The Appellate Tribunal has, in a case arising from Maharashtra, held that the levy of wheeling charges can only be on the actual units delivered to the consumer. Losses in the system has to be taken into account, and it is only on the resultant quantum of electricity actually supplied that wheeling charges can be applied. After framing of the Regulations, any previous orders or illustrations given in the past dispensation would not be relevant to consider the levy of wheeling charges.
This decision should benefit a large number of renewable generators in Maharashtra supplying electricity through open access.
The entire judgment can be read here
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