The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) on March 29, 2023, published the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Tariff for Wheeling and Retail Sale of Electricity) Fourth Amendment Regulation, 2023 to further amend the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Tariff for Wheeling and Retail Sale of Electricity) Regulation, 2005
This Regulation shall come into force on April 01, 2023
The following has been amended namely: -
• This regulation shall apply to the entire state of Andhra Pradesh
• In Regulation 12 which states "Cost of Power procurement" Sub-clause 12.4 shall be substituted with the following:
“The Distribution Licensee shall be entitled to recover from or refund to the consumers, as the case may be, the FPPCA (Fuel and Power Purchase Cost Adjustment) according to the formula and other conditions specified in this regulation on a monthly basis automatically from time to time and such monthly automatic adjustment shall be trued up on an annual basis by the Commission”.
• The following sub-clause 12.5 shall be added after sub-clause 12.4 in the Principal Regulation.
“12.5. FPPCA (Fuel and Power Purchase Cost Adjustment) The formula for FPPCA is as under namely: -
FPPCA = (APPC-BPPC) / [1-(Loss in% / 100)] Where,
FPPCA = Fuel & Power Purchase Cost Adjustment in Rs/unit up to 4 decimal places
APPC = The actual weighted average power purchase cost per unit of energy, which shall be arrived at as the actual total power purchase cost (including the transmission & scheduling costs) in Rs. Million for the month for which the Distribution Licensee is recovering ‘FPPCA’ automatically divided by the actual quantum of power purchases in Million Units made by the Distribution Licensee from the sources approved by the Commission for that month.
BPPC = The base weighted average power purchase cost per unit of energy, which shall be arrived at as the total power purchase cost approved by the Commission in Rs. Million (including the transmission & scheduling costs) in the RSTO (Retail Supply Tariff Order) for the month for which the Distribution Licensee is recovering ‘FPPCA’ divided by the total quantum of energy in Million Units approved by the Commission in the RSTO for the Distribution Licensee for that month.
Loss in % = The weighted average Transmission and Distribution losses (%) approved by the Commission for the Distribution Licensee for the financial year (n) in which the Distribution Licensee is recovering ‘FFPPCA’ or actual weighted average Transmission and Distribution losses (%) of the previous year (n-1) for that Distribution Licensee, whichever is lower.
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[Notification No. Lr.No.APERC / Secy / F.No.S-19 (Vol. II) / D.No.554 / 2023]
