JUDGMENT

PER HON’BLE MR. VIRENDER BHAT, JUDICIAL MEMBER

1. In this appeal, assail is to the order dated 29.01.2020 passed by the 1^st respondent Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (hereinafter referred to as “the Commission”) in petition no.323/MP/2019 whereby the appellant has been held liable to pay late payment surcharge on the monthly transmission charges from August, 2017 to September, 2018 reflected in the revised bill/invoice dated 21.01.2019 raised by the 2^nd respondent Central Transmission Utility of India Limited (in short CTUIL) in pursuance to the order dated 06.11.2018 passed by the Commission in previous petition no.261/MP/2017.

2. A brief conspectus of the facts and circumstances of the case are narrated hereinbelow.

3. The appellant NTPC Limited is a generating company and is, inter alia, engaged in supply of electricity from its various generating stations in the country.

4. The appellant has developed a 2400MW (3x800MW) coal-based power station at Kudgi in the State of Karnataka (hereinafter referred to as the Kudgi TPS) and power generated in the said power station is being supplied to various beneficiaries in southern region through ISTS under Long Term Access