- Venkat Gandhi Poddutoori I feel sad that the state of AP that we belonged to for 58 Years choose to Breach the Law and deny the fair Share of Power promised in the Andhra Pradesh Re-organization Act 2014 that the people of Telangana needed most in the peak Summer . APERC has summarized as below in its Order on 11th Aug 2014 “ Chapter V- Summary of Findings 97. The PPAs submitted by APCC/APDISCOMS are not void for want of express consent of the Commission. Refer Paras 53 to 77 above. 98. The attempted withdrawal of select PPAs by APGENCO is not valid and such PPAs cannot be unilaterally rescinded by APGENCO. Refer Paras 78 to 88 http://www.aperc.gov.in/aperc1/assets/uploads/files/4aea9-o.p.-no.s14-to-25-of-2012-(suo-moto).pdf No force can set right the ...

While AP CM Chandrababu Naidu makes all positive noises about solving issues through dialogue with his TS counterpart, he continues to play the negative role in adhering to the AP Reorganisation Act or to the advice of Central Government bodies. Only yesterday the ERC rejected AP’s ‘PPA Cancellation’ exercise in a detailed report. Today, AP rejected those findings and continued to insist the PPAs are cancelled and so it can’t share power with Telangana. The AP Reorganisation Act ensured 53 per cent of the available supply to the new state while AP refuses to abide by it. AP has rejected guidelines from CEA, APERC, LDC, Union Power Ministry in the PPA issue till now and seems in no mood to abide by ...

AP Government led by Chandrababu Naidu suffered yet another setback for stepping out of line with regard to the PPA cancellation episode. The Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Monday night issued orders rejecting APGENCO’s unilateral ‘cancellation’ of the power purchase agreements (PPAs) that are with the commission. Chandrababu Naiud’s administration played havoc with newborn State Telangana with the cancellation drama and made Telangana lose close to 1350 MW of power. ERC’s orders comes as a relief for Telangana but it is yet to be seen if CM Naidu honors the decision. The CM earlier dismissed even the CEA’s authority to resolve the PPA issues. In a very detailed 34-page order on the PPA cancellation dispute between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, issued by Dr. V.Bhaskar, Chairman ...

AP Government blocked a bid by the Neeraja Mathur Committee to give Telangana it’s due share in power, as per the AP Reorganisation Act. In the 2nd meeting held in Delhi yesterday, AP questioned the locus standi of the Committee to oversee the PPA dispute between both the states. This brings the issue back to square one. AP’s stance was always questionable as AP CM Chandrababu Naidu declared even earlier that the Committee is just an advisory body. The Committee held it’s 1st meeting on July 14th and both states presented their arguments. Based on the arguments, the Committee sent a draft of its recommendations last week to both the state governments. AP which didn’t question the authority of the ...

The High-Power Committee headed by CEA Chairman Neerja Mathur is meeting today in Delhi. This is the committee’s second meeting, which was supposed to be held On July 30. The meeting was post-posted as Telangana officials were unavailable that day, due to their trip to Chhattisgarh to finalize the power purchase between TS and Chhattisgarh. The Committee has meanwhile sent to both states draft of it’s recommendations based on the arguments presented in the first meeting on July 14. It reportedly rejected the cancellation move of AP Government with regard to the PPAs and upheld TS share in power generated in AP too, as per the norms set by AP Reorganisation Act. AP took objection to this position of the ...