CERC moves apex court on ATE order

The apex court, on PTC’s plea in January this year, had stayed the ATE order, which had directed the CERC to determine the base price to which the electricity generating companies can add a maximum 4 per cent margin while selling electricity to a trader or intermediary to prevent exploitation of consumers.

However, the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity had allowed the regulator to fix the tariff for sale of electricity by a generator to a distributor. According to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, the tribunal had erred in holding that a generator was free to have a direct commercial relationship with a trader or an intermediary without any restrictions by an appropriate commission.