The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has permitted the Andhra Pradesh Transmission Corporation (AP-Transco) to claim an additional ₹114 crore from the power utilities of other States for using its Inter-State Transmission (IST) lines, through an order issued by it in a petition number 10/TT/2019 on June 21, according to a press release by K. Vijayanand, Special Chief Secretary (Energy) and AP-Transco CMD.
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The AP-Transco had filed the petition before the CERC for the determination of yearly charges for 40 IST lines situated in Andhra Pradesh and the neighbouring States for the period 2014-15 to 2018-19 as per the CERC regulations pertaining to sharing of charges and losses of IST lines, Mr. Vijayanand said in the release on June 24 (Saturday).