PUNJAB STATE ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION

SCO NO. 220-221, SECTOR 34-A, CHANDIGARH

 

                                                                                        Petition No.17 of 2009

Date of hearing: 20.10.2009

                                                                                                  Date of Order: 25.11.2009

 

In the matter of:            Petition for approval of Fuel Cost Adjustment (FCA) surcharge for 1st Quarter (April, 2009 to June, 2009) of  FY 2009-10.   

                                                            AND

In the matter of:           Punjab State Electricity Board, The Mall, Patiala.         

 

    Present:                      Shri Jai Singh Gill, Chairman

                                      Smt. Baljit Bains, Member

                                      Shri Satpal Singh Pall, Member

                

    For the petitioner        Shri  V.K.Bhatia, Chief Engineer/ARR & TR

                                                  Shri  H.S.Chaudhary, Director/TR-1

                                                  Shri Nirmal Singh, Dy.Director/TR-II

                                                  Shri Sukhwinder Singh, Asstt. Director/TR-II

 

    ORDER

 

               Punjab State Electricity Board (Board) has filed this petition  for approval of Fuel Cost Adjustment surcharge. As per clause 3(iii) of the Appendix 7 of the PSERC (Conduct of Business) Regulations, 2005, petition for fuel cost adjustment increase for first quarter of the year 2009-10 was required  to be filed by 31st August, 2009.

             The Board has submitted its petition on 30.9.2009 in which it referred to its earlier application dated 19.8.2009 seeking extension in limitation upto 30.9.2009 on the ground that the petition could be prepared/filed after the issue of the Tariff Order. The Commission observes that this is not a valid ground for seeking extension in limitation. The petition is clearly belated and is accordingly dismissed.     

 

        Sd/-                                                                      Sd/-                                          Sd/-

(Satpal Singh Pall)                               (Baljit Bains)                           (Jai Singh Gill)

 Member                                               Member                                   Chairman

 

Chandigarh

Dated: 25.11.2009