The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission on 18th April 2022 has notified the Draft Guidelines for Uniform Voltage Wise Allocation of Assets and Cost in Distribution Business, 2022 and has invited comments, suggestions and/or objections from the public which shall be addressed to the Secretary, Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory the Commission, 13 Floor, Centre No.1, World Trade Centre, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai – 400 005, or by Fax: [022 22163976] or by E-mail [mercindia@merc.gov.in/ secretary@merc.gov.in] before 13th May 2022.
The Objectives of the guidelines are as outlined below:
• To design an uniform methodology of allocation of assets and cost to Wire and Supply Business and subsequently the network / wire costs allocated into EHT, HT and LT (Extra high tension/ High tension/Low tension) voltages;
• To lay down the approach and methodology for identification / allocation of assets and cost to different Voltage level of distribution business;
• To determine the fair and comparable wheeling charges so as to have justified recovery of wire charges from the consumers of that particular voltage level;
• The need for voltage-wise allocation of cost is identified in order to allocate costs on consumers in a fair and justified manner, corresponding to their voltage of installation and consequent usage of network assets.
As per the guidelines, the Distribution Licensees need to form three Asset Groups – Wires function, Supply function and Common to Business function.
