MERC issues corrigendum correcting clerical/tabulation errors in BEST's 31-Mar-2023 MTR Order (truing-up FY19-20 to FY21-22, provisional FY22-23, ARR & tariff for FY23-24 & FY24-25)
Corrigendum Order: Petition of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) for Truing-up of Aggregate Revenue Requirement (ARR) for FY 2019-20, FY 2020-21 and FY 2021-22, Provisional Truing-up of ARR FY 2022-23 and revised ARR & Tariff for FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-25
BEST's MTR Order dated 31 March 2023 (Case 212 of 2022) approved truing-up of ARR for FY19-20 to FY21-22, provisional truing-up for FY22-23, and revised ARR/tariff for FY23-24 and FY24-25. Post-issuance review revealed inadvertent drafting/tabulation errors: wrong para heading clubbing Consumer Security Deposit with Interest on Working Capital, category-name mismatch in the LT tariff impact table (Table 302) due to omission of LT-I(A) BPL row, incorrect linking of Fixed Charges to wrong LT categories in Annexure 1, and omission of certain 'Applicability' clauses for LT-IV(B) Public Services-Others carried from the MYT Order dated 30 March 2020. This corrigendum corrects these errors without altering the substantive tariff decision.
- Deleted Para 6.10.8 (CSD interest rate) and revised Para 6.10.9 to refer only to 'Interest on Working Capital' for Wires and Supply Business, removing the erroneous clubbing with CSD
- Corrected Table 302 category labels: LT categories were misaligned due to omission of 'LT-I(A) BPL Consumer'; each LT category's ABR/tariff figures re-mapped to the correct category name
- Corrected Annexure 1 Fixed Charges linkage for FY 2023-24: values for LT2(b), LT3A, LT3B, LT4A, LT5A and LT5B categories were swapped with adjacent categories and have now been correctly assigned
- Directed that the FY23-24 Fixed Charges correction impact be addressed in true-up during the next tariff determination process, consistent with past practice
- Restored omitted 'Applicability' clauses (items p-s: public street lighting, public gardens, traffic signals/islands, public water fountains) under LT-IV(B) Public Services-Others to align with the MYT Order dated 30 March 2020
- No change made to the underlying ARR, revenue gap or overall approved tariff increases for FY23-24/FY24-25
- BEST and MERC office to reissue/read the MTR Order with corrected Paras 6.10.8/6.10.9, Table 302, Annexure 1 and LT-IV(B) applicability clauses
- Impact of the Fixed Charges correction for FY23-24 to be reconciled and addressed in the true-up during BEST's next tariff determination (FY25-26 MYT/ARR filing)
- Consumers/utilities to align billing systems with corrected category names (esp. LT-I(A) BPL vs LT-I(B) Residential) and corrected Fixed Charges from date of applicability
- No fresh public consultation or stakeholder process required since corrections are clarificatory, not substantive
- BEST to update consumer-facing tariff schedules/website to reflect corrected Annexure 1 and Table 302
- • HT-I Industry and HT-II Commercial C&I consumers see confirmed tariff hikes of ~13.6%/5.4% and ~4%/2.9% for FY23-24/FY24-25 respectively — no change from original MTR intent, only labeling fixed
- • LT-III(b) Industrial and LT-II commercial (20-50kW, >50kW) consumers should verify their correct Fixed Charge slab (₹/kVA or ₹/month) as several were swapped in the original order
- • No new open-access, RE or storage tariff changes are introduced by this corrigendum — it is purely a corrections notice to the March MTR Order
- • C&I developers relying on BEST's tariff schedule for cost modelling should use the corrected Table 302/Annexure 1 figures, not the original 31-March version
This is a housekeeping corrigendum, not a fresh tariff decision — the approved ARR and headline tariff increases for BEST's C&I categories (HT-I ~13.6%/5.4%, HT-II ~4%/2.9%) stand unchanged. The only actionable item for C&I buyers is to cross-check billing against the corrected category names and Fixed Charges in Annexure 1, since several LT categories had swapped figures. No commercial strategy shift is warranted beyond a billing-accuracy check.
Growthifye does not take responsibility for the accuracy of this information. Values are compiled from tariff orders published on the websites of State Electricity Regulatory Commissions and distribution licensees (plus CEA / MoP / Grid-India), parsed automatically and shown with their source. Always verify against the signed order before any commercial decision. This one-pager is a Vidura-assisted summary of the official order; the signed order prevails.