255.00 6.35 350.00

HTS - 33KV 5.85 255.00 6.35 400.00

HTS - 132KV 5.85 255.00 6.35 450.00

HT Specials

HTSS - 11KV 3.50 410.00 4.50 500.00

HTSS - 33KV 3.50 410.00 4.50 500.00

HTSS - 132KV 3.50 410.00 4.50 500.00

Traction

RTS 5.85 235.00 6.30 235.00

Street Light Service

SS - I (Metered) 4.80 38.00 6.00 350.00

SS - II (Unmetered) 0.00 150.00 0.00 500.00

MES 4.35 230.00 5.00 350.00

5.2 Category wise tariff proposals along with explanations are provided in this chapter for

consideration of the Hon’ble Commission.




Domestic Service (DS)

Applicability

Domestic Service–I, Domestic Service–II, Domestic Service–III and Domestic Service HT.

5.3 This schedule shall apply to private residential premises for domestic use for

household electric appliances such as Radios, Fans, Televisions, Desert Coolers, Air

Conditioner, etc. and including Motors pumps for lifting water up to 1 BHP for domestic

purposes and other household electrical appliances not covered under any other

schedule.

5.4 This rate is also applicable for supply to religious institutions such as Temples,

Gurudwaras, Mosques, Church and Burial/Crematorium grounds and other

recognised charitable institutions, where no rental or fees are charged whatsoever. If

any fee or rentals are charged, such institution will be charged under Non domestic

category.

5.5 Rural drinking water schemes which are managed by Panchayats and User’s Co-

operatives are also included under this Category and corresponding Tariff would be

charged depending upon the load of Pumping motors as applicable to the DS

category.

Category of Services

a) Domestic Service – DS-1(a): For Kutir Jyoti Connection only for connected load up

to 100 Watt for Rural Areas.

b) Domestic Service – DS-I (b): - For rural areas not covered by area indicated under

DS-II and for connected load not exceeding 2 KW.

c) Domestic Service – (DS-II): - For urban areas covered by notified Area Committee /

municipality / Municipal Corporation / All District Town / All sub-divisional Town / All

Block Headquarters / Industrial Area / contiguous sub-urban area all market places

urban or rural and for connected load above 2KW but not exceeding 4KW.

d) Domestic Service – (DS – III):-For Urban areas covered by notified Area Committee

/ municipality / municipal Corporation / All District Town / All sub-divisional Town /

All Block Headquarters / Industrial Area / contiguous sub-urban area all market

places urban or rural and for connected load exceeding 4KW and upto 85.044 KW

e) Domestic service – HT (DS – HT) (Optional): - This Schedule shall apply for

Domestic Connection in Housing Colonies / Housing Complex / Houses of multi

storied buildings purely for residential use for single point metered supply, with

power supply at 33KV or 11KV voltage level and load above 85.044 KW.




Service Character

1. For DS-I (a): AC, 50 Cycles, Single phase at 230 volts for Kutir Jyoti connection for

load below 100 KW

2. For DS-I (b): AC, 50 Cycles, Single Phase at 230 Volts for load below 2 KW.

3. For DS-II: AC, 50 Cycles, Single Phase at 230 Volts for installed load up to 4 KW.

4. For DS-III: AC, 50 Cycles, three phase at 400 Volts for installed load exceeding 4

KW. 5. For DS-HT: AC, 50 Cycles, at 11 kV for installed load above 85.044 kW.

As per National Tariff Policy, Clause No 8.3 (1) Tariff Design: Linkage of Tariffs to Cost of Service “Consumers below poverty line who consume below a specified level, as prescribed in the National Electricity Policy may receive a special support through cross subsidy. Tariffs for such designated group of consumers will be at least 50% of the average cost of supply.” However, the proposed tariff for below poverty line consumers has been proposed much below the 50% of the Average Cost of Supply, petitioner thus humbly prays to the Hon’ble Commission to approve the proposed tariff structure.

Table 30: Existing and Proposed Tariff - DS

Consumer Category

Fixed Charge Energy Charge

Unit Existing Proposed Unit Existing Proposed

Domestic (DS)


Rs/Conn/Month

15.00 40.00 Rs/kWh 1.20 1.50


Rs/Conn/Month 15.00 50.00 Rs/kWh 1.20 2.00

DS-I (a), Kutir Jyoti (unmetered)


DS-I (b),Metered (0-100)


DS-I (b),Metered (101-250)


DS-I (b),Metered (above 201)




DS-II, <= 4 KW

0-100 Rs/Conn/Month 43.00 120.00 Rs/kWh 2.60 3.50




Consumer Category



101-250 Rs/Conn/Month

43.00 140.00 Rs/kWh 2.60 3.80

251-500 Rs/Conn/Month

65.00 160.00 Rs/kWh 3.10 4.25

500 and above Rs/Conn/Month 65.00 200.00 Rs/kWh 3.10 4.75

DS-III, Above 4 kW

0-250 Rs/Conn/Month

110.00 200.00 Rs/kWh 3.20 4.10

250 and above Rs/Conn/Month

110.00 300.00 Rs/kWh 3.20 5.25

DS HT (either at 33Kv or 11kv level)

Rs/kVA/Month 80.00 250.00 Rs/kWh 2.80 4.00

Delayed Payment Surcharge

For Domestic Service category, the delayed payment surcharge shall be at the rate of 1.5%

per month and part thereof.

Summary of changes proposed to Domestic Service (DS tariff) and Rationale for

Change in Tariff

5.6 JBVNL serves a large rural consumer base, amongst which a significant number of

consumers fall in the Below Poverty Line (BPL) category. This set of consumers is

extremely poor and cannot afford electricity at the rates which are being levied on the

domestic consumers in urban areas. However, in today’s time, electricity has become

an essential commodity for every common man and its role in improving the social and

economic upliftment of the underprivileged cannot be gainsaid. Denying electricity to

any citizen is tantamount to limiting the growth prospects of the entire family. JBVNL

completely understands this and hence in order to ensure the availability of electricity

even to people falling in the lowest economical strata, JBVNL has ensured connectivity

of many remote villages on its network.

5.7 As per the directions given by the Hon’ble Commission, JBVNL is also providing

electricity connections to all BPL consumers in two categories namely DS 1(a)

metered and DS 1(a) unmetered (for loads up to 100 W).

5.8 The monthly billing allowed by the Hon’ble Commission for these two categories as

per the tariff order for FY 2015-16 is as under:

Consumer Category Fixed Charge Energy Charge

DS 1(a) Metered Rs. 15 per month Rs. 1.20 per unit

DS 1(a) Unmetered Rs. 40 per month NIL




5.9 JBVNL would also like to draw the attention of the Hon’ble Commission to the high

T&D losses being observed in the rural feeders which primarily feed the domestic load

falling under DS 1(a) category or DS 1(b) category. It has been observed that the

unmetered consumers consume significantly high quantum of electricity every month

while continue to pay a meagre amount for such consumption. Also, it is a known fact

that a higher tariff would result into judicious utilization of energy by the consumers

and bring about discipline in electricity consumption.

5.10 In light of the above conditions, JBVNL prays that the Hon’ble Commission increases

the monthly fixed charges for the DS1 (a) Kutir Jyoti Unmetered consumers to Rs 250

per connection per month and for DS1 (b) consumers to Rs.600 per month. It is

pertinent to mention that a higher fixed tariff will act as a determinant for the consumers

to continue as un-metered consumption and encourage them to get their connections

metered.

5.11 The Petitioner would like to submit here that it is in the process of metering all its

consumers in urban and rural areas. A massive metering drive has been launched

under the various State and Central Govt. schemes to ensure elimination of

unmetered sales. Therefore, in the meantime it is important that a justified electricity

charge must be paid by these consumers.

5.12 The tariff hike including energy charges and fixed charges has been proposed in order

to move the retail tariffs for the category closer to the Cost of Supply and for reducing

the overall revenue gap for the JBVNL.

5.13 The Petitioner has also proposed changes in the consumption slab for DS 1 (b), DS II

and DS III consumer categories in order to keep the tariffs lower for low consumption

consumers and slightly higher for high consumption consumers. This is in line with the

principle that a consumer who is able to consume higher electricity must have the

higher economic resources to pay for such consumption.

5.14 It may be noted that the domestic category tariffs and each of the sub-categories in

the State of Jharkhand, as specified for the license area of JBVNL, are amongst the

lowest in the country and hence an upward revision is required for bridging the revenue

gap of the JBVNL. JBVNL submits below the tariff applicable to urban domestic

connections in various states.

Table 31: Comparison of existing domestic urban metered tariffs with approved tariffs in other States as per the




applicable recent tariff orders

State Applicable Fixed Charge (Domestic) Applicable Energy Charge

(Domestic)

Chhattisgarh

Fixed Charge:

0-40 units – Rs. 2.00/ kWh

41-200 units – Rs. 2.10/ kWh

201-600 units – Rs. 2.80/ kWh

> 601 units – Rs. 4.30/ kWh

Energy Charge:

0-40 units – Rs. 1.00/ kWh

41-200 units – Rs. 1.00/ kWh

201-600 units – Rs. 1.60/ kWh

> 601 units – Rs. 2.20/ kWh

Orissa

Fixed Charge:

Kutir Jyoti <=30 units/month - Rs. 80/

connection/month

Consumption<=50 units/month – Rs.

20 per kW/month

Consumption>50,<=200 units/month –

Rs. 20 per kW/month

Consumption>200,<=400units/month –

Rs. 20 per kW/month

Consumption>400 units/month – Rs.

20 per kW/month

Energy Charge:

Consumption<=50 units/month – Rs.

2.5 /kWh

Consumption>50,<=200 units/month –

Rs. 4.2/kWh

Consumption>200,<=400units/month –

Rs. 5.2/kWh

Consumption>400 units/month – Rs.

5.6 /kWh

Bihar

Fixed Charge:

BPL Rural – Unmetered – Rs. 60 per

connection per month

DS - I, Unmetered Upto 2 KW – Rs.

170 per connection per month

DS - II, Single Phase upto 7 Kw – Rs.

55 per month. Additional kW- Rs.15

per kW or part thereof per month.

DS - II, Three Phase 5 Kw and above

– Rs. 250 per month, Additional kW-

Rs.15 per kW or part thereof per

month.

Energy Charge:

BPL Rural - Metered (< 30 Units) – Rs.

1.70/kWh

BPL Urban - Metered (< 30 Units) –

Rs. 2.05/kWh

DS - I, Metered Upto 2 KW (< 50

Units) 0- Rs. 2.10/kWh

DS - I, Metered Upto 2 KW (51 - 100

Units) – Rs. 2.40/kWh

DS - I, Metered Upto 2 KW (> 100

Units) – Rs.2.80/kWh

DS – II, Metered, 1-100 units – Rs.

3.00/kWh


3.65/kWh


4.35/kWh

DS – II, Metered, Above 300 units –





(Domestic)

Rs. 5.45/kWh

Maharashtra

Fixed Charges:

BPL – Rs. 10 per connection

Single Phase – Rs 50 per connection

Three Phase – Rs 150 per connection,

Rs 10. Per kW (above 10 kW)

Energy Charges (Rs. per unit):

Rs 0.87/kWh upto 30 Units for BPL

Rs. 3.76/kWh upto 100 Units

Rs 7.21/kWh for 101 – 300 Units

Rs 9.95/kWh for 301 – 500 Units

Rs 11.31/kWh for 501 – 1000 Units

Rs 12.50/kWh above 1000 Units

Gujarat

Fixed Charge:

BPL (< 2 KW) Rs 5 per connection

0-2 KW – Rs 15 per connection

2-4 KW – RS 25 per connection


Above 6 KW – Rs 70 per connection

Energy Charge:

first 30 Units – Rs 1.50/kWh

0-50 Units – Rs 3.15/kWh

51-100 Units – Rs 3.60/kWh

101-200 Units – Rs 4.25/kWh

201-250 Units – Rs 4.35/kWh

Above 250 Units – Rs 5.30/kWh

Madhya

Pradesh

Fixed Charge:

Upto 50 Units – Rs 50 per connection

51- 100 Units – Rs 70 per connection

101 – 300 Units – Rs 80 for each 0.5

Kw of authorized load

Above 300 Units – Rs 85 for each 0.5

Kw of authorized load

Energy Charges:

Upto 30 Units – Rs 2.90/kWh


51-100 Units – Rs 4.05/kWh

101-300 Units – Rs 5.20/kWh


Punjab

Fixed Charge:

<50 Kw – Rs 52 per Kw

50-100 Kw – Rs 52 per KW

Energy Charges:


100-300 Units – Rs 6.14/kWh


Haryana

Fixed Charge:

0-2 KW – Rs 120 minimum monthly

charge

> 2 KW – Rs 70 per connection

Energy Charges:


51-100 Units – Rs 4.50/kWh

101-250 Units – Rs 5.00/kWh

251-500 Units – Rs 6.05/kWh


Uttar

Pradesh

Fixed Charge:

Lifeline (Load = 1KW) – Rs 50 per Kw

per month

Energy Charges:

Upto 50 Units – Rs 2.00/kWh for

lifeline load





(Domestic)

Load > 1KW – Rs 90 per KW per

month

51-150 Units – Rs 3.90/kWh for

lifeline load

0-150 Units – Rs 4.40/kWh

301-500 Units – Rs 5.60/kWh


Rajasthan

Fixed Charges:

BPL – Rs 90 per connection per month

<50 – Rs 90 per connection per month

<150 – Rs 180 per connection per

month


month


month

Energy Charges:

Upto 50 Units – Rs 3.25/kWh for BPL


51-150 Units – Rs 5.45/kWh

151-300 Units – Rs 5.70/kWh

301 - 500 – Rs 6.00/kWh

Above 500 – Rs 6.40.kWh

Non–Domestic Service (NDS)

Applicability

This schedule shall apply to all consumers, using electrical energy for light, fan and power

loads for non-domestic purposes like shops, hospitals (govt. or private), nursing homes,

clinics, dispensaries, restaurants, hotels, clubs, guest houses, marriage houses, public

halls, show rooms, workshops, central air-conditioning units, offices (govt. or private),

commercial establishments, cinemas, X-ray plants, schools and colleges (govt. or private),

boarding/lodging houses, libraries (govt. or private), research institutes (govt. or private),

railway stations, fuel-oil stations, service stations (including vehicle service stations), All

India Radio/T.V. installations, printing presses, commercial trusts/societies, Museums,

poultry farms, banks, theatres, common facilities in multi-storied commercial

office/buildings, Dharmshala, and such other installations not covered under any other tariff

schedule.


a) Non-Domestic Service (NDS)–I, Rural. For Rural Area not covered by area indicated

for NDS– II and for connected load not exceeding 2 KW.

b) Non-Domestic Service (NDS) – II, Urban. For Urban Areas covered by Notified

Areas Committee / municipality / Municipal Corporation / All District Town / All Sub-




divisional Town / All Block Hqrs. / Industrial Area and Contiguous Sub-urban area,

market place rural or urban and for connected load up to 85KW, except for the

categories covered under NDS-III. This schedule shall also apply to commercial

consumer of rural area having connected load above 2 KW.

c) Non-Domestic Service (NDS) – III: The Board proposes a new sub-category NDS-

III for FY 2012-13. This category would be applicable to: electricity supply availed

through separate (independent) connections for the purpose of advertisements,

hoardings and other conspicuous consumption such as external flood light, displays,

neon signs at public places (roads, railway stations, airports etc.), departmental

stores, commercial establishments, malls, multiplexes, theatres, clubs, hotels and

other such entertainment/ leisure establishments.

d) Note: The electricity, that is used for the purpose of indicating/ displaying the name

and other details of the shops or Commercial premises, for which electric supply is

rendered, shall not be under this Category. Such usage of electricity shall be covered

under the prevailing tariff of such shops or commercial premises.

Service Character

1. NDS – I: - AC 50 Cycles, Single phase at 230 Volts for loads up to 2 kW

2. NDS - II: - AC 50 Cycles, Single phase at 230 Volts or Three Phase at 400 Volts for

load exceeding 2 kW and up to 85 kW

3. NDS – III: AC 50 Cycles, Single phase at 230 Volts for loads up to 3 kW, AC 50

Cycles, Three Phase at 400 Volts for load exceeding 3 Kw.

Table 32: Existing and Proposed Tariff - NDS

Consumer Category



Non Domestic


Rs/Conn/Month

32.00 80.00 Rs/kWh 1.90 3.50



NDS-I, Metered (<=2kW) (Above 250)


NDS-I, Unmetered (<=2kW)

Rs/kW/Month 190.00 700.00 Rs/kWh 0.00 0.00

NDS-II Rs/kW/Month 190.00 400.00 Rs/kWh 5.65 6.15





Consumer Category





500 and above Rs/Conn/Month 165.00 500.00 Rs/kWh 6.50 7.00


5.15 For Non-Domestic Service category, the delayed payment surcharge shall be at the

rate of 1.5% per month and part thereof.

Installation of shunt capacitors for NDS-II

5.16 All NDS-II and NDS-III consumers having aggregate inductive load greater than 3 HP

and, shall install capacitors of required KVAR rating provided in the following table:

Table 33: Ratings of Capacitors for Inductive Load

Rating of Individual Inductive Load in HP kVAR Rating of LT capacitors

3 to 5 1

5 to 7.5 2

7.5 to 10 3

10 to 15 4

15 to 20 6

20 to 30 7

30 to 40 100

40 to 50 10 – 15

50 to 100 20 – 30

5.17 All such consumers shall be levied a surcharge at 5% on the total billed amount

charge (metered or flat), till they have installed the required capacitors.

5.18 The utility shall not release any new LT connections having aggregate inductive load

greater than 5 HP/ 4 KW unless the capacitors of suitable rating are installed.

Summary of changes proposed to NDS tariff and Rationale for change in tariff

5.19 The Petitioner has proposed a higher amount of fixed charges of Rs.700/ month per

connection for the unmetered NDS category consumers. It is again submitted that

higher fixed charge shall not only encourage the consumer to get their connections

metered but will also be important for justifying the high existing consumption by

these consumers. This is not with the intention of garnering higher revenue but it

follows the objective of bringing the consumers in the metering net and ensuring

every unit entering into the JBVNL network gets accounted for. It is requested to

Hon’ble Commission to kindly approve the fixed charges for unmetered connection




at the proposed rates only, as the existing rates do not provide any deterrent for the

unmetered sales and in fact only encourage consumers to keep their connections

unmetered.

5.20 The tariff hike has been proposed in order to move the retail tariffs for the category

closer to the Cost of Supply and for reducing the overall revenue gap for the JBVNL.

5.21 JBVNL submits below a comparison of non-domestic/ commercial category which

illustrates the lower levels of tariffs in the State for the information of the Hon’ble

Commission:

Table 34: Comparison of existing Non-domestic/ Commercial tariffs with approved tariffs in other States as per

the applicable recent tariff orders

State Applicable Fixed Charge Applicable Energy Charge

Chhattisga

rh

Fixed Charge:

<=3kW – Rs. 60 per kW/month

>3kW – Rs. 120 per kW/month

Contract demand of 15 to 75 kW – Rs. 200

per kW/month

Energy Charge:

0 – 100 units – Rs.4.40/kWh

101-500 units – Rs. 4.90/kWh

501 and above units – Rs. 6.20/kWh

Orissa

Fixed Charge:

Consumption <=100 units/month – Rs.

30/kW per month

Consumption >100, <=300 units/month –

Rs. 30/kW per month

Consumption >300 units/month – Rs.

30/kW per month

Energy Charge:

Consumption <=100 units/month –

Rs. 5.3/kWh

Consumption >100, <=300

units/month – Rs. 6.4/kWh

Consumption >300 units/month – Rs.

7/kWh

Bihar Fixed Charge:

1 Kw to 7 Kw – Rs 95 per Kw/month

Energy Charge:

1-100 units – Rs. 3.15/kWh

101-200 units – Rs. 3.95/kWh

Above 200 units – Rs. 4.85/kWh

Maharasht

ra

Fixed Charges:


20-50 KW – Rs 220 per KVA

>50 KW – Rs 220 per KVA

Energy Charges (Rs. per unit):

Rs 6.60/kWh upto 200 Units for 0-20

KW consumers

Rs. 9.62/kWh above 200 Units for 0-

20 KW consumers

Rs 10.21/kWh for 20-50 KW

consumers

Rs 13.01/kWh for >50 KW

consumers

Gujarat

Fixed Charge:

0-10 KW – Rs 50 per KW/month

11-40 KW – RS 85 per KW/month

Energy Charge:

Rs 4.35/kWh for 0-10 KW consumers

Rs 4.65/kWh for 11-40 KW

consumers





Madhya

Pradesh

Fixed Charge:

LV-1 : Govt bodies:

Sanctioned load based tariff (Connected

load < 20 kW) – Rs. 100 per kW/month

Optional -Demand based Tariff (Contract

demand >10 kW and up to 20 kW) – Rs.

200 (200 per kW or 160 per kVA of billing

demand)

Mandatory demand based tariff for contract

demand above 20 kW – Rs. 160 (200 per

kW or 160 per kVA of billing demand)

LV-1 : Non-Govt bodies:

On all units if monthly consumption is not

more than 50 units – Rs. 55 per kW/month

On all units in case monthly consumption

exceeds 50 units – Rs. 95 per kW/month

Optional demand based Tariff (only for

contract demand above 10 kW and up to

20 kW) – Rs. 210 per kW/month

Mandatory demand based tariff for

Contract demand above 20 kW –Rs. 168

per kVA/month

Energy Charges:

Sanctioned load based tariff

(Connected load < 20 kW) – Rs.

5.40/kWh

Optional -Demand based Tariff

(Contract demand >10 kW and up to

20 kW) – Rs. 5.40 /kWh


contract demand above 20 kW - Rs.

5.40 /kWh

On all units if monthly consumption is

not more than 50 units – Rs.

5.75/kWh

On all units in case monthly

consumption exceeds 50 units – Rs.

6.50 /kWh

Optional demand based Tariff (only

for contract demand above 10 kW

and up to 20 kW) – Rs. 5.55/kWh


Contract demand above 20 kW – RS.

5.55/kWh

Punjab

Fixed Charge:

Loads<=50KW – Rs. 190/kW

50KW<Loads<=100 KW (1st April'15-30th

Sep'15) – Rs. 190/kW

50KW<Loads<=100 KW (1st Oct'15-31st

March'15) – Rs. 171/kVA

Loads>100KW – Rs. 171/kVA

Energy Charges:

Upto 100kWh – Rs. 6.53/kWh

Above 100kWh – Rs. 6.75/kWh

Upto 100kWh – Rs. 5.88/kVah

Above 100kWh – Rs. 6.08/kVah

Upto 100kWh – Rs. 6.01/kVah

Above 100kWh – Rs. 6.10/kVah

Haryana

Fixed Charge:

Upto 5kW – Rs. 0 (Rs. 250 MMC per KW

per month)

Above 5kW and upto 20kW – Rs. 0 (Rs.

225 MMC per KW per month)

Above 20kW and upto 50kW – Rs.170/kW

Existing Consumers above 50kW upto

70kW (LT) – Rs. 170/kW

Consumer above 50kW (HT) – Rs. 170/kW

Energy Charges:

All Units – Rs. 6.05/kWh

All Units- Rs. 6.75/kWh

All Units – Rs. 6.15/kVah



Uttar

Pradesh

Fixed Charge:

Rs. 225 per KW/month

Energy Charges:

0-300 – Rs. 6.70/kWh

301-1000 – Rs. 7.10/kWh

>1001 – Rs. 7.25/kWh





Rajasthan

Fixed Charges:

Slab Rate Unit

<5K

W

<100 210

Rs per

connectio

n

<200 210

Rs per

connectio

n

<500 250

Rs per

connectio

n

>500 300

Rs per

connectio

n

>5k

W

SCL

<18.65 kW 85

Rs./kW

per month

SCL>18.6

5 kW 95

Rs./kW

per month

Energy Charges:

Slab Rate Unit

0-100 6.75 /kWh

101-200 7.15 /kWh

201-500 7.45 /kWh

501+ 7.85 /kWh


Applicability

This schedule shall apply to all industrial units for a load of less than or equal to 100 KVA

(or equivalent in terms of HP or KW). The equivalent HP for 100 KVA shall be 114 HP and

the equivalent KW for 100 KVA shall be 85 KW.

The total installed load shall not exceed the sanctioned load.


a) LTIS – AC, 50 Cycles, Single Phase supply at 230 Volts or 3 Phase Supply at 400

volts for use of electricity energy Demand Based tariff upto 100 KVA and under

Installation based tariff for sanctioned load upto equivalent HP of 100 KVA.

Table 35: Existing and Proposed Tariff - LTIS

Consumer

Category




LTIS (Demand

based Tariff)

Rs/kVA/

Month 255.00 350.00 Rs/kWh 5.30 5.75

LTIS

(Installation

based Tariff)

Rs/HP/

Month 140.00 200.00 Rs/kWh 5.30 5.75




5.22 All consumers under this category and opting for Demand Based tariff shall be

required to pay Demand charges per KVA at the rate applicable to HT consumers

drawing power at 11 KV. The billing demand will be the maximum demand recorded

during the month or 75% of the sanctioned load, whichever is higher. All consumers

under this category and opting for Installation based tariff shall be required to pay

fixed charges per HP on the sanctioned load as per the applicable tariff rates for this

category.


5.23 For Low tension industrial and medium power category, the delayed payment

surcharge shall be at the rate of 1.5% per month and part thereof.

Power factor penalty

5.24 Power Factor Penalty shall be applicable in case of maximum demand meters.

5.25 In case average power factor in a month for a consumer falls below 0.85, a penalty

@ 1% for every 0.01 fall in power factor from 0.85 to 0.60; plus 2% for every 0.01 fall

below 0.60 to 0.30 (up to and including 0.30) shall be levied on demand and energy

charges.

Power factor rebate

5.26 Power Factor Rebate shall be applicable in case of maximum demand meters.

5.27 In case average power factor as maintained by the consumer is more than 85%, a

rebate of 1% and if power factor is more than 95%, a rebate of 2% on demand and

energy charge shall be applicable.

Installation of shunt capacitors

5.28 All consumers having aggregate inductive load greater than 3 HP and above, shall

install capacitors of required KVAR rating provided in the following table:

Table 36: Ratings of Capacitors for Inductive Load


3 to 5 1

5 to 7.5 2

7.5 to 10 3

10 to 15 4





15 to 20 6

20 to 30 7

30 to 40 100

40 to 50 10 – 15

50 to 100 20 – 30

5.29 All such consumers shall be levied a surcharge at 5% on the total billed amount

charge (metered or flat), till they have installed the required capacitors.

5.30 The utility shall not release any new LT connections having aggregate inductive load

greater than 5 HP/ 4 KW unless the capacitors of suitable rating are installed.

5.31 The utility shall not release any new LTIS connections having aggregate inductive

load greater than 5 HP/ kVA unless the capacitors of suitable rating are installed.

Summary of changes proposed to LTIS tariff and rationale for change in tariff

5.32 Tariff hike has been proposed in order to move the retail tariffs for the category closer

to the Cost of Supply and for reducing the overall revenue gap for the JBVNL.

Irrigation & Agriculture Service (IAS)

Applicability

This schedule shall apply to all consumers for use of electrical energy for Agriculture

purposes including tube wells and processing of the agricultural produce, confined to Chaff-

Cutter, Thresher, Cane crusher and Rice-Hauler, when operated by the agriculturist in the

field or farm and does not include Rice mills, Flour mills, Oil mills, Dal mills, Rice-Hauler or

expellers.


a) IAS – I –For private tube wells and private lift irrigation schemes.

b) IAS – II – For State Tube-wells and State lift Irrigation schemes.

Service Character:

a) AC 50 Cycles, Single Phase at 230 volts / 3 Phase at 400 volts




Table 37: Existing and Proposed Tariff - IAS

Consumer Category




IAS - I Metered Rs/HP/Month 0.00 0.00 Rs./kWh 0.65 1.50

IAS - I Unmetered

Rs/HP/Month 75.00 300.00 Rs./kWh 0.00 0.00

IAS - II Metered Rs/HP/Month 0.00 0.00 Rs./kWh 1.10 2.00

IAS - II Unmetered

Rs/HP/Month 300.00 500.00 Rs./kWh 0.00 0.00


5.33 For Irrigation and agriculture service category, the delayed payment surcharge shall

be at the rate of 1.5% per month and part thereof.





charges.

Power factor rebate



energy charges shall be applicable.

Summary of changes proposed to IAS tariff and rationale for change in tariff



5.37 The Petitioner has proposed a revision in fixed charges from current Rs. 75/ month

per connection to Rs.300/ month per connection for the unmetered IAS-I category

consumers. It is submitted that higher fixed charge shall not only encourage the

consumer to get their connections metered but will also be important for justifying the

high existing consumption by these consumers. It is requested to Hon’ble

Commission to kindly approve the fixed charges for unmetered connection at the

proposed rates only, as the existing rates do not provide any deterrent for the

unmetered sales and in fact only encourage consumers to keep their connections

unmetered. Change in Tariff will also lead to the energy efficient measures like




installation of energy efficient pumps etc from IAS consumers.

Table 38: Comparison of existing IAS tariffs with approved tariffs in other States as per the applicable recent

tariff orders


Chhattisgarh Fixed Charge:

Rs 70/HP/Month

Energy Charge:

Rs 3.15 per kWh

Bihar

Fixed Charge:

Unmetered Rural Feeder – Rs. 120/HP per

month

Unmetered Urban Feeder – Rs. 160/HP per

month

Metered Rural Feeder – Rs. 85/HP per

month

Metered Urban Fedeer – Rs. 130/HP per

month

Energy Charge:

Metered Urban Feeder – Rs. 1.1/kWh

Metered Rural Feeder – Rs. 1.7/kWh

Orissa

Fixed Charge:

Irrigation Pumping and Agriculture – Rs.

20/Kw per month

Allied Agricultural Activities – Rs. 20/kW per

month

Allied Agro-Industrial Activities – Rs. 80/kW

per month

Energy Charge:

Irrigation Pumping and Agriculture – Rs.

1.5/kWh

Allied Agricultural Activities – Rs.

1.6/kWh

Allied Agro-Industrial Activities – Rs.

4.2/kWh

Maharashtra

Fixed Charge:

Unmetered pump sets:

0-5 HP – Rs. 374/HP/month

Above 5 HP – Rs. 406/HP/month

Category 2 Zones

0-5 HP – Rs. 283/HP/month

Above 5 HP – Rs. 310/HP/month

Metered pump sets:

Rs. 20/HP/month

Energy Charge:

Unmetered pump sets – NIL

Metered pump sets:

Rs. 2.58/kWh

Gujarat

Fixed Charge:

Unmetered – Rs. 200/HP/month

Metered – Rs. 20/HP/month

Energy Charge:

Rs. 0.60 per kWh

Madhya

Pradesh

Fixed Charge:

Rs 25/HP/month

Energy Charge:

First 300 units per month – Rs. 3.55 per

kWh

Above 300 units up to 750 units in the

month – Rs. 4.20 per kWh

Rest of the units in the month – Rs.

4.50 per kWh

Punjab

Fixed Charge:

Rs 338/BHP per month for Unmetered

consumers

Energy Charge:

Rs 4.58 per kWh for Metered

consumers

Haryana

Fixed Charge:

Slab Rate Unit

Metered

With

Motor

upto 15

200

Rs./BHP

per

Year

Energy Charge:

Slab Rate Unit

All Units

0.10 /kWh





BHP

Metered:

With

Motor

above

15 BHP

200

Rs./BHP

per

Year

UnMetered

With

Motor

upto 15

BHP

15

Rs./BHP

per

month

With

Motor

above

15 BHP

12

Rs./BHP

per

month

All Units

0.08 /kWh

All Units

- /kWh

All Units

- /kWh

Uttar

Pradesh

Fixed Charge:

Unmetered – Rs. 100/BHP per month

Metered – Rs. 30/BHP per month

Energy Charge:

Metered – Rs. 1.00/kWh

Rajasthan

Fixed Charge:

Metered – Rs. 15/HP per month

Unmetered – Rs. 15/HP per month

Energy Charge:

Metered – Rs. 4.50 per kWh

Unmetered – Rs. 600.00 HP per month

High Tension Voltage Supply Service (HTS)

Applicability

The schedule shall apply for all consumers (excluding induction/ arc furnaces) having

contract demand above 100 KVA.

Service Character

Service Character Contract Demand

50 Cycles, 3 Phase at 6.6 KV / 11

KV

100 KVA to 1 MVA

50 Cycles, 3 Phase at 33 KV 1 MVA to 10 MVA

50 Cycles, 3 Phase at 132 KV 7.5 MVA to 40 MVA

50 Cycles, 3 Phase at 220 KV 15 MVA to 150 MVA

50 Cycles, 3 Phase at 400 KV 30 MVA and above

Table 39: Existing and Proposed Tariff - HTS

Consumer

Category



HTS

HTS - 11KV Rs/kVA/

Month 255 350.00 Rs./kWh 5.85 6.35

HTS - 33KV Rs/kVA/ 255 400.00 Rs./kWh 5.85 6.35




Consumer

Category



Month

HTS - 132KV Rs/kVA/

Month 255 450.00 Rs./kWh 5.85 6.35

5.38 For billing demand shall be the maximum demand recorded during the month or 85%

of contract demand whichever is higher.

5.39 The penalty on exceeding contract demand shall be 1.5 times the normal charges for

actual demand exceeding 110% of the contracted demand; the penal charges shall

be applicable on exceeded demand w.r.t. the Contract demand only.

Voltage Rebate

5.40 Voltage rebate to the HTS consumers shall be applicable as given below:

Consumer Category Voltage Rebate

HTS – 33KV 3.00%

HTS – 132KV 5.00%

5.41 Load Factor rebate to the HT Consumers is proposed as given below:


40-60% Nil

60-70% 7.5%

70-100% 10%


5.42 For High tension service category, the Delayed Payment Surcharge will be charged

on a weekly basis at the rate of 0.4% per week.





charges.

Power factor rebate







ToD Tariff for HTS Consumers

5.45 TOD tariff proposed for HTS Consumers is given below:

Off Peak Hours: 10:00 PM to 06:00 AM: 85% of normal rate of energy charge.

Peak Hours: 06:00 AM to 10:00 AM & 06:00 PM to 10:00 PM: 120% of normal rate

of energy charge.

5.46 Load factor rebate and power factor rebate shall not be allowed to consumers with

outstanding arrears.

Summary of changes proposed to HTS tariff and rationale for change in tariff

5.47 Petitioner has proposed for the revision of fixed charge and variable charge for HTS

category as this consumer category consumes a higher electricity and have the


5.48 Tariff hike has also been proposed in order to move the retail tariffs for the category

closer to the Cost of Supply and for reducing the overall revenue gap for JBVNL.

High Tension Special Service (HTSS)

Applicability

This tariff schedule shall apply to all consumers who have a contracted demand of 300 KVA

and more for induction/arc Furnace. In case of induction/arc furnace consumers (applicable

for existing and new consumers), the contract demand shall be based on the total capacity

of the induction/arc furnace and the equipment as per manufacturer technical specification

and not on the basis of measurement. This tariff schedule will not apply to casting units

having induction furnace of melting capacity of 500 Kg or below.

Service Character

3 (Three Phase), 50 Cycles. The supply to induction furnace shall be made only after

ensuring that the loads sanctioned are corresponding to the load requirement of tonnage of

furnace. The minimum load of one tonne furnace shall in no case be less than 600 KVA and

all load will be determined on this basis. No supply will be for loads below this norm.

Table 40: Existing and Proposed Tariff - HTSS

Consumer

Category



HT Specials

HTSS - 11KV Rs/kVA/

Month 410.00 500.00 Rs./kWh 3.50 4.50




Consumer

Category



HTSS - 33KV Rs/kVA/

Month 410.00 500.00 Rs./kWh 3.50 4.50

HTSS - 132KV Rs/kVA/

Month 410.00 500.00 Rs./kWh 3.50 4.50

5.49 The billing demand shall be the maximum demand recorded during the month or 75%

of the contract demand, whichever is higher. In case higher actual demand is

recorded for three continuous months, the same shall be treated as the new contract

demand for the purpose of billing of future months and the consumer will get into a

new Agreement for the revised contracted demand.

5.50 The penalty on exceeding contract demand shall be 1.5 times the normal charges for

actual demand exceeding 110% of the contracted demand; the penal charges shall

be applicable on exceeded demand w.r.t. the Contract demand only.

Voltage Rebate

5.51 Voltage rebate to the HTSS consumers shall be applicable as given below:


HTS – 33KV 3.00%

HTS – 132KV 5.00%

5.52 Load Factor rebate to the HT Consumers is proposed as given below:


40-60% Nil

60-70% 7.5%

70-100% 10%


5.53 For High tension special service category, the Delayed Payment Surcharge will be

charged on a weekly basis at the rate of 0.4% per week. The due date for making

payment of energy bills or other charges shall be fifteen days from the date of serving

of bill. The bill should be generated and delivered on monthly basis. In case, the

licensee defaults in generating and delivering bills on monthly basis, DPS will not be

charged for the period of default by licensee








charges.

Power factor rebate




Summary of changes proposed to HTSS tariff

5.56 Petitioner has proposed for the revision of fixed charge and variable charge for HTSS

category as this consumer category consumes a higher electricity and have the


5.57 Tariff hike has also been proposed in order to move the retail tariffs for the category

closer to the Cost of Supply and for reducing the overall revenue gap for JBVNL.

Railway Traction Service (RTS)

Applicability

This tariff schedule shall apply for use of railway traction only.

Service Character

AC, 50 cycles, single phase at 25 KV or 132 KV

Table 41: Existing and Proposed Tariff - RTS

Consumer

Category



Traction

RTS Rs/kVA/

Month 235 235 Rs/kWh 5.35 6.30


of contract demand whichever is higher.

Maximum Demand for RTS

5.59 The demand charge shall be applied on maximum demand recorded or contract

demand whichever is higher at any fifteen minutes time block for which the meter

installed should have 15 minutes integration time.


5.60 For Railway Traction service category, the delayed payment surcharge shall be at




the rate of 0.4% per month and part thereof.

Power Factor Penalty




charges.

Power Factor Rebate






Summary of changes proposed to Railway Traction Service (RTS Tariff) and rationale for change in tariff



Street Light Service (SS)

Applicability

This tariff schedule shall apply for use of Street Lighting system, including single system in

corporation, municipality, notified area committee, panchayats etc. and also in areas not

covered by municipalities and Notified Area Committee provided the number of lamps

served from a point of supply is not less than 5.


a) S.S-I: Metered Street Light Service b) S.S-II: Unmetered Street Light Service

Service Character

AC, 50 cycles, Single phase at 230 Volts or three phase at 400 Volts

Table 42: Existing and Proposed Tariff - RTS

Consumer

Category




SS - I (Metered) Rs/Conn

/Month 38 350.00 Rs/kWh 4.80 6.00




Consumer

Category



SS - II

(Unmetered)

Rs/Conn

/Month 150 500.00 Rs/kWh 0.00 0.00


5.65 For Street light service category, the delayed payment surcharge shall be at the rate

of 1.5% per month and part thereof.

Summary of changes proposed to Street light Service (SS tariff)

5.66 Revision ion fixed charges from current Rs. 150/ month per connection to Rs. 300/

month per connection has been proposed for unmetered SS category. This is done

to encourage the consumer to get their connections metered as well as to recover

the every unit entering into the JBVNL network. Also a slight revision in SS-II has

been proposed with objective to bring down the gap between ARR and ACS.

Bulk Supply to Military Engineering Service (MES)

Applicability

This tariff schedule shall apply to Military Engineering Services (MES) for a mixed load in

defence cantonment and related area.


MES for supply to bulk supply to military engineering services/cantonment areas.

Service Character

AC, 50 cycles, Three phase at 11 kV.

Table 43: Existing and Proposed Tariff – MES

Consumer Category



MES

MES Rs/kVA/Month

230 350 Rs/kWh 4.35 5.00


of contract whichever is higher.


5.68 For Military Engineering service category, the Delayed Payment Surcharge will at the

rate of 0.4% per month and part thereof.






Summary of changes proposed to MES Service






6. Demand Side Management (DSM) Fund Creation and levy of DSM Charge

6.1 In its endeavour to become a vibrant and efficient utility, JBVNL is consistently striving

to initiate innovative measures to increase efficiency in its operations. With the same

objective, the Petitioner intends to promote Energy Efficiency (EE) and energy

conservation through various Demand Side Measures (DSM) in the state. The

emphasis on DSM measures is also necessary in view of the potential for reduction

in gap between Average Cost of Supply and Average Revenue Realization.

6.2 Various states across the country have made significant strides in implementing DSM

programs through utility led initiatives. Such program and activities have resulted in

substantial energy and cost savings as well as reduced AT&C losses.

6.3 A DSM Coordination Committee has been widely accepted and recognized as a best

practice in successfully driving the extensive adoption of DSM programs. On similar

lines, the constitution of Jharkhand DSM Coordination Committee (JDCC) is

presently underway.

6.4 However, it has been observed that the financial limitation is one of the major barrier

in undertaking Energy Efficiency (EE) projects, which arise due to a variety of sectoral

issues as limited financial resources with DISCOMs to spare for EE projects. The

Energy Services Company (ESCO) route is often the preferred model adopted to

undertake EE projects, however, ESCOs are also under-capitalized to undertake

large value projects. Also, financial institutions have limited experience in lending to

EE projects thus making it a high risk venture for them. In addition, the customers

targeted under the programs are also not perceived credit worthy by FIs.

6.5 Thus, there is a need to establish a funding mechanism to support the Petitioner in

independently undertaking DSM activities in its area of license. The support of

Hon’ble Commission in establishing a DSM fund can address this barrier and lead to

initiation of DSM activities by JBVNL in the state. The main purpose of creating the




fund is to stimulate the market and support implementation of cost effective activities

that shall support EE by various direct and indirect DSM measures with this fund. The

details of fund sourcing, management and potential utilization avenues are discussed

in details in the following paragraphs.

Fund sourcing

6.6 Considering the need of JBVNL’s initiative in implementing DSM, it is proposed that

a mechanism be established for creation and continuous replenishment of a fund.

For the same, it is proposed that, an Energy Conservation Charge or DSM Cess can

be added to energy charges under the approved tariff for various consumer

categories.

6.7 It is proposed that a charge ranging from a rate of only Rs. 0.01/kWh to Rs.0.05/kWh

may be charged from different consumer categories. With the proposed mix of energy

sales to consumers for JBVNL for FY 16-17, an estimated collection of Rs.13.06

Crore is expected annually as detailed in table below. It is submitted that for the

consumers with unmetered sales, a fixed rate of DSM cess may be levied. It is also

requested that the DSM cess proposed may be revised by the Hon’ble Commission

in subsequent years based on the proposed program and fund requirement thereof.

Table 44: Estimated collection from levy of proposed Energy Conservation Charge

Category Proposed DSM

surcharge (Rs/kWh)*

Sales/ Consumers*

Revenue expected (Rs Crs)

Domestic (DS)

DS-I (a), Kutir Jyoti (metered) (0-50) 0.01 259.65 0.26

DS-I (a), Kutir Jyoti (metered) (51-100) 0.01 108.19 0.11

DS-I (a), Kutir Jyoti (unmetered) 5.00 439,115* 0.22

DS-I (b),Metered (1-100) 0.01 265.88 0.27

DS-I (b),Metered (101-200) 0.01 578.00 0.58

DS-I (b),Metered (above 201) 0.01 606.04 0.61


5.00 527,857* 0.26

DS-II, <= 4 KW -

0-100 0.02 286.40 0.57

100-250 0.02 645.99 1.29

251 - 500 0.02 590.08 1.18

501 and above 0.02 621.29 1.24

DS-III, Above 4 kW -

0-250 0.05 244.17 1.22

250 and above 0.05 246.89 1.23




Category Proposed DSM

surcharge (Rs/kWh)*

Sales/ Consumers*

Revenue expected (Rs Crs)

DS HT 0.05 1.20 0.01

Non Domestic

NDS-I, Metered (<=2kW) (0-100) 0.01 9.76 0.01

NDS-I, Metered (<=2kW) (Above 101-250) 0.01 8.35 0.01

Above 250 0.01 6.68 0.01

NDS-I, Unmetered (<=2kW) 5.00 3,811* 0.00

NDS-II 0.02 437.88 0.88


0-250 0.02 8.06 0.02

251-500 0.02 8.06 0.02

501 and above 0.02 10.75 0.02


LTIS (Demand based Irrigation) 0.01 24.99 0.02

LTIS (Installation based Tariff) 0.01 157.44 0.16


IAS - I Metered 0.01 242.40 0.24

IAS - I Unmetered 5.00 21,000* 0.01

IAS - II Metered 0.01 - -

IAS - II Unmetered 5.00 7,000* 0.00

HTS

HTS - 11KV 0.01 499.34 0.50

HTS - 33KV 0.01 499.34 0.50

HTS - 132KV 0.01 499.34 0.50

HT Specials

HTSS - 11KV 0.01 290.00 0.29

HTSS - 33KV 0.01 290.00 0.29

HTSS - 132KV 0.01 290.00 0.29

Traction

RTS 0.01 222.00 0.22


SS - I (Metered) 0.01 7.33 0.01

SS - II (Unmetered) 0.01 516.53* 0.00

MES 0.01 15.73 0.02

Total DSM Fund 13.06

6.8 It is prayed to the Hon’ble Commission to kindly consider the submission of the

Petitioner and allow creation of such DSM fund. The amount enumerated above for

each consumer category shall be levied as a surcharge and shall not form part of the

existing ARR of the Petitioner. The DSM fund shall be an entirely separate fund




deposited in a dedicated bank account and shall only be utilized for the purpose of

DSM activities with the information of Hon’ble Commission. The fund management

structure is discussed in the following paragraphs.

Fund Management

6.9 This fund shall be utilized by the Petitioner under direct supervision of State Level

coordination committee, i.e. JDCC. The Petitioner shall submit an annual DSM plan

to JDCC for approval of fund utilization and any proposal for any specific DSM

program that it may plan to undertake during the year. This shall then be scrutinized

by the committee, which shall then approve disbursal of funds form the DSM fund.

The figure below illustrates the proposed fund sourcing, management and utilization

model.

Figure 4: Proposed DSM Fund Model

6.10 JBVNL shall submit detailed proposal for each such initiatives with the Hon’ble

Commission as well for its information. Further, it is proposed that every year, the

details of DSM fund collected and the expenditure incurred shall also be submitted to

the Hon’ble Commission along with the tariff petition.

Potential Fund Utilization Avenues

6.11 There has been a rising concern about addressing environmental issues emanating

from inefficient energy consumption patterns of utilities and thus Governments have

been striving to support EE measures and induce lower energy demands. Energy




conservation awareness is one of the first steps in initiating energy saving behaviour

of consumers. However, energy cost is an overriding factor that influences

consumption behaviour amongst all consumer categories. Majority of consumers

would willingly shift to EE devices and adopt EE practices to reduce their energy costs

provided there are well informed dissemination programs structured to educate and

make aware the consumer groups about the benefits of energy conservation.

Investing in consumer awareness programs and enlightening consumers about their

energy consumption behaviour and encouraging them to adopt energy efficient

practices to bring economic advantages along with environmental benefits can reap

long term results for the utility.

6.12 In the above aspect, Petitioner proposes to commence program for proactive

communications and engagement with people of Jharkhand to spread awareness

about Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management (DSM) interventions by

utilizing the DSM Fund. Some of the proposed programs that may be initiated include:

a. Energy Conservation Day

b. School Children Engagement Program

c. Domestic Consumer Awareness

d. Workshop for Industrial Consumers

e. Workshop for Municipal Workforce

f. Awareness Drive in Govt. Buildings

g. State Energy Conservation Awards

h. Utility Capacity Building Program

i. Awareness campaigns for agriculture consumers

6.13 JBVNL shall submit detailed proposal for such initiatives as and when it aims to

undertake such program. The impact of such DSM programs shall not only be limited

to the Petitioner, it is the consumer who would be the ultimate beneficiary. The two

way benefits of reduced consumption leading to decrease in energy bills and a

sustained distribution utility with lower ACS ARR gap shall ensure larger benefits to

the State of Jharkhand.

6.14 Hence, it is humbly submitted that such a small amount of DSM Cess may kindly be

allowed to be levied on the energy consumption as proposed above.




7. Schedule of Charges

1. Background

7.1 Hon’ble commission has notified the first supply code as JSERC (Electricity Supply

Code), Regulations, 2005 for JSEB which was constituted on March 10, 2001 under

the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 as a result of the bifurcation of the erstwhile State

of Bihar. Also, the Hon’ble Commission has approved miscellaneous charges for

JSEB in the in the Tariff Order of FY 06-07. Petitioner has filed various petitions which

includes revision of miscellaneous charges. However, Hon’ble Commission has not

considered the proposed miscellaneous charges due to lack of justification provided

for the proposed charges as mentioned in tariff order for FY 2010-11. After that 3

more Tariff orders (for FY 11-12, FY 12-13 and FY 15-16) have been issued by the

Hon’ble Commission, however, no revision in miscellaneous charges have been done

by the Hon’ble Commission. Also, a new Supply code named JSERC Supply Code,

Regulations, 2015 has been notified on 09.09.2015 under which the miscellaneous

charges taken are same as of charges in FY 06-07. It can noted that the present

miscellaneous charges are decade old and no revision has been done in last 10

years. The present charges and proposed charges are discussed in the following

sections.

2. Rationale for increase of Miscellaneous charges

a) Inflation last 10 years

7.2 As discussed in the above section, that there has not been any revision in

miscellaneous charges in last 10 years. However, inflation in last 10 years (FY 05-06

to FY 14-15) has been increased with an annual rate of 6.52% considering both CPI

and WPI index. Inflation calculated above is as per the provision for O&M expenses

as per Tariff Regulations 2015. In line with the JSERC Regulations 2015, it is

submitted that the inflation factor has been estimated based on the actual Wholesale

Price Index (WPI) and Consumer Price Index (CPI) for FY 2005-06 and FY 2014-15.

The table below provides the computation of Inflation factor:




Table 45: Inflation of last 10 Years

Index 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 CAG

R

CPI 123 131 142 157 176 192 209 232 247 261 7.83%

WPI 110 115 125 128 140 153 165 175 182 177 4.91%

Period WPI CPI

Increase of FY 2014-15 Index over FY 2005-06

4.91% 7.83%

Weighted 0.45 0.55

Weighted Index 2.21% 4.31%

Combined Inflation 6.52%

b) Labour rates

7.3 It can be noted that charges for meter fixing, installation and removing is just Rs 50

for single phase as per the current schedule of miscellaneous charges. However, the

labour charges for a skilled worker is Rs 290/day as per the Department of Labour,

employment & Training, Government pf Jharkhand. Hence, it is noteworthy that the

current miscellaneous charges are not complying with the industry standards and

need to be revised to bring them to a realistic level.

c) Miscellaneous charges in other neighbor states

7.4 JBVNL is the distribution utility with one of the lowest miscellaneous charges in the

country. Even neighbouring States like Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal

have significantly higher charges. This is majorly due to non-revision of charges in

the last 10 years. A head wise detailed comparative analysis has been provided in

the respective sections.

3. Petition for revised schedule of charges

7.5 Considering the above factors like inflation and present labour rates and in line with

miscellaneous charges applicable in other neighbour, JBVNL would like to propose

revised schedule of miscellaneous charges.

7.6 It is noteworthy that Jharkhand was constituted as a result of the bifurcation of the

erstwhile State of Bihar on 15 November 2000. However, both the state share the

same demography and geography. It can be seen in the below sub-sections that

Bihar being the neighboring state of Jharkhand has comparatively high miscellaneous




charges. However, if prevailing labour charges are compared for both the states,

Bihar has comparatively low labour charges than Jharkhand as same can be depicted

form the table below.

Table 46: Minimum wages in Jharkhand and Bihar

Class of employee Jharkhand Bihar

Unskilled 210 194

Semi-skilled 220 203

Skilled 290 290

Highly-skilled 335 335

7.7 In line with the prevalent miscellaneous charges applicable in state of Bihar, JBVNL

has proposed its schedule of miscellaneous charges. A detailing of JBVNL current

rates and proposed rates along with comparison with other states are provided in the

following sub-sections.

a) Charges related to service connection

7.8 In this section charges related to service connection like application fees for new

connection, revision of estimate when a consumer intimates changes in his requirement

subsequent to the preparation of service connection estimate based on his original

application, testing of consumers Installation and disconnection/ reconnection are

discussed. In line with the prevalent miscellaneous charges applicable in state of Bihar,

JBVNL has proposed new miscellaneous charges. Also, a comparison of charges from

other state like Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh along with current charges of JBVNL is

provided in the table below.

Table 47: Charges related to Service Connection

S No. Particulars

Scale of Charges

JBVNL (Present)

JBVNL (Propose

d)

Maharashtra

Bihar Chhattisg

arh

1 Application fee

Domestic

Rs 15 (Kutir Jyoti)

Rs 20 (Others)

Rs. 30(Kutir

Jyoti) Rs. 40

(Others)

1 ph- Rs. 50,

3 Ph- Rs. 75,

HT- Rs. 200

1 ph- Rs. 75,

(L.T) 3 Ph-Rs. 200,

(L.T) Industrial- Rs. 300

HT- Rs. 750

(L.T) consumers-Rs. 200,

(L.T) Industrial consumer

s- Rs. 1000

HT- Rs. 5,000

Commercial Rs 20

1 ph- Rs. 75,

(L.T) 3 Ph-Rs.

200

Agriculture Rs 10 1 ph- Rs.




S No. Particulars

Scale of Charges

JBVNL (Present)

JBVNL (Propose

d)

Maharashtra

Bihar Chhattisg

arh

75,

(L.T) 3 Ph-Rs.

200

Street light Rs 20

1 ph- Rs. 75,

(L.T) 3 Ph-Rs.

200

Other LT Supply Rs 50 Rs 300

HT Supply Rs 100 Rs 750

HTSS, EHTS, RTS Rs 100 Rs 750

2 Revision of estimate when a consumer intimates changes in his requirement subsequent to the preparation of service connection estimate based on his original application

Agriculture Rs 10

Same as

application fee

Same as

application fee

Same as

application fee

Domestic Rs 30

Commercial Rs 30

Other LT categories

Rs 50

HT Supply Rs 150

3 Testing of consumers Installation

Testing / Inspection charge subsequent to the first one

Rs 100

Single ph - Rs 100

for

Three ph - Rs 200

HT Supply - Rs 800

Rs 100

Single ph - Rs 100

for

Three ph - Rs 200

HT Supply - Rs 800

Rs 200

4 Disconnection/ Reconnection

Single phase

Rs 30

Dis-con: Rs. 75, Re-con- Rs. 100


Rs. 60

3-ph LT up to 25 HP/19 KW

Rs 75 Rs 200

Rs. 200

Rs. 150

3- ph LT above 25 HP/19 KW

Rs. 500

LT Industrial Supply

Rs 300



HT Connection up to 5 MVA

Rs 500

Dis-con: Rs. 750, Re-con-

Rs. 3,000

Dis-con: Rs. 750, Re-con-

Rs. 3,000

Rs. 1,750

HT Connection above 5 MVA

Rs. 2,500




b) Electricity Connection Charges

7.9 In this section charges related to electricity connection like service line charges and

development charges are discussed and a new methodology for considering these

charges is proposed by the Petitioner. As provided in the clause 3.2 of JSERC

Electricity Supply Code 2015, the Petitioner is authorized to recover all charges

incurred in providing service line by means of laying distribution network facility. The

same is reproduced below-

3.2.1 The Distribution Licensee shall be authorized to recover from the applicant all

expenses reasonably incurred in laying the service line from the distribution mains to

the point of supply based on the schedule of charges approved by the Commission

from time to time.

3.2.2 Where the provision of supply to an applicant requires works of installation of

dedicated distribution facilities, the Distribution Licensee shall be authorized to

recover all expenses reasonably incurred on such works from the applicant based on

the schedule of charges approved by the from time to time.

7.10 The above methodology under Supply code is in interest of the utility to recover all

expenses incurred in providing electricity connection which includes laying of service

line and installation of dedicated distribution facilities from applicant. Here JBVNL

would like to submit to the Hon’ble Commission that electricity connection including

laying of service lines and other associated charges to BPL consumers are provided

free of cost under DDUGJY scheme while utility charges the electricity connection

charges to APL consumers as per the Supply Code 2015. It may be noticed that

consumer applying for electricity connection having no distribution facilities near to

their premises may be charged higher amount, considering the expenditure incurred

in laying the dedicated distribution facility by utility. However, their neighbouring

consumer bear the nominal charges of electricity connection due to previous

installation of distribution facility nearby. This methodology of recovering charges

from APL consumers may lead to unjustified recovery of charges and biasness

among consumers. This has also led to negative impact on consumers, as rather

than applying for new connection, consumers opt for unscrupulous means for

obtaining electricity including, pilferages and theft. Such activities lead to increase in

AT&C losses and adversely impact the financial and operational performance of

utility.

7.11 Therefore, considering the above condition, the Petitioner proposes to introduce a

uniform charge for electricity connection, which shall be levied equally to all

consumers irrespective of their locality in view of providing electricity connection to




all at fair and justified price. It is submitted that the Petitioner shall not recover the

infrastructure development cost from the consumer as it can be covered under

various central and state govt. schemes like IPDS, R-APDRP, ADP etc. Although a

uniform charge across all the consumers, depending on the load, can be levied, as

detailed in the below table.

1. SERVICE LINE CHARGES

7.12 In both electrified and un-electrified areas, the service line charges shall be levied for

all consumer categories, as proposed in the table below. Also comparison of service

line charges as applicable in other states are provided in the table below-

Table 48: Service Line Charges

Load (kWh) Charges Proposed

for JBVNL (Rs) Delhi Madhya Pradesh

Upto 2 kW only Nil 1,250

LT- (Upto 3 kW (single phase): Rs. 200 per kW or part thereof.

Upto 10 kW only 2,000 2,000

LT- (3-10): Rs. 600 + Rs. 600 per addl. kW or part thereof by which the load exceeds 3 kW

11-20 3,000 3,000

LT- (10-25): Rs. 7,200 + Rs. 2,250 per addl. kW or part thereof by which the load exceeds 10 kW

21-50 4,500 4,500

LT- (25-75): Rs. 40,950 + Rs. 3,750 per addl. kW or part thereof by which the load exceeds 25 kW

51-100 8,000 8,000

1. Cost of service line includes the cost of GI pipe, bricks and sand.

2. Option of O/H or U/G Service line shall lie with the licensee.

3. For load above 100 KW, the cost of providing connection on 11 KV shall be shared between Consumer and the Petitioner on 50:50 basis.

4. Where service connections are provided through ‘Loops’ only Rs. 500 shall be charged towards Service Line Charges for each new connection. However, where new service line is decided to be provided by licensee, charges for Service Line, as provided above, shall be applicable.

5. Road cutting permission shall be obtained by utilities on behalf of consumers. However, the cost thereto shall be charged to consumers and shall be shown




separately in demand notice.

2. DEVELOPMENT CHARGES FOR UNELECTRIFIED AREAS

7.13 For other un-electrified areas, the Development charges as given in Table below shall

be charged in addition to Service Line charges indicated in Table above.

Table 49: Development Charges

Sanctioned Load (kWh) Charges Proposed for

JBVNL (Rs) Delhi

Up to 2kW Nil 4,000

2-6kW 2,500 4,000

6-10 kW 4,000 4,000

11-20 6,000 6,000

21-50 9,000 9,000

51-100 18,000 18,000

c) Charges related to meter

7.14 In this section, charges related to meter testing, removing/ fixing / Re-fixing of meter,

changing of meter /meter equipment, resealing of meter, replacement of meter and

fuse call replacement are discussed. A detailed proposed charges for JBVNL, its

current charges and comparison of charges with other states are provided in the table

below.

Table 50: Charges related to meters

S No.

Particulars

Scale of Charges

JBVNL (Present)

JBVNL (Propose

d)

Maharashtra

Bihar Chhattisg

arh

1 Meter test when accuracy disputed by consumer

Single phase Rs. 40 Rs. 100 Rs. 100 Rs. 100 Rs. 130

Three phase Rs. 100 Rs. 200 Rs. 350 Rs. 200 Rs. 200

Tri vector/ special type meter

Rs. 650 Rs. 1,800 Rs. 1,000 Rs. 1,800 Rs. 1,200

33/11 kV metering equipment

Rs 5,000 Rs 5,000

132/220 kV metering equipment

Rs 8,000 Rs 8,000

2 Removing/ Fixing / Re-fixing of meter

Single phase Rs. 50 Rs.200.00 Rs.200.00 Rs. 70

Three phase Rs. 100 Rs.400.00 Rs.400.00




S No.

Particulars

Scale of Charges

JBVNL (Present)

JBVNL (Propose

d)

Maharashtra

Bihar Chhattisg

arh

Tri vector/ special type meter

Rs. 300 Rs.600.00 Rs.600.00

Three Phase meter with CT

Rs 500.00 Rs.500.00

HT metering equipment

Rs.

1,200.00

Rs. 1,200.00

3 Changing of meter /meter equipment/fixing of sub meter on the request of the consumer/fixing of sub meter

Single phase Rs. 50 Rs. 75 Rs. 25

Three phase Rs. 100 Rs. 180

Trivector/ special type meter

Rs. 300 Rs. 530

4 Resealing of meter when seals are found broken

Single phase Rs. 25 Rs. 50

Three phase Rs. 50 Rs. 80

Trivector/ special type meter

Rs. 100 Rs. 530

5

Replacement of meter card, if lost or damaged by consumer

Rs. 10 Rs. 20 Rs. 10

6 Fuse call – Replacement

Board fuse due to fault of consumer

Rs. 15 Rs. 30 Rs. 25

Consumer fuse Rs. 15 Rs. 30

d) Other charges

7.15 In this section, two major miscellaneous charges i.e. supervision charges and interest

on security deposits are discussed. In the clause 3.2.4 of (Electricity Supply Code)

Regulations 2015, it is mentioned that “supervision charge should not exceed 15

percent of the labour cost that would have been incurred by licensee in carrying out

work”. However, in other states this cost is 15 percent of the labour and material cost.

Similarly, in clause no 8.2.16 of (Electricity Supply Code) Regulations 2015 it is

mentioned that “The Distribution Licensee shall pay interest to the consumer at the

State Bank of India base rate prevailing on the 1st of April for the year.” However, In

other states interest to consumers are payable At the bank rate notified by the

“Reserve Bank of India” from time to time. In line with the above, JBVNL would like

to propose the supervision charges and interest on security deposits.




Table 51: supervision charges and interest on security deposits

S No.

Particulars

Scale of Charges

JBVNL (Present)

JBVNL (Proposed

) Bihar

Chhattisgarh

Maharashtra

1 Supervision Charges

15% on cost of labour

15% on cost of material and labour

Licensee can charge percentage of

the normative estimate arrived at on KVA or KW basis as specified in cost data

Load 30 KW (33 KVA) upto 3600 KW (4000 KVA): - 15%

Above 3600 KW upto 9000 KW (10,000 KVA): - 8%

Above 9000 KW (10,000 KVA): - 5%

15% on cost of

material and labour

not exceeding 15 per cent of the cost of labour

2

Interest on Security deposit

At the State

Bank of India base

rate prevailing on the 1st of April for the year

At the bank rate

notified by the

Reserve Bank of

India from time to time

At the bank rate notified

by the Reserve

Bank of India from time to

time

At the bank rate

notified by the

Reserve Bank of

India from time to time

At the bank rate notified by

the Reserve Bank of

India from time to

time

e) New charges

7.16 In addition to the above charges of service connection, meter charges, supervision

charges and interest on security deposits, JBVNL would also like to propose charges

for meter rent, transformer rent and cost related to replacement of burnt meter.

Table 52: New Charges

S No. Particulars

Scale of Charges

JBVNL (Proposed)

Bihar Chhattisga

rh Maharashtra

1 Meter Rent/ Month




S No. Particulars

Scale of Charges

JBVNL (Proposed)

Bihar Chhattisga

rh Maharashtra

DS Category except DS I-

Single Phase/ Three phase Rs. 20/ 50

Rs. 20/ 50

Rs. 10/ Rs. 25 upto 40 Amp and Rs. 50 for

40-100 Amp

Meter cost

LT meter with CT Rs. 500 Rs. 500

11 kV at low Voltage Rs. 500 Rs. 500 Rs. 720

11 kV at 6.6/11 kV Rs. 700 Rs. 700

33 kV HT side Rs. 3,000 Rs. 3,000 Rs. 1,140

132 kV Rs.15,000 Rs.15,00

0 Rs. 8,900

RTS or 220 Kv Rs. 15,000 Rs.

15,000 Rs 19,600

2 Replacement of Burnt Meter Cost of meter

Cost of meter

Cost of meter

3 Transformer Rent

Upto 200 kVA Rs. 1,000

Above 200 kVA Rs. 1,500

4. Impact of revision of miscellaneous charges on NTI (Non-Tariff

Income)

7.17 In the Previous Tariff Orders for FY 2010-11, FY 2011-12 and FY 2012-13, the

Hon’ble Commission had directed Petitioner to consider the impact of the proposed

miscellaneous charges including the minimum guaranteed consumption charges and

show separate calculations for NTI at existing miscellaneous charges and NTI at

proposed miscellaneous charges with details through a separate petition or while

filing the next ARR.

7.18 In the previous Tariff Orders, the Hon’ble Commission has retained all the

miscellaneous charges as approved in the Tariff Order for FY 06-07 and the same

rates are applicable till date. In view of the above directives given by Hon’ble

Commission, JBVNL would like to submit that exact increase in NTI can only be

reflected in the respective annual account for that particular year. However it is

roughly expected that there will be an addition of approx. Rs. 2 Cr. in NTI on account

of revision of miscellaneous charges. A detailed break-up of NTI of FY 14-15 is

provided in the annual accounts of FY 2014-15 for the reference of Hon’ble

Commission. The Petitioner humbly requests the Hon’ble Commission to consider

the NTI as submitted by the Petitioner, while calculating revenue gap and any change

in NTI due to revision of miscellaneous charges shall be adjusted in the True-up




Petitions subsequently.

7.19 As directed by Hon’ble commission, petitioner has submitted the required justification

for increase in miscellaneous charges. Hence, it is respectfully submitted that the

present Petition raises issues of substantial importance and facts which requires a

consideration before this Hon’ble Commission, to present the analysis and rationale

for the relief sought by the Petitioner.




8. Terms and Condition of Supply

8.1 The Petitioner is hereby submitting following terms and conditions of supply besides

terms and conditions provided in the JSERC (Electricity Supply Code), Regulations,

2015, for kind perusal of the Hon’ble Commission.

Clause I: Penalty for exceeding Billing/ Contract Demand

8.2 In case the consumer’s actual recorded demand exceeds 110% of the contract

demand, then normal demand charge will be applicable up to 110% of contract

demand. However, once the consumer surpasses the 110% threshold, then penal

tariff shall be applicable @ 1.5% of existing charges for the demand over and above

the contract demand (i.e 100%) and NOT on the demand exceeding 110%.

8.3 Further, in case any consumer exceeds the Contract Demand on more than three

occasions in a calendar year, the highest demand so recorded would be treated as

the revised contract demand.

8.4 In case actual demand is higher than the contract demand for three continuous

months, the maximum demand of the last three months shall be treated as the new

contract demand for the purpose of billing of future months and the consumer will

have to get into a new agreement for the revised contract demand with the licensee

within the period defined by the Licensee and communicated to the consumer failing

which the consumer will be charged @ 2 times of the demand charges as long as the

consumer does not enter the agreement.

8.5 Once the actual demand is recorded to be higher than contract demand for two

continuous months, the licensee would serve notice to the consumer after the end of

the second month for enhancement of the contract demand. The consumer would be

liable to respond within 15 days of receipt of such notice and submit application for

enhancement of contract demand to the licensee. The licensee would, within 15 days

of receipt of response from the consumer, finalise the new agreement after making

necessary changes at consumer’s installations.

8.6 In case the consumer fails to respond within 15 days, the licensee would have the

right to initiate enhancement of load as per the last recorded contract demand. While,




in case the consumer provides an undertaking that the actual demand shall not

exceed the contract demand again for a period of at least six months from the last

billing, the licensee shall continue to bill the consumer as per the existing contract

demand and billing demand.

8.7 Provided that if the consumer fails to adhere to the undertaking and the actual

demand exceeds the contract demand within the subsequent six months of the

undertaking, the consumer shall have to pay a penal charge of 2 times the normal

tariff for a period of three consecutive months and the licensee shall, after serving 7

days notice to the consumer, enhance the contract demand of the consumer as per

the last recorded actual demand.

Clause II: Power factor Penalty/Rebate

Power Factor Penalty:

8.8 Power Factor Penalty will be applicable in case of maximum demand meters. In case

average power factor in a month for a consumer (i.e. up to 33 KV consumers) falls

below 0.90, a penalty @ 1% for every 0.01 fall in power factor from 0.85 to 0.60; plus

3% for every 0.01 fall below 0.60 to 0.30 (up to and including 0.30) shall be levied on

energy charges.

8.9 Further for 132 KV consumers and above, in case average power factor in a month

for a consumer falls below 0.95, a penalty @ 0.5% for every 0.01 fall in power factor

from 0.95 to 0.85; plus a penalty @ 1% for every 0.01 fall in power factor from 0.85

to 0.60; plus 3% for every 0.01 fall below 0.60 to 0.30 (up to and including 0.30) shall

be levied on energy charges. Consumer with power factor of less than 0.30 must

install shunt capacitors immediately, failing which their line will be disconnected with

15 days clear notice.

Power Factor Rebate:

8.10 Power Factor rebate will be applicable in case of maximum demand meters. In case

average power factor as maintained by the consumer (up to 33 KV consumers) is

more than 90%, a rebate of 1% and if power factor is more than 95%, a rebate of 2%

on energy charges shall be applicable.

8.11 Further, for 132 KV consumers and above, in case average power factor as

maintained by the consumer is more than 95%, a rebate of 2% on energy charges

shall be applicable.




Clause III: Electricity Duty

8.12 The charges in this tariff schedule do not include charges on account of Electricity

Duty/ Surcharge to the consumers under the Jharkhand Electricity Duty Act, 1948

and the rules framed there under and as amended from time to time and any other

Statutory levy which may take effect from time to time after making corrections for the

loss in the distribution system.

Clause IV: Delayed Payment Surcharge

8.13 In case the electricity bills are not paid within the due date mentioned on the bill,

delayed payment charges of 2 percent per month or part thereof on the total electricity

bill (including Taxes and Duties) shall be levied on the bill amount. The due date for

making payment of energy bills or other charges shall be fifteen days from the date

of issuance of bill for LT Domestic, Commercial and Agricultural and twenty one days

from issuance of bill for all other categories. In case, the licensee defaults in

generating and delivering bills on timely basis, DPS will not be charged for the period

of default by licensee.

Clause V: Voltage Rebate

8.14 Voltage rebate will be applicable on energy charges as given below:

Table 53: Voltage Rebate


HTS - 33 KV 3.00%

HTS - 132 KV 5.00%

HTS - 220 KV 5.50%

HTS - 400 KV 6.00%

Note: The above rebate will be available only on monthly basis and consumer with arrears

shall not be eligible for the above rebates. However, the applicable rebates shall be allowed

to consumers with outstanding dues, wherein such dues have been stayed by the

appropriate authority/Courts.

Clause VI: Load Factor Rebate

8.15 Load Factor rebate will be applicable on energy charges as given below:

Table 54: Load Factor Rebate

Consumer Category Load Factor Rebate 40 - 60 % Nil 60 - 70% 7.50% 70 - 100% 10%




Note:

1. The consumers having load factor less than 30%, shall not be allowed to draw electricity

during peak periods. In the event such consumers are found using energy in peak hours

their line will be disconnected immediately.

2. The Load Factor rebate will be available only on monthly basis and consumer with arrears

shall not be eligible for the above rebates. However, the applicable rebates shall be allowed

to consumers with outstanding dues, wherein such dues have been stayed by the

appropriate authority/Courts.

Clause VII: Installation of Shunt capacitors

8.16 All consumers having aggregate inductive load greater than 3 HP (2.2 kW) and above

(except domestic and street lights), shall install capacitors of required KVAR rating

provided in the following table:

Table 55: Installation of Shunt capacitors

Rating of individual Inductive Load in HP

KVAR rating of LT capacitors

3 to 5 1 5 to 7.5 2

5.6 to 10 3 10 to 15 4 15 to 20 6 20 to 30 7 30 to 40 10 40 to 50 10 – 20 50 to 100 20-30

8.17 For existing consumer, the Petitioner should first serve one month’s notice to all such

consumers who do not have or have defective shunt capacitors. In case the

consumers does not get the capacitor installed/replaced within the notice period, the

consumer shall be levied a surcharge at 5% on the total billed amount charge

(metered or flat), till they have installed the required capacitors.

8.18 No new connection shall be released for any consumer having aggregate inductive

load greater than 3 HP (2.2 kW) unless the capacitors of suitable rating are installed.

Clause VIII: TOD Tariff

TOD tariff proposed shall be applicable as follows-

Off Peak Hours: 10:00 PM to 06:00 AM: 85% of normal rate of energy charge.

Normal Hours: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Peak Hours: 06:00 AM to 10:00 AM & 06:00 PM to 10:00 PM: 120% of normal rate

of energy charge.




Other Terms and Conditions

Point of Supply

8.19 The Power supply shall normally be provided at a single point for the entire premises.

In certain categories like coal mines power may be supplied at more than one point

on request of consumer subject to technical feasibility. But in such cases metering

and billing shall be done separately for each point.

8.20 Further, in case of Rolling Mills and Induction Furnace, and for NDS II consumers

with non-separate advertisement/hoarding/conspicuous consumption as per Section

8.3.2 the point of supply shall be separate

Dishonored Cheques

8.21 In the event of dishonored cheque for payment against a particular bill, the Licensee

shall charge a minimum of Rs 300 or 0.5% of the billed amount, whichever is higher.

The DPS shall be levied extra as per the applicable terms and conditions of DPS for

the respective category.

Sale of energy

8.22 No consumer shall be allowed to sell the electricity purchased from the Licensee to

any other person/ entity.

Release of new connections

8.23 No new connections shall be provided without appropriate meter. The tariff for un-

metered connections shall be applicable only to the existing un-metered connections,

until they are metered.

Conversion factors

8.24 The following shall be the conversion factors, as and where applicable: (PF=0.85):

1 Kilowatt (KW) = 1.176 Kilovolt ampere (kVA)

1 Kilowatt (KW) = 1 / 0.746 Horse Power (HP)

1 Horse Power (1 HP) = 0.878 Kilovolt ampere (KVA)




Disputed Bills

8.25 In case of disputed bill, the consumer would be liable to pay their dues based on last

6 month’s consumption pattern which will be subsequently adjusted if found

erroneous against future bills.

Stopped/ defective meters

8.26 In case of existing consumers with previous consumption pattern, the provisional

average bill shall be issued on the basis of average of previous twelve months

consumption. In case of meter being out of order from the period before which no

pattern of consumption is available, the provisional average bill shall be issued on the

basis of sanctioned/ contract load on following load factor applicable to respective

categories, as shown below:

Table 56: Consumer wise Load Factor

Consumer Category Load Factor

Domestic & Religious Institution .20

Non-Domestic .30

LTIS/ PHED LT .30

DS-HT .20

HTS

11 KV .30

33 KV .40

132/200 KV/400 kV .50

HTSS .50

RTS .30

The Consumer should furnish usage details of their continuous load/shift wise load/otherwise.

Temporary Supply

8.27 Applicability

This tariff shall apply for connections being temporary in nature for period of less than one

year. The applicability shall be as given in the respective category tariff rate schedule.

Temporary supply cannot be claimed by a prospective consumer as a matter of right but will

normally be arranged by JBVNL when a requisition is made giving due notice subject to

technical feasibility and in accordance with electricity supply code issued by the

Commission.

Temporary tariff is proposed to be equivalent to 1.5 times of the applicable fixed and energy

charges for temporary connections falling in each prescribed tariff category with all other

terms and conditions of tariff remaining the same.




Temporary connections shall be given prepaid meters with prepaid balance equivalent to

45 days of sale of power which shall be based on the assessment formula (LDHF)

prescribed by the Commission.

Temporary connections shall initially be provided for a period of up to 45 days which can be

extended on month to month basis up to six months.

Seasonal Supply (LT and HT)

8.28 Applicability

Seasonal supply shall be given to any consumer on written request to the Board subject to

the following conditions.

Table 57: Tariff Structure of Seasonal Supply

Sl. Period of Supply Tariff Rate - LT Tariff Rate - HT

1 Upto 3 consecutive months in

a year

Appropriate tariff plus

30 percent


30 percent

2

More than 3 consecutive

months and upto 6 consecutive

months in a year


20 percent


20 percent

3

More than 6 consecutive

months and upto 9 consecutive

months in a year


15 percent


15 percent

The meter rent and other charges as provided in the appropriate tariff are applicable

to seasonal loads and would be charged extra for the entire period of supply.

The supply would be disconnected after the end of the period unless the consumer

wants the supply to be continued. Any reconnection charges have to be borne by the

consumer.

Consumer proposing to avail seasonal supply shall sign an agreement with the Board

to avail power supply for the maximum period provided in Supply Code.

The consumers must avail supply in terms of whole calendar month continuously.

The consumer is required to apply for seasonal supply and pay initial cost and security

deposit as an applicant for normal electricity supply as per provisions of supply code.

The consumer shall ensure payment of monthly energy bills within 7 days of its receipt.

The supply will be disconnected if payment is not made on due date.




Rebate for Disabled and Primitive Tribal Consumers

8.29 Continuing its efforts towards the social welfare and inclusive growth, JBVNL is

proposing to provide relief for the disabled and primitive tribal consumers in the State.

It is proposed that for physically disabled consumers and primitive tribal group

consumers under category DS 1a, 1b and DS II (up to 2 kW) up to 100 units will be

free in a given month. However, in case the consumption increases beyond 100 units

the corresponding tariff category and slabs shall be applicable. Hence it is prayed

that the proposed rebate for the disabled and primitive tribal consumers may be

approved by the Hon’ble Commission.

Distinct Categorization of Rolling Mills and other associated operation with

Induction Furnace under HTS:

8.30 It is proposed that Hon’ble Commission may please consider Rolling mills and other

associated operations exclusively under HTS category. In case there are any

combined operation where rolling mills/other associated operations occur with

induction furnace under the same premise, then separate metering arrangements as

well as boundary separation of the operations must be done to segregate the units

consumed exclusively for induction furnace and rolling mills/other associated

operations.

Metering facility:

8.31 It is proposed that all HTS & HTSS consumers should have demand recording facility

@ 15 minutes time integration. This will enable utility to manage its load profile during

power restrictions. This will also enable Petitioner to match the profile/ scheduling

with the SLDC/ ERLDC and assist in energy accounting. It may be noted that

Regional Energy Accounting (REA) and other power drawal & scheduling are done

on 15 minutes time block.

Restriction of connected load for Demand Based Tariff:

8.32 Restrictions of connected load criteria for demand based tariff for HTS category is

removed as any such relaxation will prompt other consumers to opt for such

mechanism. Further the benefit to one particular class of category should not be

burden to other class of consumer. It is suggested that connected load criteria as

prevailing in tariff order/ supply code/ conditions of supply for release of load under

LT or HT category should not be relaxed.




NOC for Switchover to other licensee:

8.33 It is proposed by the petitioner that any consumers switching over to the other

licensee shall have to compulsorily clear off all the dues and obtain ‘No Objection

Certificate’ (NOC) mandatorily, failing which energy bills shall be generated based on

the contract demand or maximum demand during last six months, whichever is higher

despite power supply being disrupted. Penalty for exceeding contract demand shall

also be applicable.

Removal of Clause 13 from HT Agreement:

8.34 JBVNL earlier submitted a review petition to the Hon’ble Commission regarding

removal of clause 13 from HT Agreement. However, no decision has been arrived at

so far. Therefore, the Petitioner would like to resubmit its request for removal of

Clause 13 from the HT agreement.

“Clause 13” of the HT Agreement is reproduced hereunder

“If at any time the consumer is prevented from receiving or using the electric energy to be supplied under this agreement either in whole or in part due to strike, riots, fire, floods, explosion, act of God or any other case reasonable beyond control or if the Board is prevented from supplying or unable to supply such electric energy owing to any or all of the causes mentioned above than demand charge and guaranteed energy charge set out in the schedule shall be reduced in proportion to the ability of the consumers to take or the Board to supply such power and the decision of the Chief Engineer, Jharkhand State Electricity Board, in this respect shall be final.”

8.35 The Petitioner requests the Commission to notice that the minimum guaranteed

charges are presently not applicable to the consumers and as such the requirement

to adjust or proportionately reduce such charges based on the ability of the consumer

to take or the Board to supply energy as highlighted in the excerpt above doesn’t

reasonably fit into the agreement. As such, the petitioner requests that the said clause

be removed.

Supply to Consumers having Captive Power Generating facility

8.36 Due to rising number of captive users, JBVNL proposes to put emphasis on Captive

Consumers category. JSERC captive power Regulation (Utilization of Surplus

Capacity of Captive Power Plants based on conventional fuel, Regulation, 2010) has

been notified for captive users. However, the tariff applicable for the CPP category is

not reflected in the Tariff Order.




8.37 Definitions

“ Captive generating plant” or “Captive Power plant” (CPP) means a power plant set up by

any person to generate electricity primarily for his own use and includes a power plant set

up by any co-operative society or association of persons for generating electricity primarily

for use of members of such cooperative society or association;

A power plant shall be identified as a Captive Power Plant only if it satisfies the conditions

contained in clause 3 (1) (a) and 3 (1) (b) of the Electricity Rules, 2005 notified by the

Ministry of Power, Government of India, on 8th June 2005, reproduced as under:

3(1) No power plant shall qualify as a ‘captive generating plant’ under section 9

read with clause (8) of section 2 of the Act unless-

a) in case of a power plant-

(i). not less than twenty six percent of the ownership is held by the captive user(s),

and

(ii). not less than fifty one percent of the aggregate electricity generated in such

plant, determined on an annual basis, is consumed for the captive use

Provided that in case of power plant set up by registered cooperative society, the

conditions mentioned under paragraphs at (i) and (ii) above shall be satisfied

collectively by the members of the cooperative society:

Provided further that in case of association of persons, the captive user(s) shall

hold not less than twenty six percent of the ownership of the plant in aggregate

and such captive user(s) shall consume not less than fifty one percent of the

electricity generated, determined on an annual basis, in proportion to their shares

in ownership of the power plant within a variation not exceeding ten percent;

b) in case of a generating station owned by a company formed as special

purpose vehicle for such generating station, a unit or units of such

generating station identified for captive use and not the entire generating

station identified for captive use and not the entire generating station

satisfy(s) the conditions contained in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of sub-clause

(a) above including-

Explanation: -

1) The electricity required to be consumed by captive users shall be

determined with reference to such generating unit or units in aggregate

identified for captive use and not with reference to generating station as a

whole; and

2) The equity shares to be held by the captive user (s) in the generating

station shall not be less than twenty six percent of the proportionate of the

equity of the company related to the generating unit or units identified as

the captive generating plant.

3) It shall be the obligation of the captive users to ensure that the




consumption by the Captive Users at the percentages mentioned in sub-

clauses (a) and (b) of sub-rule (1) above is maintained and in case the

minimum percentage of captive use is not complied with in any year, the

entire electricity generated shall be treated as if it is a supply of electricity

by a generating company.

Explanation: (1) For the purpose of this rule

a. “Annual Basis” shall be determined based on a financial year;

b. “Captive User” shall mean the end user of the electricity generated in a

Captive Generating Plant and the term “Captive Use” shall be construed

accordingly;

c. “Ownership” in relation to a generating station or power plant set up by a

company or any other body corporate shall mean the equity share capital

with voting rights. In other cases ownership shall mean proprietary interest

and control over the generating station or power plant;

d. “Special Purpose Vehicle” shall mean a legal entity owning, operating and

maintaining a generating station and with no other business or activity to

be engaged in by the legal entity.

8.38 Proposed by the petitioner

A separate consumer category of CPP shall be reflected in the Tariff Order as detailed

below:-

i) CPP Capacity same as the load required

In this regard, provisions related to Stand-by support to CPP as per the JSERC captive

power regulation (Utilization of Surplus Capacity of Captive Power Plants based on

conventional fuel, Regulation, 2010) shall be applicable.

ii) CPP Capacity less than the load required

Load exceeding the CPP capacity and upto the contract demand shall be

charged at corresponding HTS tariff as approved in the tariff order.

Once the normal contract demand is exceeded, the additional demand shall

be treated as stand-by demand and all terms and conditions of JSERC

(Utilization of Surplus Capacity of Captive Power Plants based on conventional

fuel) Regulation, 2010 shall be applicable.

Provision related to Stand By support to CPP shall be applicable for the

Captive Capacity in case of emergency power requirement.




8.39 Tariff Schedule

Table 58: Tariff Schedule for CPP consumers

Sl. No. Period of Supply Demand Charges

(Rs/kVA)

Energy Charges

(Rs/kVA)

1

CPP with Surplus

Power and

Supplying to

Petitioner

- Standby Support up

to 1008 hours

Pro-rated HT Industrial

consumer Contract

Demand tariff at

corresponding voltage

1.5 times of the HT

Industrial consumer

Energy charges at


- Standby Support

beyond 1008 hours

Tariff approved by the

Commission for

temporary HT

consumers at


and demand (or as per

the order of the

Commission as specified

from time to time) in the

Licensee’s area of

supply on power

consumed beyond 1008

hours


Commission for

temporary HT

consumers at



the order of the

Commission as

specified from time to

time) in the Licensee’s

area of supply on power


hours

2

CPP with Partial

availability and

Drawing power from

Petitioner

- Standby Support up

to 1008 hours

Pro-rated HT Industrial

consumer Contract

Demand tariff at



the order of the


from time to time) for

Stand-by Demand

contracted. The pro-rata

shall be done on the

basis of the usage.

1.5 times of the HT

Industrial consumer

Energy charges at



the order of the

Commission as


time) for energy

equivalent to Stand-by

Demand.

- Standby Support

beyond 1008 hours


Commission for

temporary HT

consumers at



the order of the


from time to time) in the

Licensee’s area of


Commission for

temporary HT

consumers at



the order of the

Commission as


time) in the Licensee’s




supply on power


hours

area of supply on power


hours

8.40 Applicability

This shall be applied to all the Captive Power Plants who are having installed

capacity of 1 MW and above and connected to the state grid and are either supplying

power to the petitioner or drawing power from the petitioner to meet their load

requirements.

This shall also be applied to the CPPs who have signed agreements earlier and are

having partial generation facility to meet its power requirement and not covered

elsewhere in tariff schedule. All these consumers will have to enter into agreement

for the contract demand required from the petitioner.

The provisions of the ‘Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission

(Utilization of Surplus Capacity of Captive Power Plants based on conventional fuel)

Regulation, 2010’ shall be applicable for the CPP having surplus capacity who are

supplying power to the petitioner and drawing power from the petitioner as standby/

emergency requirement.

8.41 Wherever an agreement for Stand-by support exists between the Captive User and

the Licensee of his area of supply, the Captive User shall be required to pay to the

Licensee a fixed charge of Rs. 35 per kVA per month, applied on the capacity

contracted under Stand-by support with the Licensee.

8.42 The demand charges shall be applied on the maximum demand at any 15 minutes

time block covered under Stand-by period subject to minimum of 90% of the contract

demand. The Stand-by period for this purpose shall be reckoned maximum up to

1008 hours (42 days). The energy charges shall be applied on the total energy

consumed across all time-blocks covered under the Stand-by period.

8.43 It is important to mention that in Chhattisgarh, recently CSPDCL had approached

State Commission for separate CPP Tariff, which has been approved by CSERC and

separate tariff for CPP has been included, as reproduced below:

The standby charges for consumers availing open access (using transmission

and/or distribution system of Licensee) and who draws power from the grid up to the

contracted capacity of open access during the outage of generating plant/CPP shall

be 1.5 times of the per kWh weighted average tariff of HT and EHT consumers,

which is Rs 8.97 per kWh (1.5 times of the average billing rate of Rs.5.98 per kWh).

For drawl of power in excess of the contracted capacity of open access, the tariff for

availing stand by support from the grid shall be two times of the per unit weighted




average tariff of HT and EHT consumers which is Rs 11.96 per kWh (2 times of the

average billing rate of Rs. 5.98 per kWh).

8.44 The Petitioner would like to submit to the Hon’ble Commission that the load

requirement of the industrial units to which these CPPs are meant to supply power

are higher than the capacity of the CPP and therefore continuous power is being

drawn from JBVNL grid by these CPPs. The Hon’ble JSERC is requested to

determine the parallel operation charge for all CPP’s connected to the

transmission/distribution system.




9. Consideration from Previous Tariff Order

9.1 The Hon’ble Commission has pronounced the last Tariff Order on “Review of ARR

for FY 2013-14 (from 6th January 2014 to 31st March 2014), FY 2014-15 and ARR

and Distribution Tariff for FY 2015-16 for JBVNL dated 14th December 2015. In which

the Hon’ble commission has allowed an average increase of only 8% in tariffs

applicable from 1st January 2016.

9.2 Being aggrieved by certain observations and findings in the Tariff Order dated 14th

December 2015, the JBVNL has filed a review petition before Hon’ble Commission

highlighting the limited issues mentioned below.

A. To consider the financing cost of DPS and revise the non-tariff income in

computation of ARR

It was earlier submitted that the Delayed Payment Surcharge is levied on the outstanding receivables of the consumers and considered in the books of accounts on accrual basis. The Hon’ble Commission has considered delayed payment surcharge (DPS) as part of NTI as provided in the books of accounts. However, it doesn’t reflect the actual DPS being realized by the petitioner, thus the amount of DPS being booked in the annual accounts keeps on inflating.

The Petitioner has also submitted that if the accrued DPS is considered to form part of NTI, it is important that the financing cost for corresponding receivables must also be considered. It is submitted that consideration of financing cost of DPS is in line with the judgment of the Hon’ble Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) dated 12.07.2011 in case No.142 & 147 of 2009. The Hon’ble APTEL has held in case of NDPL vs DERC, dated 20.07.2010.

B. Complete RGF should be utilized to meet the slashes/disallowances worked out

by the Hon’ble commission while fixing the tariff.

The Petitioner has submitted that resource gap funding being provided by Government of Jharkhand is towards disallowances and slashes made by the Hon’ble Commission during tariff determination process for various parameters such as higher T&D Loss, normative interest computation, normative generation cost etc. and should not be considered as measure to reduce revenue gap. A communication from the Energy department, Government of Jharkhand was also submitted vide letter dated 14th July 2014 stating that

“Amount released towards resource gap may be utilized to meet the




slashes/disallowances worked out by the Hon’ble commission while fixing the tariff”.

In view of the above, Hon’ble commission has partially adjusted towards the disallowance of the Power purchase cost and remaining resource gap funding available to the Petitioner after accounting for the aforesaid disallowance has considered for meeting the approved revenue gap. In line with the above the Petitioner has prayed to the Hon’ble Commission that complete RGF should be utilized to meet the slashes/disallowances worked out by the Hon’ble commission while fixing the tariff.

C. To consider the carrying cost for the gap of 9 months of 2015-16 i.e. from April

2015 to December 2015 in computing the tariff.

As per Tariff order for the FY 2015-16, tariff will be applicable from 1st January, 2016. As can be noted from Table No. 91 of Tariff Order dated 14th November 2015 while computing the ARR for FY 2015-16, Hon’ble Commission has not considered the carrying cost for the gap of 9 months of 2015-16 i.e. from April 2015 to December 2015. In review petition, it was prayed to Hon’ble commission to consider the carrying cost of 9 months for FY 2015-16.

D. To consider the Revised Revenue Gap

Considering the revised submissions in review petition related to Non-Tariff Income

(NTI), adjusting the complete RGF towards disallowance and considering the carrying

cost, a revised submission of revenue gap of Rs. 3470.69 Cr. was made.

9.3 The petitioner would like to reiterate the above submissions to Hon’ble Commission

to streamline the future regulatory process.




10.Prayers to Hon’ble Commission

10.1 The Petitioner JBVNL respectfully prays to the Hon’ble Commission:

1) To admit the MYT Petition of JBVNL for the Control Period (FY 16-17 to FY 20-21)

in accordance with Regulation 5 of the Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory

Commission (Multi Year Tariff) Regulations, 2015.

2) To approve the MYT Petition of JBVNL for the Control Period (FY 16-17 to FY 20-

21) in accordance with Regulation 5 of the Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory

Commission (Multi Year Tariff) Regulations, 2015.

3) To approve the principles and methodology proposed by JBVNL for projection of

ARR.

4) To allow the collection efficiency trajectory as proposed by JBVNL and its impact on

the ARR.

5) To approve the proposed tariff to meet the revenue gap and to minimise the gap

between ARR and ACS

6) To approve the deviation from the norms for certain parameters prescribed in

JSERC (MYT) Regulations 2015, provisions thereof, as sought in this Business Plan

during the period FY 16-17 to FY 20-21.

7) To allow adjustment of RGF against the disallowances first and remaining RGF to

be utilized to reduce the tariff for particular consumer categories.

8) To approve the DSM Cess proposed by the Petitioner for undertaking DSM

programs in the State

9) To approve revised schedule of charges in view of the non-revision of such charges

since FY06-07

10) To approve the terms and conditions of tariff as proposed by the Petitioner

11) To pass any other order as the Hon’ble Commission may deem fit and appropriate

under the circumstances of the case and in the interest of justice.

12) To condone any error/omission and to give opportunity to rectify the same.

13) To permit JBVNL to make further submissions, addition and alteration to this

Business Plan as may be necessary from time to time.




11. Annexures

Annexure-1: Directives

List of Directives and Compliance Report

Sl. Directive Details Response from petitioner

1. Strengthening of Transmission & Distribution Network

The Commission directs the Petitioner to take appropriate steps in order to strengthen the Transmission & Distribution network. The Petitioner is directed to submit a detailed plan with expected benefits with the next tariff petition. In addition the Commission directs the Petitioner to implement safety measures in its network to avoid accidents which not only disrupt supply but also lead to loss of human life. The Commission also directs the Petitioner to update and implement its Safety Manual in line with the Provisions of Indian Electricity Rules to avoid such disruptions.

The Petitioner has prepared the plan for T&D network strengthening, which has been submitted subsequently as part of the MYT Business/ Capital investment plan. The Petitioner has taken several initiatives to avoid such accidents and the implementation of Safety Manual is presently underway.

2. Energy Audit & T&D Loss Reduction Plan

The Commission directs the Petitioner to conduct its division-wise Energy Audit & prepare circle-wise T&D Reduction Plan and submit the same to the Commission within six months of issue of this Tariff Order.

The petitioner has already prepared the plan to achieve 100% Feeder Metering under UDAY Scheme. Town-wise Energy Accounting has been initiated to ensure the Energy Audit at division level. JBVNL is undertaking massive steps to achieve the AT&C Loss trajectory (Loss Reduction Trajectory already provided within the Petition) under UDAY Scheme, the steps for reduction of T&D Losses in this direction are





being undertaken which are listed as below – Metering, Android based Spot Billing, Mobile App, AMR, Installation of AB Cables, Pragya Kendra, Tying up with Bank and Post Offices, ATP Machines, Online payment through Portal, Feeder Segregation, Revenue Intelligence Cell Formation, Name and Shame Campaign etc.

3. SoP Implementation

The Commission directs the Petitioner to submit progress reports on the implementation of Standards of Performance as per the JSERC (Standard of Performance) Regulations, 2005.

The Petitioner understand its commitment towards SoP and several awareness campaigns on this issue have been undertaken in presence of Hon’ble Commission. The Petitioner is committed towards its duty to maintain the SoP.

4. Power Procurement Plan

The Commission views that the short-term and long-term Power Purchase planning needs to be ratified by the Commission before implementation by the Petitioner, hence it directs the Petitioner to submit to the Commission a detailed Power Procurement Plan before the start of every financial year so that the Commission can review the need for purchasing and selling power and approve accordingly.

The power procurement plan for FY 2016-17 and subsequent years is submitted with MYT Business Plan and MYT petition

5. Revenue from Free Power to Employees

The Commission directs Petitioner to provide details of free power along with revenue not billed for such free power to employees in all subsequent audited accounts. Also, the Commission points out that no consideration in revenue will be allowed to the Petitioner on account of free power supplied by the Petitioner to its employees.

Due care is being taken for identifying the free power given to its employees and it is being considered for preparation of annual accounts.





6. Interest on Consumer Security Deposit

The Commission directs the Petitioner to submit the action taken report on actual interest paid to consumers on security deposits along with details of rate of interest considered to the Commission with the next tariff Petition, failure to do so will invite penal action. The Commission also directs the Petitioner to prepare a list of consumers who have not been paid at the prevailing bank rate and clear the dues pending on the Petitioner with immediate effect.

The interest on consumer security deposits is being paid in line with the Hon’ble Commission’s regulations. The direction in this regard has been issued to the field officers. The Petitioner is preparing the list of consumers not paid and shall submit the details subsequently, after collecting details from the field offices.

7. Metering Plan The Commission directs the Petitioner to provide status update to the Commission regarding category-wise defective/ burnt/ non-performing meters and action plan on replacement of these with the next tariff petition. The Commission also directs to prepare a metering plan to provide meters to all the unmetered consumers and also ensure that no new connection is released without a meter.

The Petitioner has recently provided nearly 1,26,000 single phase meters for replacement of defective/ burnt/ non-operational meters and metering the un-metered consumers. Further, no connection is being released without a meter and significant number of meters are in the process of being procured.

8. Bill Payment Mechanism

The Commission directs the Petitioner to strengthen the bill payment mechanism within six months of this Order, the failure to do so will invite penal action. The Petitioner should find ways and means to simplify the payment procedure and provide alternatives to the consumers such as online payment, payments through ATP machines, payment at multiple Banks, Kiosks etc

The Petitioner has already undertaken several measures to ensure ease of bill payment by the consumer, such as online bill payment, installation of ATP for bill payment, payment at multiple banks, post office, Pragya Kendra, manual counters at each division etc. Also Petitioner has introduced the online tool based billing





9. Reduction in Overtime Expenses

The Commission directs the Petitioner to take necessary steps to reduce the overtime expenses and submit action taken report with the next tariff petition, failing which the Commission will not allow any cost under overtime expenses.

The Petitioner has taken necessary steps to reduce the overtime expense. Petitioner has completed the below mentioned recruitment in Feb’16 to optimize the Overtime Expense – Junior Lineman – 180 Nos. Switchboard Operator – 170 Nos. Assistant Operator – 20 Nos. Fitter - 1 Apart from this, the petitioner has also completed the recruitment of Assistant and Junior Engineers.

10. Uploading of the Tariff Petition on Website

The Commission has observed that many objectors have raised objections on the error in downloading of the tariff petition from the website. The Commission notes this with serious concern and directs the Petitioner to ensure such errors are not repeated again in future.

The Petitioner condones the technical error, restricting the download of petition. Going forward, the Petitioner shall ensure that such technical glitches are minimized and all downloads including tariff petitions etc. function smoothly.




Annexure-2: Letter for RGF from State Government




Annexure-3: Transfer Scheme




Annexure-4: Transfer of amount (Rs. 6,136.37 Crs) overtaken by State

Government to JBVNL in form of Debt under UDAY Scheme




Annexure-5: Annual Accounts

Annual Accounts (Board Approved) for FY13-14 – Attached herewith

Annual Accounts (Board Approved) for FY14-15 – To be submitted subsequently.

Before The Hon’ble Jharkhand State

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