Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam ... vs Central Electricity Regulatory ... on 2 February, 2024
93. Mrs. Suparna Srivastava, Learne Counsel for the CTUIL, would
submit that, in exercise of its regulatory power and by force of the
Judgment passed by the Supreme Court, in PTC India Ltd. Vs. Central
Electricity Regulatory Commission [(2010) 4 SCC 603], the CERC has
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Judgement in Appeal No. 383 of 2022 Page 56 of 97
passed the following Orders: (I) Order dated 5.10.2017 in Petition
No.211/MP/2011: Steel Authority of India Limited Vs. Western Regional
Load Despatch Centre decided vide Order dated 5.10.2017; (II) Order
dated 30.3.2017 in Petition No.291/MP/2015: Transmission Corporation
of Andhra Pradesh Ltd. & Ors. v. Southern Region Load Despatch Centre
& Anr. decided vide Order dated 30.3.2017; and (III) Order dated 9.3.2018
in Petition No. 20/MP/2017: Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited v. Central
Transmission Utility & Ors. decided vide Order dated 9.3.2018; by way of
the above Orders, the CERC has held that the status of "deemed LTA" is
not applicable to a CSGS beneficiary who is an embedded customer of a
State, and is drawing its share of power by using the State network only
and, as such, no ISTS charges are to be leviable on it; each of the above
Orders have been made prospective in their application, and the CERC
has further directed its staff "to examine the issue and propose
amendment to the Sharing Regulations for clarity"; in this manner, by
exercise of the regulatory powers through judicial Orders, the CERC has
prescribed for the exclusion of STU lines from the computation of ISTS
transmission charges and losses allocations, while carrying a State's
share of power from a CSGS; none of the parties in the above mentioned
Orders, have challenged the said Orders and have accepted the
dispensation therein; during the proceedings, the Appellants have relied
upon a compilation of Judgments to support their contention of
retrospective applicability of the impugned Order; however, the said
Judgments are in respect of tariff and are therefore inapplicable to the
present case; and, in view of the submissions made hereinabove and
more particularly in the Reply filed to the present Appeal, there is no
infirmity in the impugned Order of the CERC so as to warrant
interreference from this Tribunal.