Electricity Act, 2003
61. Tariff
regulations.-
The Appropriate
Commission shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, specify the terms and
conditions for the determination of tariff, and in doing so, shall be guided by
the following, namely:--
a.
the
principles and methodologies specified by the Central Commission for
determination of the tariff applicable to generating companies and transmission
licensees;
b.
the
generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity are conducted
on commercial principles;
c.
the
factors which would encourage competition, efficiency, economical use of the
resources, good performance and optimum investments;
d.
safeguarding
of consumers' interest and at the same time, recovery of the cost of
electricity in a reasonable manner;
e.
the
principles rewarding efficiency in performance;
f.
multiyear
tariff principles;
g.
that
the tariff progressively reflects the cost of supply of electricity and also
reduces cross-subsidies in the manner specified by the Appropriate Commission;.
h.
the
promotion of co-generation and generation of electricity from renewable sources
of energy;
i.
the
National Electricity Policy and tariff policy:
Provided
that
the terms and conditions for determination of tariff under the Electricity
(Supply) Act, 1948, the Electricity Regulatory Commissions Act, 1998, and the
enactments specified in the Schedule as they stood immediately before the
appointed date, shall continue to apply for a period of one year or until the
terms and conditions for tariff are specified under this section, whichever is
earlier.