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North Power Distribution Company Limited (Regd. Office : Vidyut Bhawan, Baily Road, ) ¼ ½ CIN- U40109BR2012SGC018920 (Commercial Department)

No…………….. (Short) Patna, dated: ……………..

PUBLIC NOTICE

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS / SUGGESTIONS / OBJECTIONS

1. Power Distribution Company Limited (NBPDCL), hereby gives notice to all stakeholders and general public that it has filed the petition for True-up for FY 2018-19, Annual Performance Review (APR) for FY 2019-20 and determination of Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR) for FY 2020-21 and retail supply tariff for FY 2020-21, before the Hon’ble Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission under BERC (Multi Year Distribution Tariff) Regulations, 2015 and BERC (Multi Year Distribution Tariff) Regulations 2018. The petition has been taken on record by the Hon’ble Commission as Case No. 30 of 2019. 2. Abridged form of the Tariff Petition referred to at Para 1 above are indicated below:

Summary of the Tariff Petition (Rs. Crore) FY 2018-19 FY 2019-20 FY 2020-21 Revised Approved in Now Approved in Revised Approved in Sl. Projections Particulars Review in T. claimed in MYT Order Estimates for MYT Order No for O Dated True up for dated APR for FY dated ARR for FY 25.02.2019 FY 2018-19 25.02.2019 2019-20 25.02.2019 2020-21 1 No. of consumers 9778865 9165384 10587861 10026613 11419480 10609345 Connected Load 2 8231701 8012578 14199603 8336997 11137391 8849580 (KW) 3 Sales (MU) 11424.20 9493.31 13045 10937.50 14534 12928.60 Intra-state 4 Transmission 3.92% 4.62% 3.92% 3.92% 3.92% 3.92% Loss (%) Distribution loss 5 20% 26.83% 15% 23.83% 15% 20% (%) Energy required at state 6 14490.53 13,082.43 15697.68 14,504.59 17506.64 16,467.49 Trans. periphery (MU) Capital 7 2630.47 3761.64 2676.59 2858.13 2523.69 2076.11 Expenditure 8 Capitalisation 5860.05 2722.86 3453.82 2070 3159.26 2100 Power Purchase 9 5509.54 5327.74 6013.00 5628.57 6981.69 6260.53 Cost Transmission 10 including SLDC 1163.06 1031.41 980.00 1463.80 1415.21 1684.25 charges 11 RE Purchase 0.00 0.00 59.00 96.63 113.27 41.36 12 O&M expenses i) Employee Cost 269.58 261.19 327.00 272.20 404.54 283.65 ii) R&M Expenses 99.42 113.79 203.00 179.07 251.94 218.48 iii) A&G Expenses 97.73 231.17 134.00 238.04 148.37 245.12 Share of holding 13 11.25 18.09 11.00 19.90 11.33 21.89 company expenses 14 Depreciation 108.95 170.06 185.00 192.82 266.40 230.70 Interest & finance 15 charges incl. other 210.99 148.61 364.86 264.27 514.23 419.59 finance charges Interest on 16 38.96 27.57 33.00 29.61 46.89 32.76 working capital 17 Return on Equity 151.80 171.04 332.00 231.95 473.90 297.89 Interest on 18 19.82 20.11 24.00 20.75 26.56 23.40 security deposit Contingency 19 36.25 0.00 66.00 0.00 82.82 0.00 Reserve (if any)

1 FY 2018-19 FY 2019-20 FY 2020-21 Revised Approved in Now Approved in Revised Approved in Sl. Projections Particulars Review in T. claimed in MYT Order Estimates for MYT Order No for O Dated True up for dated APR for FY dated ARR for FY 25.02.2019 FY 2018-19 25.02.2019 2019-20 25.02.2019 2020-21 Deposit for RPO 20 29.68** 0.00 Obligation Total Revenue 21 7717.35 7550.00 8731.00 8638.00 10737.15 9760.00 Requirement Less: Non-tariff 22 266.58 666.46 324 339.93 326.82 477.76 income Aggregate 23 Revenue 7450.77 6883.95 8408.00 8297.69 10410.32 9281.85 Requirement Less: Revenue 24 7917.88 6220.82 7222.37 8450.41 including subsidy Capital 25 258.00 Grant/subsidy Add: Trued up revenue gap of 26 earlier year -8.36 -8.36 including carrying cost Revenue 27 -475.47 397 1075.00 831.44 Gap/(Surplus) Add: Trued up 28 revenue gap of 397.00 FY 2018-19 Revenue gap / 29 (Surplus) Add: Carrying 30 cost on revenue 84.00

gap of FY 18-19 31 Gap/(Surplus) -475.47 397 1075.00 1312

** Corrected and revised data vide additional information submitted by petitioner dated 06.12.2019. 3. Tariff Rates Existing and Proposed by Discoms for Retail Sale of Electricity for FY 2020-21 BERC Approved Tariff- FY 2019-20 Proposed Tariff- FY 2020-21 Sl. (Excluding Govt. Subsidy) (Excluding Govt. Subsidy) N Category o Ener Fixed gy Uni Fixed Energy Units Units Units charge Char ts charge Charge ge Domesti Per c Kutir Per Connection Jyoti - 350 0.00 kWh 425 Connection 0.00 kWh Per Unmetere Per Month Month d 1 Domesti c Kutir Per Per Jyoti - 10 Connection 6.15 kWh 12 Connection 6.15 kWh Metered Per Month Per Month (0-50) DS-I Per Per (Rural) - 500 Connection 0.00 kWh 608 Connection 0.00 kWh Unmetere Per Month Per Month d DS-I (Rural) -

Metered 2 First 50 Per kW Per Per kW Per 20 6.15 kWh 24 6.15 kWh Units Month Month 51 - 100 Per kW Per Per kW Per 20 6.40 kWh 24 6.40 kWh Units Month Month 101 -200 Per kW Per Per kW Per 20 6.70 kWh 24 6.70 kWh Units Month Month Above Per kW Per Per kW Per 20 7.05 kWh 24 7.05 kWh 200 Units Month Month DS-II (Urban-

3 Demand Based) 1-100 40 Per kW Per 6.15 kWh 49 Per kW Per 6.15 kWh

2 BERC Approved Tariff- FY 2019-20 Proposed Tariff- FY 2020-21 Sl. (Excluding Govt. Subsidy) (Excluding Govt. Subsidy) N Category o Ener Fixed gy Uni Fixed Energy Units Units Units charge Char ts charge Charge ge U/Month Month Month 101 - 200 Per kW Per Per kW Per 40 6.95 kWh 49 6.95 kWh U/Month Month Month 201 -300 Per kW Per Per kW Per 40 7.80 kWh 49 7.80 kWh U/Month Month Month above 300 Per kW Per Per kW Per 40 8.60 kWh 49 8.60 kWh U/Month Month Month DS-III- (Supply at Per kW Per Per kW Per 40 7.50 kWh 49 7.50 kWh 11 kV)- Month Month (Optional) NDS-I (Rural)- Metered 1-100 Per kW Per Per kW Per 30 6.40 kWh 36 6.40 kWh 4 U/Month Month Month 101 - 200 Per kW Per Per kW Per 30 6.95 kWh 36 6.95 kWh U/Month Month Month above 200 Per kW Per Per kW Per 30 7.50 kWh 36 7.50 kWh U/Month Month Month NDS-II (Deman Per Per d Based) 100 Connection 6.40 kWh 122 Connection 6.40 kWh Contract Per Month Per Month Demand 5 < 0.5 kW Contract Demand

> 0.5 kW First 100 Per kW Per Per kW Per 180 6.40 kWh 219 6.40 kWh Units Month Month 101 - 200 Per kW Per Per kW Per 180 6.95 kWh 219 6.95 kWh Units Month Month Above Per kW Per Per kW Per 180 7.50 kWh 219 7.50 kWh 200 Units Month Month IAS-I kWh (Pvt Tubewell Per HP per Per HP per 800 0.00 kWh 972 0.00 ) - month month Unmetere d IAS-I kWh (Pvt 6 Per HP per Per HP per Tubewell 30 5.60 kWh 36 5.60 month month ) - Metered IAS-II kWh (State Per HP per Per HP per Tubewell 200 6.65 kWh 243 6.65 month month ) - Metered LTIS-I Per kVA Per kVAh (Contract Per kVA Per kVA 144 6.50 175 Month 6.50 Demand < Month h 19 kW) 7 LTIS-II Per kVA Per kVAh (Contract Per kVA Per kVA Month Demand 180 6.50 219 6.50 Month h 19-74 kW)) Public Service Per kVA Per kVA Per kVA Per & 315 8.05 383 8.05 kVAh Month h Month 8 Connecti ons PWW Har Ghar Per HP per Per HP per 40 6.75 kWh 49 6.75 kWh Nal month month Street Light Per kW Per Per kW Per Services 50 7.50 kWh 61 7.50 kWh 9 Month Month SS- Metered Street 3,750 Per kW Per 0.00 kWh 4,556 Per kW Per 0.00 kWh

3 BERC Approved Tariff- FY 2019-20 Proposed Tariff- FY 2020-21 Sl. (Excluding Govt. Subsidy) (Excluding Govt. Subsidy) N Category o Ener Fixed gy Uni Fixed Energy Units Units Units charge Char ts charge Charge ge Light Month Month Services SS- Unmetere d HTS-I Per kVA Per kVA Per kVA Per 300 6.65 365 6.65 kVAh (11 kV) Month h Month HTS-II Per kVA Per kVA Per kVA Per 300 6.60 365 6.60 kVAh (33 kV) Month h Month HTS-III Per kVA Per kVA Per kVA Per 300 6.55 365 6.55 kVAh 10 (132 kV) Month h Month HTS-IV Per kVA Per kVA Per kVA Per 300 6.50 365 6.50 kVAh (220 kV) Month h Month HTSS Per kVA Per kVA Per kVA Per (33 / 11 700 4.15 851 4.15 kVAh Month h Month kV) RTS (132 Per kVA Per kVA Per kVA Per 11 280 6.80 340 6.80 kVAh kV) Month h Month

4. Changes proposed by Discoms in Monthly Meter Rent Sl. Particulars Existing Proposed No Rent (Rs. / Rent (Rs. / Month) Month) 1 Kutir Jyoti (KJ) 20 10 11 KV HTS – I 2 Meter at low voltage 500 1900 Meter at 11 KV 1000 1900 Smart / Prepaid Programmable Meters (GPRS BASED) 3 Single Phase 50 90 Three Phase 100 120 LT Prepaid Meters 4 Single Phase 50 80 Three Phase 100 110

5. Changes Proposed by Discoms in Terms & Conditions of LT & HT Tariff Delayed payment Surcharge: Proposed to be increased to 1.5 percent per month or part thereof from existing 1.25 percent or part thereof,

Contract Demand for billing under Domestic Tariff

. The contract demand of those consumers for the monthly billing purpose in the premises who have opted for demand based tariff, the recorded demand or the contract demand, whichever is higher, shall be considered. . Subject to the minimum load of 1 kW, the fraction of the load below 500 W shall be rounded to its nearest lower level of whole number and 500 W and above shall be rounded to its nearest higher level of whole number, as specified in the Bihar Electricity Supply Code, 2007.

Exceeding Contract Demand for HT Tariff . If the actual recorded demand of a consumer exceeds 110% consecutively for three months Licensee may issue a notice and inform the consumer to get additional contract demand sanctioned or to limit their drawal as per their contract. Otherwise Licensee will take action as per provisions of the Act/Rules/Regulations.

. In case the consumer do not respond to the notice within 30 days of issue of notice, to get

4 additional demand sanctioned or limit their drawal as per the contract, the Distribution Licensee may revise and enhance the contracted demand of the consumer to the extent of highest demand in the past three months of the violation.

6. Copies of the Tariff Petition and subsequent filing of additional information referred to at para- 1 above are available in the office of the Chief Engineer (Commercial), NBPDCL, 3rd Floor, Vidyut Bhawan-I, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Patna and also in the offices of all Electric Supply Circles viz, , Chapra, , , , , , and Purnea. Copy of the complete Tariff Petition are available at official website of the petitioner i.e www.nbpdcl.in and at Commission’s website www.berc.co.in.

7. Interested persons may obtain copy of the Tariff Petition from either of the offices referred at Para 6 above on payment of Rs 500 for each copy of complete petition. However to inspect and peruse the said Tariff Petition and take note thereof during office hours at any of the said offices person need not pay any charge.

8. Objections / Suggestions, if any, on the said Tariff Petition with supporting materials may be filed separately with the Secretary, Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission, Ground Floor, Vidyut Bhawan – II, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Patna – 800021 in person or through registered post as so to reach him on or before 15.01.2020. A copy of the same shall be served on to the Chief Engineer (Commercial), NBPDCL, 3rd Floor, Vidyut Bhawan-I, Patna – 800021 and proof of serving the same must be enclosed with the filing made to the Secretary, Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission.

9. The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission shall conduct public hearings on the dates and places as per schedule below:

Sl. Place Date Time Venue No. 1. Muzaffarpur 10.01.2020 11.00 A.M Meeting Hall of Collectorate, Muzaffarpur 2. 08.02.2020 11.00 A.M Meeting Hall of Collectorate, Bettiah 3. Patna 14.02.2020 10.30 A.M Commission's Court Room, Vidyut Bhawan- II, Nehru Marg, Patna.

Place: Patna for North Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited Chief Engineer (Commercial), NBPDCL, 3rd Floor, Date: ______Vidyut Bhawan-I, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Patna

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