COURT-1 IN THE APPELLATE TRIBUNAL FOR ELECTRICITY (Appellate Jurisdiction) APL No. 409 OF 2022 Dated: 29^th April, 2025 Present : Hon`ble Mr. Justice Ramesh Ranganathan, Chairperson H on`ble Ms. Seema Gupta, Technical Member (Electricity)

In the matter of:

Hero Future Energies Private Limited Formerly Clean Solar Power (Hiriyur) Private Limited .... Appellant(s)

202, 1^st Floor, Okhla Industrial Phase-II, N ew Delhi – 110 020 Versus

1. The Secretary Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission No. 16, C-1, Millers Tank Bed Area, Vasanth Nagar, …. Respondent No.1 Bengaluru – 560 052 .

2. The Managing Director Hubli Electricity Supply Company Limited Corporate Office, Navanagar, P.B. Road Hubbali – 580 025 …. Respondent No.2

3. Managing Director Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited Regional Office Hubli, BVB College Campus, Vidya Nagar …. Respondent No.3 ESCPG Block, Hubballi – 580 031 Counsel on record for the Appellant(s) : Hemant Singh Mridul Chakravarty Biju Mattam Sourav Roy Lakshyajit Singh Bagdwal Harshit Singh Supriya Rastogi Agarwal Chetan Kumar Garg Ankita Bafna Nehul Sharma Pawan Singh Syed Fazl Askari Alchi Thapliyal Lavanya Panwar Sanjeev Singh Thakur Indrayudh Chowdhur