JUDGEMENT

PER HON’BLE MR. SANDESH KUMAR SHARMA, TECHNICAL MEMBER

1. The captioned appeal has been filed by M/s. Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd. (in short “TANGEDCO”) inter alia challenging the Impugned Order dated 21.08.2018 passed by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (in short “TNERC” or “Commission”) in L.P. No. 1 of 2017.

Description of the Parties

2. The Appellant, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) is the distribution licensee for the State of Tamil Nadu and is wholly owned by the State Government and is the successor of the erstwhile Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, formed pursuant to its unbundling under a transfer scheme, in terms of Section 131 of the Electricity Act, 2003.

3. The Respondent No. 1, the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC), established under Section 82 of the Electricity Act, 2003, inter alia, is the appropriate Commission to adjudicate the issue.

4. The Respondent No. 2 is the Tuticorin Electricity Supply Private Limited (in short “TESPL” or “R-2”), which is a private company engaged in the production, collection, and distribution of electricity.

Factual Matrix of the Case

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