Discos' consumers: CPPA proposes Rs 1.90 per unit refund for May

The Central Power Purchasing Agency-Guaranteed (CCPA-G) has proposed a refund of Rs 1.90 per unit to the consumers of Distribution Companies (Discos) for May 2017 under monthly fuel adjustment mechanism.National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) will hold a public hearing on June 20, 2017 to be attended by the officials of CPPA-G and National Power Control Centre.
However, the proposed refund will not be applicable to K-Electric and agricultural consumers and those domestic users who consume up to 300 units per month.According to the data submitted to the regulator, the actual fuel charges for May 2017 have been calculated at Rs 4.8807 per unit against reference fuel charges of Rs 6.7764 per unit, showing a difference of Rs 1.8957 per unit.
In May 2017, total generation has been calculated at 11,024 GWh but CPPA-G delivered 10,888 GWh, which was 98.70 per cent of total generation. The total cost of net delivered electricity to Discos was Rs 53.105 billion. The total impact of refund is expected to be Rs 20 billion.Of the total generation of 11,024 GWh, 2016 GWh was sold to Independent Power producers (IPPs) at a cost of Rs 325.8 million. Transmission losses has been calculated at 122.8 GWh which is 1.11 per cent of total generation, and substantially less than the maximum allowed losses of 3 per cent by the regulator. The CPPA said the actual generation cost was lower and hence extra money collected from consumers needs to be refunded through adjustment in the next billing month under automatic fuel pass through mechanism.
In May, Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) reported that hydel generation was 3,326 GWh was 30.17 per cent of total generation, followed by 30 per cent through Residual Fuel Oil (RFO) at a rate of Rs 9.4 per unit. Total cost of electricity generated from RFO was Rs 31 billion.Coal fired generation was 237 GWh which is 2.15 per cent of total generation cost of which has been calculated at Rs Rs 26.13 million or Rs 0.1102 per unit. High Speed Diesel (HSD)-consumed generation was estimated at 406.5 GWh, which was 3.69 per cent of total generation at a total cost of Rs 5.981 billion or Rs 14.7 per unit.
The natural gas-fired generation was 1,944 GWh which was 17.64 of total generation at a cost of Rs 8.630 billion or Rs 4.4378 per unit. Generation from RLNG was 857.3 GWh at a cost of Rs 7.11 per unit. Total cost of RLNG-fired generation was Rs 6 billion.The cost of nuclear electricity was Rs 1.04 per unit, electricity imported from Iran at Rs 10.6 per unit, mixed Rs 6.88 per unit, baggasse Rs 5.98 per unit.