CENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION NEW DELHI Petition No. 244/AT/2025 Coram:

Shri Jishnu Barua, Chairperson Shri Ramesh Babu V., Member Shri Harish Dudani, Member Shri Ravinder Singh Dhillon, Member Date of Order: 14^th January, 2026 In the matter of Application under Section 63 of the Electricity Act, 2003 for the adoption of transmission charges with respect to the Transmission System being established by the POWERGRID Kudankutam Transmission Limited (erstwhile Kudankutam ISTS Transmission Limited) (a 100% wholly owned subsidiary of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited).

And In the matter of POWERGRID Kudankulam Transmission Limited, (erstwhile Kudankulam ISTS Transmission Limited)

(A 100% wholly owned subsidiary of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited), Registered office: B-9, Qutab Institutional Area, Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi-110016.

Address for correspondence C/o ED (TBCB), Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, Saudamini, Plot No.2, Sector-29, Gurgaon-122001. …Petitioner Vs

1. Central Transmission Utility of India Limited, Saudamini, Plot no.2, Sector -29, Gurgaon-122001.

2. PFC Consulting Limited, 9^th Floor, A-Wing, Statesman House, Connaught Place, New Delhi-110001.

3. Andhra Pradesh Power Purchase Coordination Committee, Andhra Pradesh Power Co-ordination Committee, Vidyut Soudha, Gunadala, Vijayawada-520004, Andhra Pradesh.

4. Banglore Electricity Supply Company, Corporate Office, BESCOM K.R. Circle, Bangalore-560001.

5. Gulberga Electricity Supply Company, Gulbarga-585102.

6. Hubli Electricity Supply Company, HESCOM, Navanagar, P.B Road, Hubballi-580025.

7. Manglore Electricity Supply Company, 3rd Floor, MESCOM Bhavan, Corporate Office, MESCOM, Kavoor Cross Road, Bejai, Mangalore–575004.

8. Chamundeswari Elect. Supply Co. Limited, CESC Mysore, Corporate Office, #29, Vijayanagara, 2nd Stage, Hinkal, Mysuru-570017.

9. KSEB Limited, Kerala Electricity Board, Vydyuthi Bhavanam, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram-695004, Kerala.

10. Tamilnadu Gen & Dist Co. Limited, Eastern Wing,7^th Floor, NPKRR Maaligai, 144, Anna Salai, Chennai–600002.

11. Telangana State PC Committee, Vidyut Soudha, Khairathabad, Hyderabad-500082, Telangana.

12. Puducherry Electricity Department, I Floor, Main Building, Electricity Department, Govt of Puducherry, Puducherry-605001. 13. Goa Electricity Department-SR, Electricity Department, Division No: III, Curti, Ponda-403401, Goa.

14. HVDC, Kolar, Power Grid Corporation, SRTS# II, Pragati Mahalakshmi, South Block, (2^nd & 3^rd Floor), No.62, Bangalore-560001, Karnataka.

15. Thermal Powertech Corporation India, (Opposite Villae Marie College)

Door No 6-3-1090, 2^nd Floor, C Block, Tsr Towers, Rajbhavan Road, Somajiguda, Hyderabad-500082.

16. SAIL-Salem Steel Plant, Salem Steel Plant, Steel Authority of India Limited, Salem – 636013.

17. Sembcorp Gayatri Power Limited, 6-3-1090, 5th Floor, A Block, TSR Towers, Rajbhavan Road, Somajiguda, Hyderabad-500082.

18. South Western Railway, Divisional Railway Manager Building, Traction Distribution Branch, Ground Floor, Adjacent to City Railway Station, Bengaluru -560023.

19. Pugalur HVDC Station, POWERGRID, HVDC-Pugalur Nochipalayam Post, Sirukinar Village Dharmapuram Taluk, Tiruppur Dist, Tamil Nadu-638706.

20. Thrissur HVDC Station, HVDC-THRISSUR Substation, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., Near Cashew Research Station, Mannuthy Thannikudem Road, Madakathara, Thrissur-680651, Kerala.

21. Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, AGM (Commercial-Transmission) 11-N-29, Vikram Sarabhai Bhavan Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai–400094. ….Respondents Parties present:

Shri Kanav Singhal, Advocate, NPCIL Ms. Shrinkhla Tiwari, Advocate, NPCIL Shri Rohit Jain, KITL Shri Aniruddha, PFCCL Shri Ranjeet S. Rajput, CTUIL

ORDER

The Petitioner, POWERGRID Kudankulam Transmission Limited (erstwhile Kudankulam ISTS Transmission Limited), has filed the present Petition under Section 63 read with Section 79(1)(c) & (d) of the Electricity Act, 2003, (in short, “the Act”) seeking the adoption of transmissi