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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

1.4 Salient features of Revised (II) ARR

2 STAFF COMMENTS AND THE LICENSEE’S RESPONSE

2.1 Delay of licensee in filing of ARR application

2.2 Licensee's proposal for treatment of Revenue Gap

2.3 Change in tariff without approval of Commission

2.4 Waiver Scheme regarding Arrears

2.5 Distribution losses

2.6 Excessive increase in Receivables

2.7 Provision for additional Subsidy

2.8 Defective Meters

2.9 Other Relevant Issues

2.10 Non-Compliance of Commission's Directives

2.10.1 Directive about metering plan

3 COMMISSION'S ORDER ON ISSUES RAISED BY INTERVENORS

4 ANALYSIS OF THE ARR FILING AND COMMISSION'S ORDER

4.1 Expenditure

4.1.1 Cost of Power Purchased

4.1.2 Operation and Maintenance expenditure

4.1.3 Interest on Loans

4.1.4 Depreciation

4.1.5 Provision for bad and doubtful debts

4.1.6 Contribution to Contingency Reserve

4.1.7 Fringe Benefit Tax Provision

4.1.8 Other Expenditures

4.1.9 TOTAL EXPENDITURE

4.2 Capital Base

4.2.1 Capital Works in Progress (CWIP)

4.2.2 Gross Fixed Assets (GFA)

4.2.3 AMOUNT OF WORKING CAPITAL

4.2.4 Amount of Compulsory Investment

4.3 Return on Capital Base

4.4 Non-Tariff Income

4.5 Aggregate Revenue Requirement

4.6 Other Issues

4.6.1 Settlement of pending electricity bills of rural domestic and rural agriculture pump set consumers

4.6.2 Change in tariff without the Commission's approval

4.6.3 Receivables of Electricity Sales

4.6.4 Cent Percent metering at the Consumers' premises and effective energy audit scheme

4.6.5 Establishment of Consumer Grievances Redressal Forum

4.6.6 Regulations on Standards of Performance for the Distribution Licensee (HERC/04/2004) and Electricity Supply Code (HERC/05/2004)

4.6.7 Establishment of Computerised State-of-the-Art Area Load Despatch Centre 

4.6.8 Information Technology in Distribution & Supply

4.6.9 Introduction of Pre-paid meters - Progress thereof

4.6.10 Implementation of Availability Based Tariff (ABT)

4.6.11 Human Resource Management

4.7 Performance review of Distribution System

4.7.1 Failure of Distribution Transformers 

4.7.2 Distribution Losses (As per performance report) 

4.7.3 Accidents in Distribution System

4.7.4 Demand Side Management

4.8 Distribution Losses (As per ARR filing)

4.9 Licensee's Consumption Estimates

4.10 Commission's Consumption Estimates

4.10.1 Agriculture Sales Estimate

4.10.2 Commission's approved consumption estimates for various categories of consumers

4.11 Subsidy From State Government 

5 CONCLUSION

ANNEXURE – 1: LIST OF WAIVERS GRANTED

ANNEXURE – 2: LIST OF DIRECTIVES NOT FULLY COMPLIED WITH

ANNEXURE - 3: LIST OF NEW DIRECTIVES

ANNEXURE – 4: LIST OF INTERVENORS

ANNEXURE – 5: SCHEDULE OF TARIFF

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