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 ...

State Government’s Energy Department has issued GO 3 for constituting the Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission. The Commission may fully become functional in 3 months after due process. The GO is issued exercising powers conferred under sub-section (1) of Section 82 of the  Electricity Act, 2003 along with section 92 of A.P. Reorganisation Act, 2014. With the approval of the Governor of Telangana State, the GO laid down procedures to constitute a State Electricity Regulatory Commission for the State of Telangana to be called as “Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission” (TSERC), with one Chairman and two members. The State Commission shall discharge the following functions, namely: - (a) determine the tariff for generation, supply, transmission and wheeling of electricity, wholesale, bulk or retail, ...