Former official flags poor functioning of Tangedco’s grievance redressal forum
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‘16 years after their issuance, the regulations have still not been implemented’
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‘16 years after their issuance, the regulations have still not been implemented’
A former official has written to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC), flagging the poor functioning of Tangedco’s consumer grievance redressal forum (CGRF).
P. Muthusamy, former director (engineering), TNERC, had earlier written to the Chairperson of the forum on August 30 and September 19 for replacing a faulty bidirectional meter and shifting his 1 kW solar rooftop plant to another service connection, respectively.
He had also urged the CGRF chairperson to direct the assistant engineer to replace the meter immediately and pay ₹1,000 as compensation for not having replaced it since May 22, under the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Distribution Standards of Performance Regula
TNERC rejects plea of wind, solar energy developers
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Commission says it is unethical on the part of the petitioners to claim benefits
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Commission says it is unethical on the part of the petitioners to claim benefits
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has rejected the appeal by wind and solar energy developers to roll over the time-frame for adjusting excess power generation.
Under normal circumstances, wind energy consumers utilise the power generated from their captive power plants and bank the unutilised energy every month which is carried over till the end of March of a financial year.
‘Tangedco cannot change tariff category without regulator’s nod’
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Ombudsman rules in favour of IOC and asks Tangedco to refund excess amount
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Ombudsman rules in favour of IOC and asks Tangedco to refund excess amount
Tamil Nadu Electricity Ombudsman has ruled in favour of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Limited by stating that Tangedco could not change the tariff category without nod from the State power regulator.
In its petition, IOC said it owns and operates Chennai-Trichy-Madurai cross country product pipeline installation at Asanur availing tariff under HT-III category. After obtaining factory licence, the company said it had requested for tariff change and as per the regulations of Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC), its installation was categorised under HT-IA from April 1, 2012 onwards till August 2019, it added.