APTransco - ARR -SLDC

BEFORE THE HONOURABLE ANDHRA PRADESH ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION

AT ITS OFFICE AT Vth FLOOR, SINGARENI BHAVAN, RED HILLS, HYDERABAD

FILING NO.______/2006

CASE NO. _______/2006

In the matter of:

Filing of the Aggregate Revenue Requirement (ARR), Filing for Proposed Tariff (FPT) for the financial year 2007-08 and for the First Control Period (FY 07-08 and FY 08-09) for its SLDC Business under Section 26(5) of the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Reform Act, 1998 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’) and under Part VII (Section 61 to Section 64) of the Electricity Act, 2003 read with the relevant APERC Guidelines and Regulations till date, by the Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited (‘APTransco’ or ‘the Licensee’) as the Transmission Licensee.

In the matter of:

TRANSMISSION CORPORATION OF ANDHRA PRADESH LIMITED

… Applicant

AFFIDAVIT OF APPLICANT VERIFYING THE APPLICATION ACCOMPANYING FILING OF AGGREGATE REVENUE REQUIREMENTS

I, Rachel Chatterjee, D/O Shri K.J.Chandy, working for gain at the Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited do solemnly affirm and say as follows:

I am the Chairperson and Managing Director of APTransco, the licensee company operating and controlling the Transmission & SLDC business of electricity in Andhra Pradesh pursuant to the license granted by the Hon’ble Commission. I am competent and duly authorised by APTransco to affirm, swear, execute and file this affidavit in the present proceedings.

I have read and understood the contents of the accompanying Filing of Aggregate Revenue Requirement for SLDC Business. The statements made in the paragraph 9 of the accompanying application now shown to me are true to my knowledge derived from the official records made available to me and are based on information and advice received which I believe to be true and correct.

DEPONENT

VERIFICATION:

I, the above named Deponent solemnly affirm at Hyderabad on this 30^t^h November, 2006 that the contents of the above affidavit are true to my knowledge, no part of it is false and nothing material has been concealed there from.

DEPONENT

BEFORE THE HONOURABLE ANDHRA PRADESH ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION

AT ITS OFFICE AT Vth FLOOR, SINGARENI BHAVAN, RED HILLS, HYDERABAD

FILING NO.______/2006

CASE NO. ______/2006

In the matter of:

TRANSMISSION CORPORATION OF ANDHRA PRADESH LIMITED

… Applicant

The Applicant respectfully submits as under: -

1. Pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Reform Act, 1998, the Government of Andhra Pradesh undertook the reform and restructuring of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board (‘APSEB’). APTransco has been formed as a successor entity of the erstwhile APSEB through the First statutory transfer scheme, which was notified in the Official Gazette of the Government of Andhra Pradesh on February 1^st 1999 to manage the Transmission and Distribution of erstwhile APSEB. Subsequently, the State Government notified the Second Transfer Scheme on March 31^st ,2000 wherein APTRANSCO retained the Transmission , SLDC and Bulk Supply business of the State with itself, while transferring the Distribution and Retail Supply of the State to the four Distribution Companies formed in the State viz., (i) Eastern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited, (ii) Southern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited, (iii) Central Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited, and (iv) Northern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited (collectively referred to as ‘Discoms’).

2. Pursuant to obtaining independent licences by the Discoms in December 2000, APTransco has relinquished its Distribution & Retail Supply Licence.

3. Subsequently on June 7, 2005, the State Government notified the Third Transfer Scheme in its official gazette wherein the Bulk Supply business and undertaking of APTRANSCO is vested to the DISCOMs with effect from June 9, 2005. As a result, APTRANSCO is presently carrying out solely the Transmission & SLDC business as the State Transmission Utility (STU) in the State.

4. This filing for Levy of Annual fee and Operating charges for SLDC business is in accordance with the provisions of the Reform Act, the Electricity Act 2003, the License granted by the Hon’ble Commission to APTransco on January 31, 2000 and the Guidelines and Regulations issued by the Honorable Commission including the latest Regulation No.1 of 2006.

5. Sub-section (1) of section 31 of the Electricity Act, 2003, provides that the State Government shall establish a State Load Despatch Center (SLDC). Sub-section (2) of the Section 31 provides that the said SLDC shall be operated by a Government company/authority/corporation constituted by or under any State Act and that until such company /authority /corporation is notified by the State Government, the State Transmission Utility (STU) shall operate the SLDC. The Government of AP notified in GO Ms.No.8 dated 17-01-2004 that the existing SLDC shall continue as SLDC and be operated by the Transmission Corporation of AP Ltd., being the STU, until the State Government establishes a Government company or any authority or corporation.

6. While filing the present petition for Annual fee and Operating charges for SLDC Business, APTransco has endeavoured to comply with the various applicable legal and regulatory directions and stipulations including the directions of the Hon’ble Commission in the Business Rules of the Commission, the Guidelines, prior ARR and Tariff Orders and the recent Regulations on Levy and Collection of Fees and Charges by State Load Despatch Centre (Regulation No. 1 of 2006) dated July 27, 2006.

7. Based on the information available, the Applicant has made bonafide efforts to comply with the directions of the Hon’ble Commission and discharge its obligations to the best of its abilities. However, should any further material become available in the near future, the Applicant reserve the right to file such additional information and consequently amend /revise the application.

8. The current petition for Annual fee and Operating charges for SLDC Business being filed has been discussed and approved by the Board of Directors of APTransco and Smt. Rachel Chatterjee, Chairperson and Managing Director of APTransco has been authorised to execute and file the said Annual fee and Operating charges Petition on behalf of APTransco. Accordingly, the current petition for Annual fee and Operating Charges for SLDC Business is signed and verified by, and backed by the affidavit of Smt. Rachel Chatterjee, Chairperson and Managing Director.

9. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the Applicant requests that the Hon’ble Commission:

(a) Take the accompanying Annual fee and Operating charges for Petition of APTransco for SLDC Business on record;

(b) Grant suitable opportunity to APTransco within a reasonable time frame to file additional material information if any;

(c) Grant the waivers prayed for with respect to such filing requirements as APTransco is unable to comply with at this stage, as more specifically detailed and for the reasons set out in the present Annual fee and Operating charges filing for SLDC Business.

(d) Treat the filing as complete in view of substantial compliance as also the specific requests for waivers with justification placed on record;

(e) Consider and approve SLDC Annual fee and Operating charges including all requested regulatory treatments in the filing;

(f) Pass such order as the Hon’ble Commission may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.

TRANSMISSION CORPORATION OF ANDHRA PRADESH LIMITED

(APPLICANT)

Through

SMT. RACHEL CHATTERJEE

CHAIRPERSON AND MANAGING DIRECTOR

Place: HYDERABAD

Dated: November 30, 2006