BSES discoms yet to clear their dues

NTPC, the major supplier of power to Delhi has a total allocation of 3,930 MW from NTPC including 693 MW from APCPL Jhajjar.

Out of this, more than 2000 MW is allocated to the two BSES Discoms, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) to whom NTPC supplies about Rs. 300 Cr. of electricity every month.

As per the terms of Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between NTPC and these Discoms, payments of the bills must be done within the calendar month.

However,, Discoms are not following the rules.

For a similar situation, NTPC had issued a notice for regulation of power to Discoms in May 2016.

After, holding discussions with Discoms and assurance of liquidation of outstanding dues by this financial year, NTPC had kept this regulation notice in abeyance.

However, despite a lapse of almost 10 months, there is an outstanding amount of Rs 239 crore overdue for payment from BYPL.