The Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) has advised the State government to wind up the Cooperative Electric Supply Society (CESS) Sircilla and merge it with the Northern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Ltd (TSNPDCL or Northern Discom) “to curb the revenue losses of the entity in order to extend better services to consumers of the two Discoms”.
In a letter addressed to the Principal Secretary (Energy) to the State government earlier this week, Secretary to the Commission wrote on behalf of TSERC that the audit of accounts of CESS conducted by Commission, conducted by qualified auditors on the directions of TSERC for the 2014-2022 period, had found that the total revenue leakage was about ₹94.89 crore and assets worth ₹59.54 crore were not capitalised.
Further, the Commission advised the government to take a view on the non-payment of dues to the tune of ₹558.44 crore to TSNPDCL against power drawn from the Discom. The audit has found ₹10.48 crore as outstanding amount due as additional consumption deposits, issuance of material without proper reason amounted to ₹60 crore and theft of power put at ₹37.36 lakh.
