JUDGEMENT

PER HON’BLE MR. AJAY TALEGAONKAR, TECHNICAL MEMBER

1. The present Appeal has been filed by Smt. Sharada Doddi (“Appellant”) under Section 111(1) of the Electricity Act, 2003, challenging the Impugned Order dated 21.02.2019, passed by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (in short “KERC” or “Respondent No. 2”) under Section 62 of the Electricity Act, 2003 in Original Petition No. 122/2017.

Description of the Parties

2. The Appellant is a land-owning farmer who established a project under the Solar Power Policy, 2014-2021 notified by the Government of Karnataka.

3. The Respondent No. 1, Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company Limited (in short “GESCOM” or “Respondent No. 1”), is one of the distribution licensees in the state of Karnataka.

4. The Respondent No. 2 is KERC, established under Section 82 of the Electricity Act, 2003.

Factual Matrix of the Case

5. Under Segment-1, Category-1 of the Solar Power Policy, 2014-2021 notified by the Government of Karnataka, individual farmers owning land were encouraged to establish solar power generation plants with a minimum capacity of 1 MWp and a maximum capacity of 3 MWp for the purpose of selling electricity to the Electricity Sup