The power outage woe for Uttarakhand would nearly end with a long-term agreement between with the state government and the hydro power plant situated at Himachal Pradesh being signed shortly, said the chairman, Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC), Subhash Kumar on Thursday. “Things have been approved,” he added. Further, Gas based power plants have also initiated supply to the state, he said.
Thirty third advisory committee meeting was held at the commission’s office with regard to ARR and Tariff Petitions for tariff determination for the financial year 2017-18, true-up for financial year 2015-16 and annual performance review for the financial year 2016-17 filed by Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam limited (PTCUl), SlDC and Uttarakhand Power Cooperation limited (UPCl). The members of state advisory committee were present during the meeting and gave their comments on the proposed tariffs of the aforesaid utilities.
Chairman UERC and the principal secretary (Energy), Government of Uttarakhand have appreciated the efforts made by all the power utilities for improvement in power supply in the state. Principal secretary is said to have apprised the committee that the state is standing third in power sector across the country.
Others present on the occasion were Neeraj Sati, secretary UERC, Deepak Pandey, director (finance), Prabhat Dimri, director (technical), Rajnish Mathur, director (costing/licensing) and KK Gupta, joint director (finance/tariff).