The Andhra Pradesh (A.P.) government is facing a contempt petition in the High Court (HC) for not following the order of a single judge to pay dues and future bills to Independent Wind Power Producers (IWPPs) at the rate of ₹4.83 per kWh in compliance with the Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) entered by the Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (SPDCL).
The DISCOM recently suffered a setback as the HC turned down its plea to permit it to pay at ₹2.43-a-kWh and its action of not paying the dues which, according to Indian Wind Power Association (IWPA) president K.R. Nair, amounts to a staggering ₹20,000 crore including principal and late payment surcharges, attracted contempt proceedings.