Letter from industrialists to the authority to send basis for electricity tariff calculation

After the authority's letter, the industrialists have sent a letter to the authority on Wednesday, asking them to send a certified statement of the fee calculation basis and evidence, saying how the bill was determined. Industrialist Pawan Golyan said that since the authority had fixed the fee without any basis and sent the bill, the letter was sent with proof of the basis on which the calculation was made.

"The authority has again sent a baseless bill, we have sent a letter to the authority to send proof of the basis on which the bill was calculated," he said, "The Council of Ministers has asked to implement the recommendations of the Red Commission. It had to be implemented. According to the report of the Red Commission, he also stated that he is ready to pay the arrears if it is determined that he has to pay them. Since

, the spokesperson of the authority, Chandan Kumar Ghosh, said that according to the decision of the Council of Ministers, the letter was sent after determining the fees according to the prevailing laws and regulations. "We have confirmed the arrears of industries and sent a letter according to the decision of the Cabinet," he said. The authority has sent a letter to 61 industries to pay the dues within 15 days along with an additional 25 percent fee. The total amount owed by the industrialist to the authority is 6.6 billion rupees. But since 60 days have already been cut to pay the electricity bill, the authority has asked the industry to pay by adding 25 percent additional fee.

The commission headed by former judge Girish Chandra Lal, formed by the Cabinet last January 24, gave separate recommendations according to the period when the load shedding was over from July 072 to January 072, secondly from January 072 to May 075 and thirdly from May 075 to June 077. It is suggested that the fees for that period cannot be charged.

"In the case of dedicated feeders, after the decision of the 103rd meeting of the Electricity Tariff Determination Commission on 29th January 2017, and in the case of the trunk line, after the decision of the 108th meeting of the same commission on 16th June 2018, it seems reasonable that those tariffs should be implemented," the report said. In the case of the second period, i.e. the period from 072 January to 075 Baisakh, when the tariff has been determined, it was suggested that when using dedicated and trunk lines, the tariff can be charged by determining the days and periods of electricity supply according to the specified standards.

In the case of taking a dedicated line from 072 January to 075 Baisakh, it seems that there should be 24-hour electricity supply, after determining the days and duration of electricity supply, the dedicated line fees can be charged for those days. According to the report of the commission chaired by Girish Chandra Lal, the discount tariff should be recalculated after ascertaining the days and duration of electricity supply to the concerned customers through the line.

Similarly, in the case of trunk line, even in the case of at least 6 hours of load shedding, since it is seen that the condition of at least 20 hours of continuous electricity supply has been maintained, the days and periods of such supply should be determined and the electricity supply during that time period should be considered as electricity supply according to the standards of the trunk line and receive discounted tariff. Found seems. According to the commission's report, the relevant customer should be charged the discounted tariff by determining the days and duration of electricity supply according to the trunk line standards and recalculating the information regarding load shedding issued by the authority.

The third period from 075 May to 077 June is in the report of the commission which cannot be lifted as the load shedding has been announced as the end of the authority's notification. The authority has sent a letter to the industrialists asking them to pay the arrears within 15 days adding 25 percent to the total arrears from 072 January to 075 Baisakh. In order to be more clear in the same letter, the industrialists have written to provide the TOD data from January 072 to May 075, the authority's decision and notice on non-supply of electricity from dedicated on June 10, 072, the decision and notice that load shedding of industrial customers has been maintained for 4 hours from October 25, 073, and additional tariff calculation. said.

Pashupati Murarka, the former president of the Federation of Nepalese Industries and Commerce, claims that the authority has sent a letter to Hachuva without following the commission's report. How much money in which month? How much is the premium rate? Nothing revealed. He said, "We cannot pay the money according to the letter sent by the authority." He alleged that the authority did not confirm the dues according to the standards set for dedicated and trunk lines. He said that he has already sent a letter to the authority to clarify on which month, how much and on what basis it has been calculated.

According to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's instructions to collect arrears, the number of industries that the authority started cutting electricity from December 6 increased to 24 on December 23. Among them, Himal Iron had paid the dues and connected the electricity. The operators of the rest of the industries were adamant that they would not pay the dues until the authority showed the TOD meter data. The authority was on the stand of not collecting the arrears. Ever since the authority started cutting power, industrialists have been demanding that a high-level commission be formed and the problem resolved.

Last December 24, the cabinet meeting formed a three-member commission under the leadership of former Supreme Court judge Girish Chandra Lal to study the dedicated and trunk line dues dispute. Along with the formation of the Commission, the Council of Ministers also decided to instruct the Nepal Electricity Authority to operate the electricity of 23 industries whose lines were cut. After the decision of the board of directors of the authority on December 27, electricity was finally installed in the industry.

On December 24, the Electricity Tariff Dispute Resolution Investigation Commission, formed by the Council of Ministers, submitted a report to Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Shakti Basnet on May 23. To implement the same report, the Prime Minister's Office sent a letter to the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation on May 27. On May 20, the Ministry of Energy sent a letter to the authority to implement the decision of the Cabinet.

After the letter was sent by the Ministry of Energy, a 7-member committee was formed under the coordination of Ganesh Luitel, the director of the authority, to determine the amount owed by the industry. In the report of the same committee, it has been determined how much amount is owed by which industry. The 973rd meeting of the board of directors of the authority held on June 4 decided to levy additional fee (including 25 percent duty) for using electricity from dedicated/trunk line from 072 January to 075 Baisakh. It was decided on June 9 by the Executive Director of the Authority to send correspondence to the mentioned consumers from the respective distribution centers. Accordingly, the distribution center has sent a letter to the industries.