Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission TARIFF ORDER
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Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission 4th & 5th Floors, Singareni Bhavan, Red Hills, Lakdi-ka-pul, Hyderabad 500 004. TARIFF ORDER Retail Supply Tariffs for FY 2013-14 In the Supply Areas of Central Power Distribution Company of A.P. LTD. (APCPDCL) Eastern Power Distribution Company of A.P. LTD. (APEPDCL) Northern Power Distribution Company of A.P. LTD. (APNPDCL) Southern Power Distribution Company of A.P. LTD. (APSPDCL) 30th March, 2013 Contents Chapter Descri ption Page Chapter-I Introduction 2 Chapter-II Sales for FY 2013-14 26 Chapter-III Power Purchase Requirement for FY 2013-14 37 Chapter-IV Analysis of Power Purchase Cost 41 Chapter-V Revenue Requirement 93 Chapter-VI Cost of Service 99 Chapter-VII Revenue and Revenue Gap 103 Chapter-VIII Tariff Related Issues 112 Chapter-IX General Issues 130 Chapter-X Reference Tariff Schedule 155 Chapter-XI Full Cost Recovery Tariff Determination 164 Chapter-XII Retail Supply Tariff Schedule 170 Chapter-XIII Subsidy Requirement 175 Retail Supply Tariff Schedule for FY 2013-14 Chapter-XIV 177 [Retail Supply Tariff Rates and Terms & Conditions] List of Annexures Annexure Description Page Annexure-A Abstract of Retail Supply Tariff / Rates for FY 2013-14 215 Annexure-B1 Earlier Directives 223 Annexure- B 2 Fresh Directives 225 Commission’s letter dated 01.01.2013 granting extension of Annexure-C 229 time to Licensees for filing ARR upto 05.01.2013 Annexure-D1 Public Notice Issued in Newspapers in English on 09-01-2013 230 Annexure-D2 Public Notice Issued in Newspapers in Telugu on 09-01-2013 232 Annexure-E List of Registered Objectors 234 Station-wise and month-wise combined availability of energy Annexure-F1 251 for FY 2013-14 - Filings Annexure-F Station-wise and month-wise availability of energy for FY 2013- 2 256 14 - APERC Annexure-F Station-wise and month-wise despatch of energy for FY 2013- 3 261 14 - APERC Annexure-G Power purchase (MU) with voltage wise sales (in MU) and 264 voltage wise losses (%) for FY 2013-14 Annexure-H APGenco's station-wise fixed costs for FY 2013-14 265 Annexure-I1 All Discoms: Power purchase costs for FY 2013-14 266 Annexure-I2 APCPDCL: Power purchase costs for FY 2013-14 267 Annexure-I3 APEPDCL: Power purchase costs for FY 2013-14 268 Annexure-I4 APNPDCL: Power purchase costs for FY 2013-14 269 Annexure-I5 APSPDCL: Power purchase costs for FY 2013-14 270 Annexure-I Monthly Quarterly weighted average variable cost for FY 2013- 6 271 14 (to be used for computation of FSA) Annexure-J1 All Discoms: category wise and monthly Sales 272 Annexure-J2 APCPDCL: Category wise and monthly Sales for FY 2013-14 274 Annexure-J3 APEPDCL: Category wise and monthly Sales for FY 2013-14 276 Annexure-J4 APNPDCL: Category wise and monthly Sales for FY 2013-14 278 Annexure-J5 APSPDCL: Category wise and monthly Sales for FY 2013-14 280 Annexure-K1 APCPDCL: Cost of Service 282 Annexure-K2 APEPDCL: Cost of Service 287 Annexure-K3 APNPDCL: Cost of Service 292 Annexure-K4 APSPDCL: Cost of Service 297 Annexure-K5 All DISCOMs Cost of Service 302 LIST OF T ABLES Page Table No. Description Table 1 Revenue requirement and deficit as filed by Licensees (` Crs.) 4 Table 2 Number of Objections / Suggestions Received 9 Table 3 Schedule of Public Hearings on ARRs/Tariff Filings by Licensees 10 Table 4 APERC Approved Sales for FY 2013-14 (MU) 15 Table 5 Sales and Power Purchase Requirement for FY 2013-14 (MkWh) 16 Table 6 Power Purchase Cost (` Crs.) 16 Table 7 Revenue Requirement (` Crs.) 17 Table 8 Full Cost Recovery Tariff Schedule 17 Table 9 Retail Supply Tariff Schedule 21 Licensee-wise utilization of the subsidy amount u/s 65 of Electricity Act, 2003 for FY Table 10 23 2013-14 Table 11 Sales forecast as per Filings for FY 2013-14 (MU) 26 Table 12 Sales Volumes Approved in Tariff Order 2012-13 (MU) 32 Sales Volumes achieved during FY 2012-13 (Actuals for first half year and projected Table 13 33 quantities for second half year) (MU) APERC Approved Sales Volumes for FY 2013-14 (MU) (Except LT & HT Agriculture & Table 14 34 RESCOs) Table 15 Sales Volume to LT-V: Agriculture (MU) for FY 2013-14 35 Table 16 Sales to HT-IV: Irrigation and Agriculture (MU) for FY 2013-14 35 Table 17 Sales Volume to HT-VIII: RESCOs (MU) for FY 2013-14 36 Table 18 APERC Approved Sales for FY 2013-14 (MU) 36 Table 19 Power Purchase Quantity filed by Licensees in MU (Million kWh) 37 Table 20 Sales and Power Purchase Requirement for FY 2013-14 (MkWh) 40 Table 21 Source-wise Availability for FY 2013-14(MU) 52 Table 22 Total Power Purchase Costs for FY 2013-14 (As filed by DISCOMs) 87 Table 23 APERC: Power Purchase Cost for FY 2013-14 – Total 88 Table 24 Cost Adjustment for D-to-D Energy Transfer for FY 2013-14 89 Table 25 Non-Conventional Energy (NCE) sources: Details for FY 2013-14 89 Table 26 Power Purchase Cost Adjustment for RPPO - FY 2013-14 90 Table 27 Revenue Requirement as per Filings for FY 2013-14 (` Crs.) 93 Table 28 Power Purchase Cost for FY 2013-14 (` Crs.) 94 Table 29 PGCIL and ULDC Cost for FY 2013-14 (` Crs.) 94 Table 30 Interest on Consumer Security Deposit for FY 2013-14 (` Crs.) 94 Table 31 APERC Approved Requirement for FY 2013-14 (` Crs.) 95 Table 32 Cost of Service for FY 2013-14 (` /kWh or kVAh) 101 Table 33 Revenue from Proposed Tariff for FY 2013-14 (` Crs.) 103 Table 34 Non-Tariff Income Estimates for FY 2013-14(` Crs.) 103 Table 35 Revenue Requirement, Revenue and Revenue Gap for FY 2013-14 (` Crs.) 111 Table 36 Domestic Tariff Structure and Energy Charges Proposed by Licensees 112 Table 37 Domestic Tariff Structure for FY 2013-14 approved by the Commission 115 List of Tables Page Table No. Description Table 38 Non-Domestic/Commercial Tariff Structure and Charges Proposed by Licensees 116 Table 39 Non- Domestic/Commercial Tariff Structure Approved by the Commission 117 Table 40 LT-VI: STREET LIGHTING AND PWS: Tariff Structure approved by the Commission 123 Table 41 APERC Proposed Energy Charges for FY2013-14 158 Table 42 Commission Proposed Fixed/Demand Charges for FY2013-14 162 Table 43 Full Cost Recovery Tariff Schedule for FY 2013-14 166 Table 44 Revenue and Revenue Gap at Revised Full Cost Tariff for FY 2013-14 168 Table 45 Retail Supply Tariff Schedule(RSTS) for FY 2013-14 170 Table 46 Total Revenue at RSTS for FY 2013-14 173 Table 47 Revenue and Revenue Gap at Proposed Retail Supply Tariff Schedule 173 Table 48 Subsidy Required to Maintain RSTS for FY2013-14 173 Subsidy Commitment of GoAP required to maintain Retail Supply Tariff Schedule for Table 49 175 FY 2013-14 Table 50 Subsidy Commitment of GoAP to maintain Retail Supply Tariff 177 ANDHRA PRADESH ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION HYDERABAD Present Sri A.Raghotham Rao, Chairman Sri C.R.Sekhar Reddy, Member Sri R.Ashoka Chari, Member Dated 30 th March, 2013 O.P. No.01 of 2013 Eastern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited (APEPDCL) O.P. No.02 of 2013 Southern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited (APSPDCL) O.P. No.03 of 2013 Northern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited (APNPDCL) O.P. No.04 of 2013 Central Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited (APCPDCL) … Applicants The filings for approval of Aggregate Revenue Requirement (ARR) and Tariff proposals for the Retail Supply Business for FY 2013-14, made on 5 th January, 2013, by the four (4) Distribution companies (DISCOMs) of Andhra Pradesh, which were admitted by the Commission and assigned O.P. Numbers 01 of 2013 to 04 of 2013 respectively vide the Commission letters dated 08.01.2013, came up for public hearing before several consumers, the representatives of various consumer organizations, political parties and other stakeholders at Vijayawada (APSPDCL) on 19-02-2013, at Visakhapatnam (APEPDCL) on 21-02-2013, at Warangal (APNPDCL) on 23-02-2013 and at Hyderabad (APCPDCL) on 25-02-2013, and having stood over for consideration till this day, the Commission, in exercise of the power vested in it by the Electricity Act, 2003 and Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Tariff for Wheeling and Retail Sale of Electricity Regulation 4 of 2005); hereby passes this common order. 1 ORDER CHAPTER-I INTRODUCTION 1. The four (4) Distribution Companies (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Distribution Licensees’ or ‘Licensees’ or ‘DISCOMs’) namely, the Eastern Power Distribution Company of A.P. Limited (hereinafter, ‘APEPDCL’ or ‘EPDCL’), the Southern Power Distribution Company of A.P. Limited (hereinafter, ‘APSPDCL’ or ‘SPDCL’), the Northern Power Distribution Company of A.P. Limited (hereinafter, ‘APNPDCL’ or ‘NPDCL’) and the Central Power Distribution Company of A.P. Limited (hereinafter, ‘APCPDCL’ or ‘CPDCL’) have filed applications for approval of their Aggregate Revenue Requirement (ARR) and Tariff proposals for the Retail Supply Business for FY 2013-14 on 5th January, 2013 , which were admitted by the Commission and assigned O.P. numbers 01 of 2013 to 04 of 2013 respectively vide the Commission letters dated 08.01.2013. 2. These applications were brought in the public domain through publication of th Public Notice in newspapers on 9 January, 2013 seeking objections / suggestions from the interested consumers and stakeholders by 8th February, 2013. 3. In pursuance of Public Notice, several consumers, representatives of various consumer organizations, political parties and other stakeholders (Total 266 registered Objectors) raised objections which were replied to by the Licensees.