GUWAHATI, May 18 � Consultant engineer JN Khataniar today appealed to the Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission (AERC) to stop public consultation initiated by the Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd (APDCL) and the Assam Electricity Grid Corporation Ltd (AEGCL) on May 20 to augment the implementation of the North Eastern Regional (NER) Power System Improvement Project by the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) in Assam as an intra-State transmission and distribution project.
In a letter to the AERC, Khataniar said that the APDCL and the AEGCL had issued public notice through newspaper advertisement in this connection. But in the accounting rate of return (ARR) petitions of AEGCL and APDCL for the 2015-16 fiscal, nothing was found about any capital investment scheme of such kind proposed by both the organisations. Therefore, it seems to be very intriguing as to what is happening among these power entities, State Government and the PGCIL, he said.
Moreover, in the detail executive summary published in the websites of both AEGCL and APDCL, nowhere it is mentioned that the projects are to be implemented by the PGCIL. Rather in the executive summary it is mentioned, � �AEGCL and APDCL are responsible for transmission and distribution of electricity in the State of Assam with the main responsibility of development of the State power system. While AEGCL manages a system of 400kv, 220kv, 132kv and 66kv transmission system network and substation to transmit power from the generating units and CTU interface points to different load centres, APDCL manages the distribution system network of 33kv, 11kv and LT lines (400V) and substation to finally distribute the power from load centres (main hubs) to consumers/industries. These organizations are also responsible for planning, constructing and managing the transmission and distribution infrastructure in the State.�
The said public notice and the executive summary are contradictory to each other. While searching from the website of the Union Ministry of Power (MoP), it has been found one Draft EFC memo, which states that one project of similar kind was approved by the MoP, GoI for strengthening the intra-State transmission and distribution projects to be implemented by the PGCIL in the six States of NE region.
If it is intra-State project in nature, then can the Central Government appoint inter-State transmission licensee PGCIL to execute the intra-State transmission projects without possessing a valid licence from the competent authority of the AERC, is not understood, said the consultant engineer.
GUWAHATI, May 18 � Consultant engineer JN Khataniar today appealed to the Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission (AERC) to stop public consultation initiated by the Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd (APDCL) and the Assam Electricity Grid Corporation Ltd (AEGCL) on May 20 to augment the implementation of the North Eastern Regional (NER) Power System Improvement Project by the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) in Assam as an intra-State transmission and distribution project.
In a letter to the AERC, Khataniar said that the APDCL and the AEGCL had issued public notice through newspaper advertisement in this connection. But in the accounting rate of return (ARR) petitions of AEGCL and APDCL for the 2015-16 fiscal, nothing was found about any capital investment scheme of such kind proposed by both the organisations. Therefore, it seems to be very intriguing as to what is happening among these power entities, State Government and the PGCIL, he said.
Moreover, in the detail executive summary published in the websites of both AEGCL and APDCL, nowhere it is mentioned that the projects are to be implemented by the PGCIL. Rather in the executive summary it is mentioned, � �AEGCL and APDCL are responsible for transmission and distribution of electricity in the State of Assam with the main responsibility of development of the State power system. While AEGCL manages a system of 400kv, 220kv, 132kv and 66kv transmission system network and substation to transmit power from the generating units and CTU interface points to different load centres, APDCL manages the distribution system network of 33kv, 11kv and LT lines (400V) and substation to finally distribute the power from load centres (main hubs) to consumers/industries. These organizations are also responsible for planning, constructing and managing the transmission and distribution infrastructure in the State.�
The said public notice and the executive summary are contradictory to each other. While searching from the website of the Union Ministry of Power (MoP), it has been found one Draft EFC memo, which states that one project of similar kind was approved by the MoP, GoI for strengthening the intra-State transmission and distribution projects to be implemented by the PGCIL in the six States of NE region.
If it is intra-State project in nature, then can the Central Government appoint inter-State transmission licensee PGCIL to execute the intra-State transmission projects without possessing a valid licence from the competent authority of the AERC, is not understood, said the consultant engineer.
