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17. In terms of Section 73 of the Electricity Act, 2003, the Central Electricity Authority (hereinafter referred to as CEA) has been constituted and it has undertaken studies and recommended various parameters concerning the technical parameters for operation of generating stations. The Appellant placed reliance on various reports and studies undertaken by CEA including the operational parameters of old stations and stations whose capacity is less than 200 MW. Though old stations are required to be discarded and replaced and new generating stations required to be established, however, due to scarcity and to minimise the cost, the Appellant continued to operate its generating stations to generate power for the consumers in the State of Gujarat. The continued operation of old generating units which are 25 years old has deteriorated due to poor performance of older units or due to various reasons attributable to basic design deficiencies, lack of appropriate R and M, aging, coal quality deterioration and various other factors. Report of the CEA was placed before the Commission with respect to the operation of smaller units of power, which are extremely poor.