IN THE APPELLATE TRIBUNAL FOR ELECTRICITY (Appellate Jurisdiction)

APPEAL NO.50 OF 2024& IA No.212 OF 2024 APPEAL NO.51 OF 2024& IA No.214 OF 2024 APPEAL NO.160 OF 2024 & IA No.473 OF 2024 APPEAL NO.79 OF 2024 & IA Nos.320 OF 2024 & 572 OF 2024 APPEAL NO.82 OF 2024& IA No.334 OF 2024 Dated: 28.05.2024 Present: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ramesh Ranganathan, Chairperson Hon’ble Smt. Seema Gupta, Technical Member (Electricity)

APPEAL NO.50 OF 2024 & IA No.212 OF 2024 In the matter of:

PROJECT NINE RENEWABLE POWER PRIVATE LIMITED Through its Authorized Representative, Sumit Kumar, S 2904, 29^th Floor, World Trade Centre, Brigade Gateway, #26/1, Dr. Rajkumar Road, Rajajinagar Bangalore, Karnataka-560055, India … Appellant(s)

VERSUS

1. CENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Through its Secretary, 36, Janpath Rd., Janpath, Connaught Place, New Delhi – 110001 …Respondent No.1

2. EDEN RENEWABLE BERCY PRIVATE LIMITED Through its Head Business Development, Unit No.236 B & C, 1^st Floor, DLF South Court Saket, New Delhi – 110017 …Respondent No.2

3. CENTRAL TRANSMISSION UTILITY OF INDIA LIMITED Through its Chief General Manager, First Floor, Saudamini, Plot No.2, Sector - 29 Near IFFCO Chowk Metro Station, Gurgaon, Haryana- 122001 …Respondent No.3

4. SOLAR ENERGY CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED Through its General Manager, 6^th Floor, Plate-B, NBCC Office Block Tower-2, East Kidwai Nagar, New Delhi-110023 …Respondent No.4

5. TELANGANA STATE SOUTHERN POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED Through its Director, # 6-1-50, Mint Compound, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500063 … Respondent No.5 6. TELANGANA STATE NORTHERN POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED Through its Chairman & Managing Director, H.No. 2-5-31/2, Corporate Office, Vidyut Bhavan, Nakkalahgutta, Hanamkonda, Warangal, Telangana – 506001.

Counsel on record for the : Aniket Prasoon Appellant(s) Utsav Mukherjee Akash Deep Md. Aman Sheikh Vinit Kumar Prithu Chawla Akanksha Tanvi Archita Kashyap Vikalp Wange Saksham Ahuja Nishant Thakur for App. 1 Counsel on record for the : Dhananjay Baijal for Res.

Respondent(s) 1 Shri Venkatesh Shryeshth Ramesh Sharma Ashutosh Kumar Srivastava Bharath Gangadharan Abhishek Nangia Nihal Bhardwaj Siddharth Nigotia Shivam Kumar Mohit Gupta Manu Tiwari Kartikay Trivedi Punyam Bhutani Aashwyn Singh Harsh Vardhan SuhaelButtan Himangi Kapoor Anant Singh Priya Dhankar Vineet Kumar Aditya Tiwari Nehal Jain Nikunj Bhatnagar Vedant Choudhary Kunal Veer Chopra Aayush Sinha for Res. 2 Poorva Saigal Shubham Arya Pallavi Saigal Ravi Nair Reeha Singh Anumeha Smiti for Res. 3 APPEAL NO.51 OF 2024 & IA No.214 OF 2024 In the matter of:

PROJECT NINE RENEWABLE POWER PRIVATE LIMITED Through its Authorized Representative, Sumit Kumar, S 2904, 29^th Floor, World Trade Centre, Brigade Gateway, #26/1, Dr. Rajkumar Road, Rajajinagar Bangalore, Karnataka-560055, India … Appellant(s)

VERSUS

1. CENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Through its Secretary, 4^th Floor, 36, Janpath Rd, Janpath, Connaught Place, New Delhi – 110001 …Respondent No.1

2. EDEN RENEWABLE PASSY PRIVATE LIMITED Through its Head Business Development, Unit No.236 B & C, 1^st Floor, DLF South Court Saket, New Delhi – 110017 …Respondent No.2

3. CENTRAL TRANSMISSION UTILITY OF INDIA LIMITED, Through its Chief General Manager, First Floor, Saudamini, Plot No.2, Sector-29, Near IFFCO Chowk Metro Station, Gurgaon, Haryana - 122001 …Respondent No.3

4. NHPC Limited, Through its General Manager, NHPC Office Complex, Sector 33, Faridabad, Haryana - 121003 …Respondent No.4

5. MADHYA PRADESH POWER MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED Through its Managing Director, Block No.11, Shakti Bhawan, Vidyut Nagar, Rampur Jabalpur (M.P.) – 482008 …Respondent No.5 Counsel on record for the : Aniket Prasoon Appellant(s) Utsav Mukherjee Akash Deep Md. Aman Sheikh Vinit Kumar Prithu Chawla Akanksha Tanvi Archita Kashyap Vikalp Wange Nishant Thakur Saksham Ahuja for App. 1 Counsel on record for the : Dhananjay Baijal for Respondent(s) Res. 1 Shri Venkatesh Shryeshth Ramesh Sharma Ashu