Central Electricity Regulatory Commission notified the draft of the first amendment to the CERC (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) Regulations, 2024, and invited public comments on the same. 

The draft document includes amendments to the consideration of input price of integrated mines and operational norms for part load operations. Towards safeguarding consumer interests and ensuring good governance, Prayas (Energy Group) has the following inputs:

• Cap the input price of coal and the interim input price at the CIL notified price.
• Ensure beneficiary consultation for increase in ECR based on input price of integrated mines over 20% of ECR, when calculated at the CIL notified prices.
• Ensure clarity in the process for identifying entities causing plant operations below NAPAF, calculating compensation for part-load operations, and determining when costs can be passed to consumers - and ensuring that they are finalised subject to public consultation.
• Ensure that TPPs are held to relaxed norms of NAPAF only after achieving 30 years from CoD and not from the beginning of the control period.