Discoms owe no dues to NTPC: Min

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The Ministry of Power has said that there are no outstanding dues towards National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) from BSES Rajdhani Private Limited (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Private Limited (BYPL) as on date. In a reply to Lok Sabha, Union Power Minister RK Singh said NTPC has supplied 4116 Million Units (MUs) and 2037 MUs of electricity to BRPL and BYPL respectively in 2021-2022 till March this year.

“NTPC supplies power to Delhi Discoms as per the existing Power Purchase Agreements with these Discoms and as per applicable Laws, Rules and Regulations. Transmission loss is applicable to Transmission utilities.

“In 2020-2021, the Distribution loss of BYPL was 7.98 per cent and that of BRPL was 7.17per cent. Transmission losses and Distribution losses are allowed to be passed on to consumer in cost of power supplied by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) in terms ofRegulations notified by DERC during tariff determination exercise,” Singh said in the reply.

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