
ERC rejects discoms’ plea on tariff
The Hindu
Pooled cost of power purchase for 2021-22 fixed at ₹4.32/unit
Renewable Power Generators (RPGs) – Individual farmers, group of farmers, farmers cooperatives, gram panchayats, farmer producer organisations (FPOs) and water users’ associations (WUAs) – who either have or plans to have their solar power units with capacity of 500 kilowatt (kw) to 2 megawatt (mw) would continue to get a tariff of ₹3.13 per unit of energy injected to the grid.
Telangana State Electricity Regulator Commission (TSERC) has recently rejected a petition filed by the two power distribution companies (discoms) in the State with a plea to review the tariff and revise it to ₹2.80 per unit, as arrived at the norms of Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) regulation.
The TSERC felt that the petition of the discoms for tariff under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Surakshan Utthan Mahabhiyan (PMKUSUM) was devoid of merits.

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On November 30, a team of officials from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Water Resources Department (WRD) and Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) conducted a joint inspection of a rainwater vent below the Chennai Bypass Road in Thiruneermalai. This marks the second time NHAI and WRD have carried out an inspection following a request being made by residents. They want NHAI to widen the vent located below the Bypass Road to facilitate rainwater drainage from ‘Nattukalvai’. The office bearers of the Federation of Welfare Associations accompanied the officials.











