To help provide the people of Delhi get a tariff relief of upto 10 per cent, power distribution companies in the city are writing to the Delhi government about efforts to be taken in this direction.
Since 26 February, the Tata Powers Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) is pushing with the Union Power Ministry seeking to reallocate its power purchase agreements with some of the gas and coal based power plants from where it is purchasing power at very expensive rates.
The average power purchasing cost which is Rs 5.66 per unit is expected to come down to Rs 5.10 per unit if the Union Power Ministry accepts the company’s proposal, the company’s CEO and executive director Praveer Sinha said. This may result in 10 per cent of tariff reduction for the consumers.
BSES director proposed closing down of some plants like Rajghat Power House, Gas Turbine stations of IPGCL and three units of BTPS. ‘Consider closing down inefficient fuel guzzling plants of RPH and Gas Turbine stations of IPGCL...Fuel available to these plants, if shifted to Aravali/Bawana, will result in much higher MW per unit generation and at much lower rates,’ the director Gopal K Saxena said in his letter.