Thermal power firms seek clarity in 'change in law

Ask PowerMin to reclarify on policy allowing additional cost pass-through

The thermal power industry has urged the government to review, and preferably reiterate, the wording of the ‘change in law’ provisions in the national policy on rates (National Tariff Policy).
 
The section they are concerned with allows them, as they see it, to pass on any additional cost borne by them after the winning bid for a power purchase agreement (PPA), in the final consumer rate (tariff).
 
However, a recent order of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) disallowed various rates and surcharges levied by Indian Railways and state governments, to be passed on in the final power