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ililin, of Aggregate Revenue Requirement (ARR)for second ouo "r*" r"!fflYJr:!:::LControl Period (Fy-f2 to Fy-14) uniter Section 62, d4 & g6 of the Electricitv Act 2003

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I Iirn:,draJ pradesh Statc Eleckicity Board Limited,i/r(1"r'ut Bhalvan, Shimla -171 004

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BEFORE THE HIMACHAL PRADESH ELECTRI TTY REGUIAToRY (COMMISSION SHIMLA

IN THE MATTER oFI

Case No. 176 of 2012

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HpsEB Ltd. vidyut Bhawan, ,n,.,"t ?11,*unn" rrry "..m"."i't""to'resldent of villase

rone throush the contents *."""-^1'^Y:-1;U'ffi;:;n:THrfffi:J:gone through the contents of accon --- " vv

'rtrEuv solemnly affirm and declare that I haveconect to the best ot r, ,"*"*illtnyhg

reply and that the contenb of the same are true andtowledge as derived from the ofncial record.

I, further solemnly affinconect to the t.st or ,y p.oon.,',l

tio *''t that the contents of thrs affidavit are Fue andconcealed therein. <nowledge, no part of lt rs false and nothrng materiar has been

Verified and signed at Shimla on thls 23d day of January, 2013.

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HIMACHAL PRADESH STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD LIMITED

]j:: :^ry::lce to the decisiong taken by the WID8 of HrsEB Limited for transf€r of::,:::T"::-r:g-:,i^r:1".Bypcl,which*.,",J*i.J*_"H:I;ilH::order no. 7 HpsEBL(sEcTT.t rRD/rm, ;";;-;;:-1ru-@

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Ahi.-L^_^:^_- - ! r, .. RD/2gtZ dated 03,a March 2012, there were yariousapprehensions raised by various stake ;;1.-"r;Ghd";'#il6 ;;ffi,:

BEFORE THE HIMACHAL PRADESH STATE ELECTRI C.,Y REGUTATORY COMMISSIONIN THE MATTER OF:

1*.t:rlr*t* Revenue Requirement (ARR) for second *O "r,r" "*Tiirrr'*'H?r,Control Period (FY-12 to Fy-14) under Section 62, 64 & 85 of ,f," ff""Uaty e* ZOOS

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IN THE MATTER OF:

Himachal Pradesh State Eleckiclty Board Lttritte4vidyut Bhawarl Shimla -171 004 .,...... petitioner

MOST RESPECTFULLY SHOWETH:

1. That the Horfble Commisslon has observed the shortcomings/ discrepancies on the 2ndAPR petition of second conkol period (Fy- 12 to fV linl *a same have beencommunicated to th" a*tll Tjl rr"ltiue Oir"ctor gffal vide letter No. HPERC/ F(3)(3) (3)/ MyT 2ApR2 / 2ot2-37s&lsg Darld, 2t / t2/ 72.

2. That the point-wise reply to the obse$ations is a6 uflder: -

A) lt is being submitted that thrr,e"na,iiteatysta;;;ffilT::"::Sf .I#;|ffi iT,#fl .H$fllll"jaccounts of Fy 2011-12 will tcomprete, and thes. """;;";:l;J,",x*.H"r?"1xff:"T1fi:,,,:1,1T,r1#;:soon as their respective audit process is completed.

B) It is being sulmitted that.the provisional True_up lot F\ 2077-72 hae already beensubmifted to rhe Commission .vld_e.

ajftdavit ;tj ;; y*rrry zof3. However, it isrequested that the HI5EBL may kindly be allowed tofle a llased kue-up petition in casethere is variation ln provisional and final "rait"a "."ouots]

Q Regarding transfer of existing..generating stations of HI5EBL to BVPCL, it is beingsubmitted that tlie requisite no.ifilation hJb;;;.h", * iir_"*. .q,,,.

The above decision was taken to eneure compliance of rong standing direction of HpERC tohave separate accounb for. au.uruoor, -urlil,"*io"olri'ilira*ses.

As the sipa.rateceneraring company BVpCL was ulr""dy ir, p;;";*.irticll" or a".o"i.tior, of BVpCLalready hal'ing the requisite provisions,,ir" ai*"" "i""*iite s€paiation of generationbusiness from dish-ibution business was effected

tered Accountanb and other concemed offices were sought in

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I{' In the meeting dated 21r March 2012 between WTDs and Chairman IIpERC in thecomrnission office, the Chairman HpERC was r.i"r"a Jorit^-u .utionale for transfer ofexisting generating stations to B\?CL. Further,

",fl"r i"**" ,*"0 by HpERC were also*':r::O in_detail, foltowing which, the nnrnC ,gr""J in ffi,p*, ro the decision ofWhole Time Directors and advised to go ahead with iame.

D) The source wise power purchase as per Form 4a is attached as ,,Annexure B (0 (ii),.

E) IIPSEBL

would like to submit that there has been inordinate delay in receipt of CMTRsfrom Sotan Circle owing to software iesue. Once ,h" CI6, ;;" received, the requisiteinformation will be supplied to the Corffnission.

F) the month wlse and source wise details of short term power purchase for Fy 12 and Fy 13till December 2012 is given as below:

G) The month *ise and source wirDecember 2012 is giv"r, u, u.torif

details of short term power sale for FY 12 and FY 13 duFY12 Short Term Sale

SourE- Energy inMUs

Amount in Crs_ Rate lPaire./@IEXPXIL

151.s9 53.56 353.3215.28 3.98 260.20

FY13 Short Term Sale (Till Decembet 2012)

Source Energy inMUs

Amount in Crs. Rate

-(Patse. / Unit)IEX 702.73 J6.11 351.56

PXIL 3.11 1.58 506.86

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H) te linlrlr wise enelg.y balance for win be submttted to the commission once thecomplete information pertaining to sar" *,r*, "*r" i"."""rl,ed tn thie office.

I) For HPSEBL's inability to comply with the solar Rppo for trre current financiar year and

:[.::.]".o"" of Solar power pur.hur" u. r"rolo, ,il,;" folowing conments are

' i) ffflSfgL hua earlier entered into an agreement on dated 21.11.2011' with NTPC Ltd. for their op.o-irrg. ant^ Solar Thermal power

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FY13 Short Term purchase (Tlll December 2012)

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ii) NTPC Ltd. Vide their recent communicadon 1st November,2012have shora"n their reservadons for zupplying of Solar powet underabove anargement as stated at point No,. 1 on account of certainroad blocks being faced in impl€mentatioa of Anta Solar Thermalpower project(15MW)

ii| In lieu of above, NTpC Ltd, has proposed to supply the samequantum under Solar RpO frotr Singrauli Solar pV power project(15MW). Accordingly, HISEBL haa executed ppA for the saidprorect. The expected CoD is December, 201b.

-I) The Details regalding receipt of charges from BBMB in Fy12 is given as below:FY12 BBMB Rec€iptg

S. No. Name of Proiect Receiptq1 Bhakra New 7.90 Crs-2 Dehar 0.11Crs.3 Pong 0,03 Cro

Total 8.04 Crs.

K) 'l'he Details regarding Baspa II arrears, CrSu arrears, and other arrearg Fy12 i& Fy13pertaining to this office is enclosed as Annexure C (t) (tt).

L) The rates of abovementioned stations in query are baeed on the Fy 2011-12 actuar and 5months actual rates for Fy 2012-13 as received ftogr thet monthly bills.

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M) NTPC Ltd' vide letter dated 01-11.2012 have intimated that the proposed tariff for stngrauliSolar PV Power Proiect ls Rs. 10.39 per kWh. This power st

"U te t rnata *ittr coal based

thermal power station in the ratio of 1:1 in MW terms which works out to be 1:4.S in termsof energy. While the indicative burdled tariff for Singrauli Solar power pV n"** n j*works out to be around Rs. 4.50 per kWh, rate of Rs g.00 per kWh has been talm to ta-kecare of any changes in the ratio in case there are issues in i;tial supply,

N) With respect to proiections of power proorremmt from new genetating statioru, HPSEBLhave received letters fiom the respective Gmcos/power proieci regarding their CoD (copyof letters from generatlng companies 18 mciosed as ,,Annexure

D,, and is given below: .

S. No. NamcofGeEiEi ExDa.t.d frrf. df a^i-*r..t^-1.;01

02Koldam HEP March 2014barh .t STPP (I8t Unit Augu6t 2014

03 Barh U STPP 0st UniO September 201304 Uit 1 in May 2012

qnit 2 in IUay 2013Parbati III HEP Unii 1 in ianuarv 2013

Uint 2 in March 2013Unit 3 in May 2013Unit 4 in September 2013

are. on the assumption theThe proiections power plants andfor hydro power plant 80% during summet and 20% during winter (on average) as well asdesign energy. In case of Koldam parbati [I

o) Banking projecrions Derails in Fy13 for 1tr33 MUs and Fy 114 as 1100MUs is as givenbelow:

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FY 13 Details of receipt of power through Banking

P) The sample bilts copy enclosed as ,,Annexure E,,.

Q) The Iaterstate harsmission losses for Fy13 till December 2012 are baged on the weekly NRgrid losses supplied along with the Ur bilt. by NRil;; ";ffi*"o r"ror,Fy 2017-17

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R) The details of actual charsesDecember 2012 is as below_

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paid ard payable to pccll- in Fy13 6ll the month of

*"#"*l1i':fl;::H,:';l,T?119! the PGCIL charges ror Fy 13 and Fy 14 is basedprojecrion of Fy13 & ,n 01 L:r-^ -

FY12 (HPSEBL + GoHP) and then giving 5% hike foril::::$;lT1[*,'fl :::;FY14'rh;;;;*;,"-lffi ff 1T#'-':#:::The-average rate of sale of power Fy12 and Fy13 is given as below:FY12 Sale of powet

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Energy inMUs

Amount in Crs. Rate(PaisaT@-UI 323.27 97.39

53,56tEX .59301

PXIL 15.28353

Bilateral 260u,14. 0.05

Total 490.)7

FY 202-13

ort.. bt lh. Crld ba..d oi u.ckhr III Bllh

- lsl-FY13 Sale of power (Till Decenber 2Ol2)

S. No. Energy inMUs

Amount in Crs.

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Rate (Pais-ffi[-UI n7.62IEX 702.73

276Jb,IT 352PXIL 3.11 t5R

Bilateral 0.14 0.06

103Total 343459

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T) Model for compuhtion of power purchase and sale and Revenue will be ma,ed separately.However, the sare of power outside the 6tate is ,.;l;;.";';;; based on the real timeoperation on day to day basis.

U) The tarilf proposal to b dse rl*iu u" *tl,,iri"a; il::ktfililT,i: is pending ror Manasement approval and

V) The Compliance of Directives and the formab requested are being compiled and will besubmitted separately.

In view of above' it is prayed that the petition of HpsEBL may kindly be adrnitted in interest of

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