Section 5(5)(I) in Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Tariff) Regulation, 2004
(I)Regulatory Asset - Depending on the amount of Regulatory Asset submitted by the licensee and accepted by the Commission, the Commission shall stipulate the amortisation and financing rules of such assets. Creation of Regulatory Asset only for the purposes of avoiding tariff increase should not be allowed and it shall only be created to take care of force majeure or cost variations due to uncontrollable factors or major tariff shocks because of these reasons. The Commission shall have the discretion of providing regulatory assets.