JUDGMENT

PER HON’BLE MR. VIRENDER BHAT, JUDICIAL MEMBER

1. The open access consumers in the State of Rajasthan have filed this batch of five appeals impugning therein the order dated 24.08.2016 passed by Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission) in petition no.548/2015 filed by the three discoms operating in the State of Rajasthan namely Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (in short “JVVNL”), Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (in short “AVVNL”), and Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (in short “JoVVNL”), whereby the Commission has determined the additional surcharge under Section 42(4) of the Electricity Act, 2003 to be applicable on open access consumers in the State as Rs.0.80/kWh effective from 01.05.2016.

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2. Appellants in appeal no.282/2016 (namely M/s Lord Chloro Alkali Limited) has a manufacturing facility in Alwar in the State of Rajasthan and is retail supply consumer of JVVNL with a contract demand of 30,000kVa. It has also been granted open access permission within the contract demand and has been procuring electricity through open access from Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) since March, 2015.

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