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BEFORE THE CHHATISGARHSTATE ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION, RAIPUR

Petition For Revision of Miscellaneous & General Charges

Submitted to Chhattisgarh State Electricity Regulatory Commission

November 2014

Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited

O/o Executive Director (Commercial), Vidyut Sewa Bhawan (3rd Floor),

Dangania, Raipur – 492013

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CHHATTISGARH STATE POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED, RAIPUR (A Government of Chhattisgarh Undertaking)

Regd. Off. : Vidyut Sewa Bhawan, 3rd floor Dangania, Raipur – 492 013 Tel: 0771-2574441, Fax: 0771-2574442, Email: [email protected]

Ref: _________________________ Dated: __ November 2014

To,

The Secretary, Chhattisgarh State Electricity Regulatory Commission, Irrigation Colony, Shanti Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh - 492 001

Dear Sir,

Subject: Submission of Petition for the Approval of Schedule of revised Miscellaneous

& General Charges to be levied by CSPDCL

As per the provisions under section 43, 45 & 46 of Electricity Act, 2003 and various relevant

provisions under Chhattisgarh State Electricity Supply Code, 2011 including amendment

called as “Chhattisgarh State Electricity Supply Code (First Amendment) 2013” which has

come into effect from 1st January 2014 to govern distribution and supply of electricity th

Chhattisgarh State Distribution Company Limited (CSPDCL) proposes revision in schedule of

Miscellaneous & General Charges for approval of the Hon’ble Commission.

The following documents are enclosed here for the kind perusal and approval by the Hon’ble

Commission:

1. Formal Petition and with Affidavit verifying the petition.

2. Petition Fee of Rs_________ (Rupees _________ only) in terms of Cheque

no._________ Dated___________ drawn on_________.

We request the Hon’ble Commission to kindly admit the aforesaid petition and proceed

further in the matter at the earliest. We would also request the Hon’ble Commission to kindly

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provide us an opportunity of personal hearing to further clarify/explain our submissions

under the enclosed petition.

Thanking You,

Yours Faithfully,

For Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited, Raipur

(Authorized Signatory)

Executive Director (Commercial) -CSPDCL

Enclosed: As above

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CHHATTISGARH STATE ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION, RAIPUR

Filing No. ______________

Case No. ______________

IN THE MATTER OF

SUBMISSION OF PETITION FOR THE APPROVAL OF SHEDULE OF REVISED MISCELLANEOUS

& GENERAL CHARGES TO BE LEVIED BY CSPDCL

PETITIONER

CHHATTISGARH STATE POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED, RAIPUR (HEREINAFTER

REFERRED TO AS ‘CSPDCL’ OR ‘THE PETITIONER’);

THE ‘PETITIONER’ RESPECTFULLY SUBMITS THAT:

1. The Petitioner is a distribution licensee for wheeling and retail supply of electricity in

the areas as notified by the Government of Chhattisgarh (GoCG) under the CSEB

Transfer Scheme Rules, 2010.

2. As per the provisions under section 43, 45 & 46 of Electricity Act 2003 and various

relevent provisions under Chhattisgarh State Electricity Supply Code, 2011 including

amendments as issued by the Hon’ble Commission; the Chhattisgarh State

Distribution Company Limited proposes redetermination of the Schedule of

Miscellaneous & General Charges for approval by the Hon’ble Commission.

3. The Petitioner CSPDCL is accordingly filing this Petition for Approval and Revision of

Miscellaneous & General Charges.

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PRAYER TO THE HON’BLE COMMISSION:

The Petitioner respectfully prays to the Commission:

a. Admit the petition of Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited (CSPDCL),

Raipur.

b. To condone any inadvertent omissions/ errors/ shortcomings and permit the Petitioner

to add/ change/ modify/ alter this filing and make further submissions as may be required

at a future date.

c. To allow further submissions, addition and alteration to this Petition as may be

necessitating from time to time.

d. Treat the filing as complete in view of substantial compliance as also the specific requests

for waivers with justification placed on record;

e. And pass such other and further orders as are deemed fit and proper in the facts and

circumstances of the case.

Date: ___ November 2014 Petitioner

Executive Director (Commercial)

CSPDCL, Raipur

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Table of Contents

1. BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................................................... 7

REGULATORY PROVISIONS ............................................................................................................................... 7

2. PROPOSAL FOR MISCELLANEOUS & GENERAL CHARGES ................................................. 9

3. METER HIRE CHARGES ................................................................................................................... 9

Detailed Methodology ................................................................................................................................... 9 Assumptions .................................................................................................................................................. 9 Detailed Calculation ................................................................................................................................... 10 Proposed Charges ....................................................................................................................................... 10

4. OTHER WORK ORIENTED CHARGES ......................................................................................... 10

Detailed Methodology ................................................................................................................................. 10 Assumptions ................................................................................................................................................ 11 Detailed Calculation ................................................................................................................................... 12 Proposed Charges ....................................................................................................................................... 13

5. TESTING CHARGES FOR VARIOUS EQUIPMENT ................................................................... 14

Detailed Methodology ................................................................................................................................. 14 Assumptions ................................................................................................................................................ 14 Detailed Calculation ................................................................................................................................... 16 Proposed Changes ...................................................................................................................................... 16

6. SERVICE CONNECTION CHARGES ............................................................................................. 19

Detailed Methodology ................................................................................................................................. 19 Detailed Calculation ................................................................................................................................... 19 Proposed Charges ....................................................................................................................................... 19

7. APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE AND SPECIAL METER READING ................................. 20

Detailed Methodology Application processing ........................................................................................... 20 Detailed Methodology Special Meter Reading ........................................................................................... 20 Proposed Charges ....................................................................................................................................... 21

8. CHARGES FOR STANDBY FEEDER MAINTENANCE .............................................................. 21


9. CHARGES FOR MAINTENANCE OF STREET LIGHT .............................................................. 23


10. SUMMARY OF PROPOSED CHARGES ......................................................................................... 24

11. SYSTEM STRENGTHNING CHARGES ......................................................................................... 28

12. SUPPLY AFFORDING CHARGES ................................................................................................... 31

13. PRAYER ............................................................................................................................................... 34

PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF MISCELLANEOUS & GENERAL CHARGES

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1. BACKGROUND

1.1 As per the provisions under section 43, 45 & 46 of Electricity Act 2003 and various

relent provisions under Chhattisgarh State Electricity Supply Code, 2011 including

amendments as issued by the Hon’ble Commission; the Chhattisgarh State Power

Distribution Company Limited proposes redetermination of the Miscellaneous &

General Charges by the Hon’ble Commission.

1.2 These charges are proposed in lieu of the other than obligators services to be provided

by CSPDCL to the Consumer. Also, rental / cost recovery on equipment’s provided and

maintained by CSPDCL for exclusive use of consumers.

1.3 The existing Miscellaneous & General Charges, as levied by the CSPDCL, are as

approved under the order dated 10.08.2007 by Hon’ble Commission. These charges

were determined 7 years back, since then due to large variation in material, transport

and manpower costs the revision has become inevitable.

Regulatory Provisions

1.4 Following are the provisions under Electricity Act 2003 enabling licensee to recover

the charges from the consumers for various services other than power supply.

a) Section 43 (2) states that “It shall be the duty of every distribution licensee to

provide, if required electric plant or electric line for giving electric supply to the

premises specified in sub-section (1): Provided that no person shall be entitled

to demand, or to continue to receive, from a licensee a supply of electricity for

any premises having a separate supply unless he has agreed with the licensee

to pay to him such price as determined by the Appropriate Commission.”

b) Section 45 (3b) states that “The charges for electricity supplied by a distribution

licensee may include: (b) a rent or other charges in respect of any electric meter

or electrical plant provided by the distribution licensee.”


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c) Section 46 “(Power to recover expenditure): The State Commission may, by

regulations, authorise a distribution licensee to charge from a person requiring

a supply of electricity in pursuance of section 43 any expenses reasonably

incurred in providing any electric line or electrical plant used for the purpose of

giving that supply.”

1.5 Sections under chapter 4 of Chhattisgarh State Electricity Supply Code, 2011 and other

relevant sections under the first amendment in supply code called as “Chhattisgarh

State Electricity Supply Code (First Amendment) 2013” which has come into effect

from 1st January 2014.

1.6 The various charges are estimated by taking the actual cost of the material and the

cost of labour & manpower involved for each of the work to comply with the

provisions under various regulations and Electricity Act 2003. The cost of various

equipment’s and apparatus are taken as per the latest standard schedule of rates

adopted by the CSPDCL in FY 2014-15.


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2. PROPOSAL FOR MISCELLANEOUS & GENERAL CHARGES

The CSPDCL has proposed various charges taking into consideration the actual costs

of the material and the cost of labour and time required for completion of each task.

The cost of various equipment and apparatus are taken as per the latest standard

schedule of rates adopted for FY 2014-15, and the cost of manpower is as per the

prevailing actual cost of manpower engaged.

3. METER HIRE CHARGES

Detailed Methodology

3.1 As per the Clause 8.7 of Chhattisgarh State Electricity Supply Code, 2011, the licensee

has to supply the meters and associated equipment and maintain the metering system

in proper working condition. The consumer, in turn, has to pay monthly hire charges

to the utility (CSPDCL) as approved by the Commission. Relevant Clause is stated

below:

“8.7 The licensee shall install the meter and metering equipments, to consumer’s

premises at the time of serving new connection or at any other time as required. The

licensee shall keep the meter in proper working condition and the consumer shall pay

the monthly rent, if any, for the meter and metering equipments at the rate approved

by the Commission as per miscellaneous charges from time to time. If the licensee fails

to keep the meter or metering equipment in proper working condition, the consumer

shall not be liable to pay the meter rent for the period the meter remains defective.”

Assumptions

3.2 In the current proposal, the average serviceable life of electronic meter is considered

to be approximately 15 years (as approved in order dated 10th August 2007 petition

number: 40/2006). The cost of additional expenditure incurred towards replacement

of defective meters per year is also added at permissible rate of 2.5% to the capital

investment required to maintain the normal and correct operation of meters after the

guarantee period of 5.5 years for LT meters (on the basis of latest supply orders of the

vendors as well as approval by the Hon’ble Commission in its order dated 10th August

2007).


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3.3 The installed meters require regular testing which is a common feature in the

operations of the licensee. Therefore, the cost of testing LT consumer meters, at least

3 test in its serviceable life has been taken in the current proposal.

3.4 For arriving at the cost of meter and metering equipment, the actual cost as per the

latest purchase order or the schedule of rates of the CSPDCL for the FY 2014-15 has

been considered for the LT meters. In addition to the cost of meter for LT, cost of

additional equipment (i.e. modem cost, and CT & PT) to be borne by CSPDCL while

providing meter has also been considered. Further, testing charges has been

considered based on the type of meter. The detail calculations of testing charges have

been shown in the subsequent sections.

Detailed Calculation 3.5 The detailed calculation has been provided in the Annexure – 1. Proposed Charges 3.6 The proposed charges shall be applicable to all consumers.

3.7 The proposed Meter Rent (rounded up to nearest multiple of 5) is summarized below:

Table 1: Meter Hire Charges

Meter Hire charges Existing Proposed % Increase/Decrease

Single phase meters 10 20 100%

Three Phase LT meters

10-40 Amp meters 25 50 100%

20-100 Amp meters 50 50 0%

Three Phase LT CT meter 70 120 71%

4. OTHER WORK ORIENTED CHARGES

Detailed Methodology 4.1 The other work oriented charges cover’s the following services:

I. Shifting of meter/ meter board within the same premises

II. Replacement of fuse / meter glass / meter reading cards


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III. Reconnection after disconnection or disconnection on consumer’s request.

IV. Resealing of meters, MD indicators and instruments of the Board in the

consumer's premises, if seal is found accidently broken

V. Re-rating of installations at the request of the consumer

VI. Testing of Installations

The charges have been computed based on the number of jobs executable in a day along with

the proportional cost of manpower and transport involved in undertaking such activity.

Assumptions 4.2 The above services are work-oriented, and involve services of technical staff employed

by CSPDCL. It appears reasonable and justified that these charges be calculated on the

basis of the man hours of staff required for carrying out the job (Similar methodology

used by the Hon’ble Commission in its order dated 10th August 2007). Therefore,

average emoluments for different technical staff have been considered based on

existing pay scale. On the basis of the staff involved in the job, emoluments of staff

and maximum number of jobs can be undertaken per day the charges have been

computed.

4.3 It may kindly be noted that for replacement of fuses and meter cards, services of one

helper is required. Accordingly these charges have been proposed on the basis of the

number of jobs carried out during working hours per day in a month of 24 days, and

the salary/wages of the persons deployed for the services. The assumption on number

of jobs which can be performed in a day with the proposed manpower has been

tabulated below:

Particulars Number of jobs

Other work oriented jobs

Shifting of meter/meter board in the same premises. ( at the consumer's request)

14

Re-sealing of cut outs provided on meter board in the consumer's premises.

35

Replacement of fuses/meter reading card:

Replacing consumer's cut out fuses (LT) 20

Replacement of missing meter reading card (LT) 20


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4.4 Similarly for disconnection and reconnection of supply on consumer’s request

required up to 25 HP/19 kW, the services of lineman and helpers are required. The

charges have accordingly been proposed on the basis of the number of jobs which can

be carried out in a day and the wages/salary of employed manpower. For the

disconnection/reconnection of power supply above 25 HP/19 kW in addition to

lineman and helper, charges for involvement of a Junior Engineer is also required to

be included.

4.5 Similarly, for disconnection and reconnection of HT Connection upto 5 MVA or above,

the services of E.E (O&M) of the area, E.E (Testing), concerned A.E. and other support

staff has been considered. Therefore, these charges have been computed taking into

account their wages/salary and efficient number of jobs possible to be undertake in a

day. Further, instead of services of Driver, services of hired vehicle (jeep) have been

considered. The assumptions on number of jobs has been tabulated below:

Particulars Number of jobs

Single phase LT connection 20

3-Phase LT connection upto 25 HP/19 KW 10

3-Phase LT connection above 25 HP/19 KW 6

HT Connection upto 5 MVA 3

HT Connection above 5 MVA 2

4.6 The services offered to single and three-phase consumer under “re-rating/checking of

installation/equipment done at the request of the consumer” has been computed

taking into consideration one Junior Engineer and Lineman. The number of jobs may

be undertaken per days for single phase consumer has been considered to be 8 and 4

for three phase consumers. Accordingly the cost for rendering the services has been

computed taking into account the proposed manpower and number of jobs

executable in a day as per the above assumption.

4.7 Service under “Testing as subsequent testing of installation, or testing of an extension

to the existing installation, or if the wiring contractor or his representative fails to be

present during initial testing of a new installation or subsequent testing”, CSPDCL has

considered the cost of Junior Engineer, Lineman and Helper and taken the assumption

of 8 jobs executable in a day for the purpose of calculating charges.

Detailed Calculation 4.8 The detailed calculation has been provided in the Annexure – 2:


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Proposed Charges 4.9 The proposed other charges (rounded off to nearest multiple of 5) is summarized

below:

Table 2: Other Work Oriented Charges

S. No Particulars Existing Proposed % Increase

1 Shifting of meter/meter board in the same premises

70 170 143%

2 Re-sealing of cut outs of the meter board in the consumer’s premises, if seal is found broken

25 70 180%

3

Replacement of fuses/meter reading cards

Replacing consumer's cut out fuses (LT) 25 55 120%

Replacement of missing meter reading card (LT)

- 55 -

4

Either Disconnection or Reconnections on consumer’s request:

Single phase LT connection 60 120 100%

3-Phase LT connection up to 25 HP/19 KW 150 240 60%

3-Phase LT connection above 25 HP/19 KW 500 665 33%

HT Connection up to 5 MVA 1750 2860 63%

HT Connection above 5 MVA 2500 6150 146%

5

Re-rating / checking of installation / equipment were done at the request of the consumer

Single phase connection 150 370 147%

Three phase connection 300 730 143%

6

Testing of installations: Testing as subsequent testing of installation, or testing of an extension to the existing installation, or if the wiring contractor or his representative fails to be present during initial testing of a new installation or subsequent testing

200 500 150%


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4.10 Other work oriented charges are basically the services which are provided by CSPDCL’s

technical staff along with the required labour. As it can be seen from the above, there

is a considerable increase in all the charges viz-a-viz the existing charges which is

mainly attributable to increase in employee cost.

5. TESTING CHARGES FOR VARIOUS EQUIPMENT

Detailed Methodology 5.1 CSPDCL is currently recovering the testing charges of various equipment including

meters based on the charges approved by the Hon’ble Commission. To revise these

existing charges of various equipment’s, following two components have been

revisited as considerd by Hon’ble Commission in the order dated 10th August 2007:

(1) Wages of staff deployed to carry out the testing

(2) Cost of proportionate utilization of testing instruments for carrying out the

tests.

Assumptions 5.2 Employee costs have been derived considering the number of technical personals

involved in testing activity and the number of possible jobs may be carried out during

the day. The number of days in a month has been considered to be 24 days for

computing the employee cost.

5.3 The replacement/utilization costs of testing equipment have been worked out on

activity basis considering serviceable life of 15 years and the number of activities to

be conducted under a particular test.

5.4 The Testing Charges proposed for conducting individual tests have been computed as

the sum of utilization cost of equipment and the cost of employees involved for a

particular test divided by number of jobs possible in a day. The aforesaid proposed

charges for testing are in respect of tests carried out in the laboratory. Different

equipment used in testing have been tabulated below:

Testing charges Equipment Required

Single phase meter 1. ERSM Acc CL 0.1 2. Phantom Loading Kit (Voltage current source)


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Testing charges Equipment Required

3Ph. 4 wire meter, without CT 1. ERSM Acc CL 0.1 2. Phantom Loading Kit (Voltage current source)

LT CT (each) 1. Primary Injection Kit 2. Multimeter

3 Ph, 4 Wire meter, with CTs 1. ERSM Acc CL 0.05 2. Phantom Loading Kit (Voltage current source)

Tri-Vector meter 1. ERSM Acc CL 0.05 2. Phantom Loading Kit (Voltage current source)

33 KV or 11 KV Metering Equipment (Combined CT-PT Unit)

1. Complete CT/PT testing kit 2. Multimeter 3. Megger

220 KV or 132 KV Metering Equipment (CT or PT Set)

1. Complete CT/PT testing kit 2. Multimeter 3. Megger

O/C, E/F Relay per element testing Multi-Purpose loading Kit

BDV Oil Testing Kit (BDV)

HT CT/PT (Ratio, polarity, IR) each unit 1. Complete CT/PT testing kit 2. Multimeter 3. Megger

ABT meter 1. ERSM Acc CL 0.05 2. Phantom Loading Kit (Voltage current source)

Transformer Testing (Power Transformer), Routine test at site, the site being located at the H.Q of E.E (STM)

1. Power Analyzer 2. Phantom Loading 3. Megger 4. Oil testing kit 5. Earth Megger 6. Multi-purpose testing Kit

Transformer Testing (Power Transformer), Routine test at site, the site being located away from H.Q of E.E (STM)


Substation Testing (33/11 KV) (Commissioning charges)



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5.5 The possible number of jobs in a day for different tests has also been provided below:

Testing charges Possible Number of jobs in a

day

Single phase meter 15

3Ph. 4 wire meter, without CT 15

LT CT (each) 15

Tri-Vector meter 3


2

220 KV or 132 KV Metering Equipment (CT or PT Set) 2

O/C, E/F Relay per element testing 7

BDV 14

HT CT/PT (Ratio, polarity, IR) each unit 6

ABT meter 1

5.6 In case of testing of “3 Ph, 4 wire meter, with CTs”, CSPDCL has considered the sum of

individual 3 Ph, 4 wire meter test and 3 number of LT CT tests while calculating the

charges, which is similar to what Hon’ble Commission has considered in its order dated

10th August 2007.

Detailed Calculation 5.7 The calculation of testing charges has been based on the above assumptions

considering the cost of employees and equipment with different number of possible

jobs as discussed above. The breakup of the same with calculations has been provided

in the Annexure – 3.

Proposed Changes 5.8 CSPDCL has proposed some changes in the existing nomenclature. CSPDCL requests

Hon’ble Commission to approve the changes:

a) CSPDCL has proposed to change the nomenclature from “33/11 KV metering

equipment” to “33 KV or 11 KV Metering Equipment (Combined CT-PT Unit)”.

The change has been proposed as the metering equipment also contains both

CT and PT units and thus it would require simultaneous testing of both these

units.

b) CSPDCL has proposed to change the nomenclature from “132/220 KV

metering equipment” to “220 KV or 132 KV Metering Equipment (CT or PT


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Set)”. The changes have been proposed as the metering equipment consists of

CT and PT unit separately and CSPDCL has considered testing of one unit while

computing the charges.

c) CSPDCL has also proposed to change the nomenclature from “HT CT (Ratio,

Polarity, IR, BDV) each unit” to “HT CT/PT (Ratio, Polarity, IR) each unit”. The

change has been proposed as BDV testing charges has been proposed

separately and CSPDCL has proposed to charge the consumer separately in

case BDV testing is requested.

5.9 Testing charges are services which are provided by CSPDCL’s technical staff along with

the labour required. As it can be seen from the computation provided in the Annexure

-3, all the charges have increased with respect to the existing charges on the account

of increase in employee cost. The increase in employee cost has been on the account

of impact of pay revision in recent years. Also, there is very little impact of equipment

cost as it is spread for 15 years. Therefore, CSPDCL would like to request Hon’ble

Commission to consider the proposal.

5.10 By adopting the aforesaid basis, the existing as well as proposed testing charges

(rounded off to nearest multiple of 5) are indicated here as under:

Table 3: Testing Charges

Particulars (Rs.) Existing Proposed % increase

Single phase meter 130 360 177%

3Ph. 4 wire meter, without CT 200 360 80%

LT CT (each) 170 350 106%

3Ph. 4 wire meter, with CT's 880 1400 60%

Tri-Vector meter 1200 1840 53%


2680 3510 31%

220 KV or 132 KV Metering Equipment (CT or PT Set) 3750 4980 33%

O/C, E/F Relay per element testing 400 770 93%

BDV 320 370 16%

HT CT/PT (Ratio, polarity, IR) each unit 1000 1170 17%


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Particulars (Rs.) Existing Proposed % increase

Transformer Testing (Power Transformer), Routine test at site, the site being located at the H.Q of E.E (STM)

- 4,900 -

Transformer Testing (Power Transformer), Routine test at site, the site being located away from H.Q of E.E (STM) -

4,900 Transport

charges for the work on actual basis.

-

Substation Testing (33/11 KV) (Commissioning charges)

- 12,640 -

5.11 The below charges are calculated on a lower side as more time and resource is

required to be deployed in case testing is carried out in the premises of the consumers,

which involves cost of transportation and constrain on existing resources. CSPDCL has

taken minimum cost of one helper and one TA Gr-1 for carrying-out such activity on

per day basis. The proposed charges are given below:

Table 4: Equipment Testing Charges

Particulars Existing Proposed

Equipment tested at site, the site being located at the Head Quarter of the

MT Division.

Rs. 800/- per day or part thereof and the transport charges for

the work on actual basis.

Rs. 2800/- per day or part thereof and the transport charges for the work on

actual basis.

Equipment’s tested at site, the site being

located away from H.Q of E.E. (MT)

Rs. 800/- per day or part thereof and transport charges along with TA & DA admissible to the staff involved. The counting of days

shall be from the starting of journey till the return from the journey for the work on actual

basis.

Rs. 2800/- per day or part thereof and the transport charges for the work on

actual basis.


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6. SERVICE CONNECTION CHARGES

Detailed Methodology 6.1 Service connection charges are payable by the consumers for connecting the premises

where connection is required from the nearest distribution mains. As per the

Chhattisgarh State Electricity Supply Code, 2011 section 4.2 to 4.6, on

request/application by owner or occupier of any premises located in the licensee’s

area of supply, has to provide supply to such premise. The cost of providing such

supply is to be recovered from the consumer based on actual material required for

proving the supply and also a service connection charges related to the labour and

supervision charges cost.

6.2 LT consumers are permitted to lay service lines through licensed electrical contractors

with material procured by them. CSPDCL recovers 15% supervision charges on the

standard cost of estimates and these charges are recovered on the total costs, of

material and labour.

6.3 Therefore, CSPDCL has revised the supervision charges for service connection based

on the latest cost of material from SOR and labour cost approved for the FY 2014-15.


Proposed Charges 6.5 The details of service connection charges based on the revised cost of material and

labour is summarized below:

Table 5: Service Connection Charges

Particulars (Rs ) Existing Proposed % Change

Single Phase 200 570 185%

Three phase (upto 5 KW)

Connected load upto 25 HP 365 1170 221%

Connected load above 25 HP 510 1180 131%


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6.6 As discussed above the cost of providing such service is based on the material used

for the purpose of providing service connection to the consumer. The cost of such

materials has increased compared to the year in which the existing charges were

proposed which can be seen in below table. The complete break-up of existing cost

has also been provided in the Annexure-4 along with the calculation for due

consideration.

Table 6: Cost Comparison

Estimated Cost Including Labour Cost (Rs.)

Previous Cost

Existing Cost % Change

Single Phase 1321 3821 189%

Three phase (upto 5 KW)

Connected load upto 25 HP 2419 7811 223%

Connected load above 25 HP 3399 7841 131%

7. APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE AND SPECIAL METER READING

Detailed Methodology Application processing

7.1 Once a prospective consumer submits an application for electric connection for his

installation, various procedural activities/paperwork is required to be done by

CSPDCL. Further, survey of consumer premises is done by the line staff (in case of LT

consumer) and engineer (In case of HT/EHT consumers). These works involve much

efforts & valuable time at various levels. Thereafter if aspirant consumer doesn’t avail

connection due to any reason, the utility efforts are turned to waste.

7.2 As these charges are levied on the account of technical staff being involved in these

activities, CSPDCL has proposed to increase the rates based on the average increase

in actual employee cost from time of fixing existing charges.

Detailed Methodology Special Meter Reading


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7.3 Once a consumer submits an application for meter reading, CSPDCL will require its line

staff to undertake this activity under the supervision of executive staff. These works

involve much efforts & valuable time at various levels. CSPDCL has proposed to

increase the rates based on the average increase in actual employee cost from time

of fixing existing charges.

Proposed Charges 7.4 Application processing fee and special meter reading is a service which is provided by

CSPDCL’s administrative and technical staff, where technical staff has to conduct a

survey of the premises or visit their premises for meter reading which requires

additional efforts. All these charges have increased with respect to the existing

charges on the account of increase in employee cost, which has been considered while

computing such charges.

7.5 The proposed charges is summarized below:

Table 7: Application Processing Fee and Special Meter Reading

Particular (Rs.) Existing Proposed % impact

Application Processing Fee

LT Industrial consumer 1,000 2,280 130%

LT consumer (Other than Industrial and BPL consumer)

200 455 130%

HT Consumers 5,000 11,410 130%

Special Meter Reading

L.T Connection 25 55 120%

L.T Connection 250 570 130%

Surcharge for inaccessibility of meter for reading as per notice

L.T Rs 25 H.T Rs 250

L.T Rs 55 H.T Rs 570

130%

8. CHARGES FOR STANDBY FEEDER MAINTENANCE


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Detailed Methodology 8.1 In line with the methodology adopted by the Commission in previous order, CSPDCL

has considered the normative Operation and Maintenance Expenses allowed by

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission in prevailing regulations.

8.2 As the standby feeder provided to South Eastern Railways is Double Circuit (Single

Conductor), equivalent rate for same as approved by the CERC has been proposed to

be considered.

Detailed Calculation 8.3 The Normative O&M approved by CERC for Double Circuit (Single Conductor) line is Rs

0.336 Lakh per KM, the same has been divided into 12 months in a year to calculate

the monthly cost. Accordingly, the normative O&M charges per KM per month comes

out to be Rs 2,800/-.

Proposed Charges 8.4 The proposed charges for Standby feeder maintenance is summarized below:

Table 8: Standby Feeder Maintenance

Particulars Existing Charges Proposed Charges % Increase /Decrease

Stand-by feeder maintenance charges for 220 KV or 132 KV consumers (KM/Month)

2,125 2,800 32%


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9. CHARGES FOR MAINTENANCE OF STREET LIGHT

Detailed Methodology 9.1 To meet out the expenses in the activities on requisition made by the local body or

the government or any organisation made responsible by the government, for

maintaining public street lights, the utility has to deploy its resources to maintain,

repair and replace the public streetlights. Accordingly, following charges on street light

point basis are proposed which may be billed in addition to the tariff charges to the

concerned consumer depending upon the work of maintenance under taken by the

utility line staff in any month.

9.2 Therefore, CSPDCL would like to revise the charges as cost pertaining to this activity

has increased and actual cost needs to be reflected.

9.3 There has been drastic reduction in the number of filament lamp posts in recent times

as most of these have been replaced by CFL lamps. Therefore, CSPDCL would also like

to submit that the nomenclature of “filament lamp point” be changed to “lamp

point”.


Proposed Charges 9.5 Maintenance of street light is a service which is provided by CSPDCL’s technical staff

as discussed above. All the below charges have increased with respect to the existing

charges on the account of increase in employee cost, which is the main cost driver for

these charges. Therefore, CSPDCL requests Hon’ble Commission to consider the above

cost parameter while revisiting the charges for maintenance of street light.

9.6 The proposed charges for maintenance of street lights (per point) is summarized

below:

Table 9: Maintenance of Street Light

Maintenance of Street Light (Per points)

Existing Charges Proposed Charges % Increase /Decrease

Lamp point 20 60 200%

Single tube light point 45 120 167%

Multiple tube light point 60 160 167%


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Maintenance of Street Light (Per points)

Existing Charges Proposed Charges % Increase /Decrease

Special Lightings like MV/SV lamp point

90 240 167%

10. SUMMARY OF PROPOSED CHARGES

10.1 The various charges (both existing as well as proposed) have been summarized in the

below mentioned table:

Proposed Charges (in Rupees)

Sl. No.

Particulars Approved Charges

effective from 01.09.2007

Proposed

A Meter Hire Charges (Per Month)

1 Single Phase meter 10 20

2 3- Phase LT meter

a. 10-40 Amp meter 25 50

b. 20-100 Amp. Meters 50 50

3

3 Phase LT CT meter 70 120

11 KV Metering System 720 Same as existing

33 KV Metering System 1,140 Same as existing



B. Other work oriented jobs

1 Shifting of meter/meter board in the same premises. (Even at the consumer's request)

70 170

2 Re-sealing of cut outs provided on meter board in the consumer's premises, if seal is found broken.

25 70

3 Replacement of fuses/meter reading card

a) Replacing consumer's cut out fuses (LT) 25 55

b) Replacement of missing meter reading card (LT)

- 55

4 Disconnection/Reconnection

a) Single phase LT connection 60 120


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Proposed

b) 3-Phase LT connection up to 25 HP/19 KW

150 240

c) 3-Phase LT connection above 25 HP/19 KW

500 665

d) HT Connection upto 5 MVA 1,750 2,860

e) HT Connection above 5 MVA 2,500 6,150

5 Re-rating/checking of installation/equipment done at the request of the consumer

a) Single phase connection 150 370

b) Three phase connection 300 730

6

Testing of installation For the subsequent testing of installation, or testing of an extension to the existing installation, or if the wiring contractor or his representative fails to be present during initial testing of a new installation or subsequent testing

200 500

C Testing charges

1 Single phase meter 130 360

2 3Ph. 4 wire meter, without CT 200 360

3 LT CT (each) 170 350

4 3Ph. 4 wire meter, with CT's 880 1,400

5 Tri-Vector meter 1,200 1,840

6 33 KV or 11 KV Metering Equipment (Combined CT-PT Unit)

2,680 3,510

7 220 KV or 132 KV Metering Equipment (CT or PT Set)

3,750 4,980

8 O/C, E/F Relay per element testing 400 770

9 BDV 320 370

10 HT CT/PT (Ratio, polarity, IR) each unit 1,000 1,170

11 ABT meter 9,310 Same as Existing

12 Transformer Testing (Power Transformer), Routine test at site, the site being located at the H.Q of E.E (STM)

- 4,900

13

Transformer Testing (Power Transformer), Routine test at site, the site being located away from H.Q of E.E (STM)

- 4,900 (Transport

charges for the work on actual basis)


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Proposed

14 Substation Testing (33/11 KV) (Commissioning charges)

- 12,640/-

D Additional charges for testing at site

1 Equipment tested at site, the site being located at the Head Quarter of the MT division

800

"Rs 2800/- per day or part thereof and

the transport charges for the work on

actual basis."

2 Equipment tested at site, the site being located away from H.Q. of EE (MT)

800

"Rs 2800/- per day or part thereof and

the transport charges for the work on

actual basis."

E. Contest fee

1 LT meter 1.5 times of testing

charges 1.5 times of testing

charges

2 HT meter 2 times of testing

charges 2 times of testing

charges

F. Special Meter Reading

1 L.T. Connection 25 55

2 H.T. Connection 250 570

3 Surcharge for inaccessibility of meter for reading as per notice

L.T. Rs. 25 L.T. Rs. 55 H.T. Rs. 570 H.T. Rs. 250

G. Replacement of Burnt meter Cost of Meter Cost of Meter

H. SUPERVISION CHARGES FOR SERVICE CONNECTION AND OTHER WORKS

1 Single Phase 200 570

2 Three phase (up to 5 KW)

(i) Connected load up to 25 HP 365 1,170

(ii) Connected load above 25 HP 510 1,180

3 Work got done by consumer's contractor (15% on actual cost of

material + actual labour charges)

(15% on actual cost of material + actual

labour charges)


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Proposed

4 Shifting of connection (15% on actual cost of

material + actual labour charges)

(15% on actual cost of material + actual

labour charges)

I. Hiring of Board's Plant and Equipment

1 For initial agreement period 2% per month on

Current schedule of rates

2% per month on Current schedule of

rates

2 For subsequent period of agreement Twice the above Twice the above

J Transfer of Name

1 LT consumer 100 Same as Existing

2 HT consumer 2000 Same as Existing

K. HT/LT tariff books 30 501

L. Application processing fees

1 LT Industrial consumer 1000 2,280

2 LT consumer (Other then Industrial and BPL consumer)

200 455

3 HT Consumers 5000 11,410

M Service charge for dishonoured cheque

Rs. 200/- or 0.55% of the amount of

dishonoured cheque, which ever in higher

Rs. 200/- or 0.55% of the amount of

dishonoured cheque, which ever in higher

N. Stand-by feeder maintenance charges 220 KV or 132 KV consumers (KM/Month)

2,125 2,800

O. Maintenance of Street Light (Per points)

1 Lamp point 20 60

2 Single tube light point 45 120

3 Multiple tube light point 60 160

4 Special Lightings like MV/SV lamp point 90 240

1 Nominal hike proposed to cover the increased cost of printing and stationery over the years


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11. SYSTEM STRENGTHNING CHARGES

11.1 Commission in its First Amendment to supply code, 2011 has allowed utility to charge

system strengthening charges to Multi-Consumer Complex and Housing colonies as

per the following provisions.

“Clause 4.52:

Supply to Multi-Consumer Complex and Housing colonies-Special conditions:

(i) A building or a group of buildings which normally require(s) one or more than one

LT connection and for a total load of 50 KW or above, assessed as per clause 4.51 of

this Code, shall be treated as multiconsumer complex for the purpose of electric supply.

A multi-consumer complex shall include residential, non-residential and commercial

complexes, housing colony, office complexes, educational and training institutions etc.

(ii) Supply to a multi-consumer complex shall be arranged through a separate

distribution transformer of adequate capacity but not less than 100 KVA on a space

provided by the applicant. In case of higher capacity, the distribution transformer

capacity should be 200 KVA or 315 KVA which is generally used by distribution licensee.

(iii) The external electrification such as extension of 11 KV line, distribution transformer

sub-station and laying LT lines/cables within the colony shall be done by developer/

builder/housing society/group of consumers/ consumer, who applies for the

connection at it's own cost.

(iv) If the applicant wants to construct indoor transformer sub-station then applicant

may do so provided that transformer shall be of dry type apart from being energy

efficient and all safety measures as per prevailing rules and regulations should be taken

up and followed as required. In such case, cable required for connecting overhead line

of the licensee to HV terminal of indoor transformer shall be provided by applicant. If

an applicant wants to lay 11 KV and/or LT line through underground cable within the

colony beyond the sub-station or distribution transformer, it shall be permitted to do so

subject to the condition that the relevant Indian Standards are followed. Any capacity

of distribution transformer installed by the applicant should be of 100 KVA or 200 KVA

or 315 KVA which is generally used by distribution licensee and its entire cost shall be

born by applicant.

(v) If the load of the colony / multi consumer complex;


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a. is below 1500 KW, the applicant shall pay system strengthening charges as per

miscellaneous and general charges approved by the Commission. Till such

charges are approved by the Commission, the licensee shall recover system

strengthening charges @ Rs. 4500/- per KW. Cost of extension of 11 KV Line up

to 2 km outside the colony area shall be born by licensee and beyond 2 km shall

be born by the applicant.

………………………”

11.2 Based on the above provisions proposed by the Hon’ble Commission, CSPDCL has

computed the actual cost of providing such service to the said consumers on Rs. /kW

basis. The computation consists mix of cost incurred towards 1 X 3.15 MVA Substation

and line cost of 11 KV of 2 KM, 1X5 / 2X5 MVA Substation and line cost of 33 KV of 3

KM and 2X5 MVA Substation and line cost of 33 KV of 5 KM.

Table 10: System Strengthening Charges

Load Applied (in KW)

Requirement Cost of Recovery Rate

Substation Line Substation per kM line S/S plus Line cost

@ 4500

Charges for 100%

recovery at different

loads

500 1 X 3.15

MVA 11 kV

(2 KM) 9124801 616360 10357521 21.72% 20,715

1000 1 X 3.15

MVA 11 kV

(2 KM) 9124801 616360 10357521 43.45% 10,358

1500 1 X 3.15

MVA 11 kV

(2 KM) 9124801 616360 10357521 65.17% 6,905

2000 1 X 5 MVA 33 kV

(3 KM) 10808116 815603 13254925 67.90% 6,627

2500 1 X 5 MVA 33 kV

(3 KM) 10808116 815603 13254925 84.87% 5,302

4000 2 X 5 MVA 33 kV

(3 KM) 17240640 1631206 22134258 81.32% 5,533

4500 2 X 5 MVA 33 kV

(3 KM) 17240640 1631206 22134258 91.49% 4,918

7500 2 X 5 MVA 33 kV

(5 KM) 17240640 1631206 25396670 132.89% 3,386

8000 2 X 5 MVA 33 kV

(5 KM) 17240640 1631206 25396670 141.75% 3,174

9000 2 X 5 MVA 33 kV

(5 KM) 17240640 1631206 25396670 159.47% 2,822

Average 7,000/-


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11.3 The average realisation based on the above scenarios is Rs 7000/ KW. Therefore, it is

submitted that the above charges are on a higher side as compared to charges

considered by the Hon’ble Commission in the First Amendment as actual prevailing

costs have been considered by the CSPDCL.

11.4 It is evident from above that:

(1) The maximum recovery is of 65% only at the charges of Rs 4500/kW currently

considered by the Commission in case load is lower than 1500 KW.

(2) To ensure substantial recovery considering the above mix of load, the charges

should be above Rs 7,000 per kW.

11.5 Thus, considering the above mentioned facts, CSPDCL would like to propose the

system strengthening charges of at least Rs 7,000/- per kW so as to ensure recovery

of substantial cost incurred.


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12. SUPPLY AFFORDING CHARGES

12.1 Hon’ble Commission in its First Amendment in supply code, 2011, has allowed utility

to charge supply affording charges to small/cottage industries up to 25 HP load as per

the following provisions.

“Clause 4.56:

Supply to small/cottage industry up to 25 HP except stone crusher special provisions

for urban and rural area:

The licensee shall provide connection to small/cottage industries up to 25 HP load on

payment of supply affording charges as approved by the Commission in the

miscellaneous and general charges. Till these charges are approved by the

Commission, the licensee shall recover supply affording charges @ Rs. 2000/- per HP.

This supply affording charges shall be payable by the small/cottage industry consumer

up to 25 HP load on per HP basis even if any extension is required or not. The Licensee

shall provide distribution transformer, if required. The licensee shall, also provide 11

KV line/LT line 0.5 km in urban area and 1 km in rural area. The cost of the line more

than 0.5 km in urban area and 1 km in rural area shall be recovered from applicant(s)."

12.2 Based on the above provisions proposed by the Hon’ble Commission, CSPDCL has

computed the actual cost of providing such service to the said consumer on Rs. /HP

basis. The computation consists of cost incurred for distribution transformer of 25 KVA

rating and line cost of 11 KV.

Table 11: Cost of Transformers

Calculation of Supply affording charges up to 25 H.P

Transformer Cost ( 25 KVA) 140826

The cost of 1 KM 11 KV line 616360

Maximum load which can be catered 25 HP

Table 12: Charges ( Rs /HP)

Cost of transformer and wire Load (HP)

Transformer

Length (KM) Total Cost with Transformer (Rs )

15 HP 20 HP 25 HP

25 KVA 0.5 4,49,006

29,934 Rs/ HP

22,450 Rs/ HP

17,960 Rs/ HP


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Cost of transformer and wire Load (HP)

25 KVA 1 7,57,186

50,479 Rs/ HP

37,859 Rs/ HP

30,287 Rs/ HP

12.3 It is submitted that the above charges are on a higher side as compared to charges

considered by the Commission in the First Amendment as actual prevailing costs has

been considered by the CSPDCL.

12.4 However, the actual expenditure incurred by CSPDCL in consumer category of

small/cottage industries up to 25 HP load i.e. the LV-5 category of Tariff Schedule is

reproduced below.

Table 13: Actual Cost Incurred

Particulars FY 2012-13 FY 2013-14 Total

Load approval

case

No. of Cases 1106 1002 2108

Load (in kW)

8677.78 6901.05 15578.84

Load (in HP)

11631.60 9727.73 20891.22

Avg Load applied per case 10.52 9.71 9.91

Total Expenditure incurred 425506 484563 910069.00

For Extension

case

No. of Cases 293 252 545

Load (in kW)

2697.98 2461.36 5159.34

Load (in HP)

4050.79 3500.22 6918.67

Avg Load applied per case 13.83 13.89 12.69

Total Expenditure incurred 35377199 34530489 69907688.00

Total

No. of Cases 1399 1254 2653

Load (in kW)

11375.76 9362.41 20738.17

Load (in HP)

15254.90 12554.99 27809.89

Avg. Load applied per case 10.90 10.01 10.48

Total Expenditure incurred 35802705.00 35015052.00 70817757.00

Charges/HP 2346.96 2788.93 2546.50

12.5 It is evident from above that,

(1) On an average, approximately 12 HP load is applied per application.

(2) The average charges incurred by CSPDCL has increased by more than Rs. 400/-

in past two years.


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12.6 Thus, considering the above mentioned facts, CSPDCL would like to propose the

supply affording charges of Rs 3,000/- per HP considering the increasing trend seen

in previous years.


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13. PRAYER

13.1 In view of above, it can be safely inferred that various components associated with

determination of Miscellaneous & General charges have undergone considerable

change over a period of 7 years. Thus, there is an urgent requirement of revision of

these charges.

13.2 CSPDCL thus requests the Hon’ble Commission to:

a) Admit the petition of Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited

(CSPDCL), Raipur and determine & approve the proposed charges.

b) To condone any inadvertent omissions/ errors/ shortcomings and permit the

Petitioner to add/ change/ modify/ alter this filing and make further

submissions as may be required at a future date

c) To allow other existing charges which have not been proposed for revision as

per the prevailing rates only.

d) To allow further submissions, addition and alteration to this Petition as may be

necessitating from time to time.

e) Treat the filing as complete in view of substantial compliance as also the

specific requests for waivers with justification placed on record;

f) And pass such other and further orders as are deemed fit and proper in the

facts and circumstances of the case.

BY APPLICANT

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