J U D G M E N T

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

1. M/s Gallantt Ispat Limited, (hereinafter “Appellant”) has filed the present Appeal being aggrieved by the Order dated 22.08.2019 (in brief “the Impugned Order”) passed by the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (herein after referred as “UPERC” or “State Commission”) in Petition No.1320/2018 (in short “Petition”)whereby, the State Commission has dismissed the Petition filed by the Appellant seeking exemption from installation of and billing through a ‘ lag plus lead meter ’ at the premises of the Appellant.

2. The Appellant is engaged in the business of manufacturing of iron and steel products such as sponge iron, bars, rods, billets etc. and has a co- generation power plant and enhanced its generation capacity from 18 MW to 53 MW consisting of two waste heat recovery boilers of 35 tones power hour (TPH) steam generation capacity and one fluidized bed combustion (FBC) boiler of 110 TPH besides existing FBC boiler of 50 TPH generation capacities.

3. Respondent No.1, the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission was established under Section 82 of the 2003 Act to disc