The Chhattisgarh State Electricity Regulatory Commission (CSERC) on December 01, 2025, issued the Chhattisgarh State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for determination of Multi-Year Tariff) Regulations, 2025.
The following have been stated:
• These Regulations shall be applicable for determination of tariff under Section 62 and for fees and charges of SLDC as per Section 32 (3) of the Act for the financial year 2026-27 to financial year 2029-30, and will remain in effect until these Regulations are superseded by new Regulations.
• These Regulations shall extend to the whole of Chhattisgarh.
• These Regulations shall apply to the following persons operating in the State of Chhattisgarh for determination of expected revenue from Tariff and charges and the methodology and procedure for determination of expected revenue from Tariff and charges:
o State Transmission Utility (STU);
o All generating stations supplying power directly or through State trading licensee(s) to distribution licensees of the State under long term agreement except generating stations which are subject to the jurisdiction of the Central Commission and also such renewable energy generating stations located in the State whose tariff is decided by the Commission under relevant Regulations and orders: Provided that these Regulations shall also apply in all cases where a generating company has the arrangement for supply of coal from the integrated mine(s) allocated to it, for one or more of its specified end use generating stations, whose tariff is required to be determined by the Commission under Section 62 of the Act read with Section 86 thereof.
o All intra-State transmission licensee(s);
o All distribution licensee(s); and
o State Load Despatch Centre (SLDC):
Provided that in absence of any provision in these Regulations, the Commission shall be guided by norms specified under Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) Regulations, 2024 for such period as decided by Commission.
• These Regulations will not apply to
o Stand-alone generators:
Provided that, the stand-alone generators or any generating stations covered under Section 63 and excursing as Ancillary services who avail services of SLDC for scheduling, energy metering or accounting for the purpose of supply of its power to a licensee and/or consumers or Renewable Energy Certificates or any other such purposes as may be mandated by the Commission from time to time shall be required to pay fee and charges as specified under these Regulations.
o Generating Stations and Transmission System whose tariff has been discovered through a transparent process of competitive bidding in accordance with the competitive bidding guidelines notified by the Central Government and adopted by the Commission under Section 63 of the Act after prudence check.
The detailed regulations have been provided below.
[Notification No. 115/CSERC/2025]
