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1 PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF THE ARR FILINGS
1.1 Enactment of the Electricity Act 2003
1.2 Procedure envisaged in the Electricity Act 2003 for Tariff Order
1.3 Procedural Aspects
2 STAFF COMMENTS AND THE LICENSEE’S RESPONSE
2.1 Delay of licensee in filing of ARR application
2.2 Excessive increase in Receivables
2.3 Lower Collection Efficiency
2.4 Circle wise defaulters
2.5 Distribution losses
2.6 Non-compliance of Commission’s Orders / Directions
2.6.1 Directive about metering plan
2.6.2 Computerisation of receivables
2.6.3 Inter Company Reconciliation
2.6.4 Cost Audit Report
2.7 The Licensee's Response
3 ANALYSIS OF THE ARR FILING AND COMMISSION’S ORDER
3.1 Expenditure
3.1.1 Cost of Power purchased
3.1.2 Operation and Maintenance expenditure
3.1.3 Interest on Loans
3.1.4 Depreciation
3.1.5 Contribution to Contingency Reserve
3.1.6 Other Expenditures
3.1.7 Total Expenditure
3.2 Capital Base
3.2.1 Capital Works in Progress (CWIP)
3.2.2 Gross Fixed Assets (GFA)
3.2.3 Amount Of Working Capital
3.2.4 Amount of Compulsory Investment
3.3 Return on Capital Base
3.4 Non-Tariff Income
3.5 Aggregate Revenue Requirement
3.6 Other Issues
3.6.2 Cent Percent metering at the Consumers' premises and effective energy audit scheme
3.6.3 Establishment of Consumer Grievances Redressal Forum
3.6.4 Delay in Filings
3.6.5 Data discrepancies
3.6.6 Regulations on standards of performance for the Distribution licensee (HERC/04/2004) and Electricity Supply Code (HERC/05/2004)
3.6.7 Establishment of Computerised, State-of-the-Art Area Load Despatch Centre
3.6.8 Consumer Indexing and GIS Mapping
3.6.9 Human Resource Management
3.6.10 MES Case
3.7 Performance Review of Distribution System
3.7.1 Failure of Distribution Transformers
3.7.2 Distribution Losses (As per performance report)
3.7.3 Accidents in Distribution System
3.7.4 Demand Side Management
3.8 Distribution Losses (As per ARR filing)
3.9 Licensee's Consumption Estimates
3.10 Commission's Consumption Estimates
3.10.2 Commission's approved consumption estimates for various categories of consumers
3.11 Subsidy from State Government
4 CONCLUSION
ANNEXURE – 1
ANNEXURE – 2
ANNEXURE - 3
ANNEXURE – 4
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