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Comparative Chart of Open Access Charges at State Level

Open Access
Tariff
State Charges
(Discom)**
(Rs./kWh)*
Assam 2.94 3.25
Chhattisgarh 0.98 3.11
Haryana 0.81 4.55
Himachal Pradesh 1.39 3.04
Karnataka (BESCOM) 1.9 4.15
Maharashtra (MSEDCL) 0.84 4.53
Orissa 1.6 2.91
Punjab 0.57 5.2
Rajasthan 0.97 3.98
Uttar Pradesh 0.76 4.29
Madhya Pradesh 1 4.57
Uttarakhand 0.69 3.27
Gujarat 1.34 7.39
West Bengal 3.77 4.68
Tamil Nadu 2.47 3.96

*OA charges for a consumer of 5MW at 11 KV (33 KV in some cases) seeking OA for a month.
This includes transmission & wheeling losses (Rs/kWh) calculated assuming power purchase cost
as Rs 4/kWh.
**Tariff for an embedded consumer of 5MW at 11 KV (33 KV in some cases).

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Net cost of power from Open Access (Rs./kWh) in States

Assumptions: 1. Base Energy Consumption (X) = 3600000 kWh 2. Power Purchase cost assumed (Y) = 4 Rs./kWh 3.Duration = 1 Month 4. Load = 5MW
Effective Net cost of
Net OA
Wheelin Energy injected Energy injected Loss Open power from Tariff
Transmissi Charge
Voltage g Loss into system at into system at Loss (kWh) Loss in Rs. (Rs./kW Access Open (Discom)** Difference
S. No. State on loss (%) (Rs./kW
level (%) T>D (kWh) G>T (kWh) h) Charges Access (Rs./kWh)
h)
(Rs./kWh)* (Rs./kWh)
A B=X/(1-A/100) C D=B/(1-C/100) E=D-X F=ExY G=F/X H I=G+H J=Y+I K L=J-K
1 Assam 11KV 20.04 4502251.13 6.10 4794729.63 1194729.63 4778918.53 1.33 1.61 2.94 6.94 3.25 3.69

2 Chhattisgarh (Short term) 33KV 6.00 3829787.23 4.03 3990608.77 390608.77 1562435.07 0.43 0.55 0.98 4.98 3.11 1.87

3 Haryana 11KV 6.00 3829787.23 2.10 3911937.93 311937.93 1247751.72 0.35 0.47 0.81 4.81 4.55 0.26

4 Himachal Pradesh 11KV 7.50 3891891.89 3.71 4041844.32 441844.32 1767377.26 0.49 0.90 1.39 5.39 3.04 2.35

5 Karnataka (BESCOM) 11KV 4.06 3752345.22 4.03 3909914.78 309914.78 1239659.13 0.34 1.56 1.90 5.90 4.15 1.75

6 Maharashtra (MSEDCL) 11KV 9.00 3956043.96 4.85 4157692.02 557692.02 2230768.08 0.62 0.22 0.84 4.84 4.53 0.31

7 Orissa 11KV 8.00 3913043.48 4.50 4097427.73 497427.73 1989710.90 0.55 1.05 1.60 5.60 2.91 2.69

8 Punjab 11KV - 3600000.00 9.75 3988919.67 388919.67 1555678.67 0.43 0.13 0.57 4.57 5.2 -0.63

9 Rajasthan 33KV 3.80 3742203.74 4.40 3914439.06 314439.06 1257756.24 0.35 0.62 0.97 4.97 3.98 0.99

10 Uttar Pradesh 11KV 8.00 3913043.48 5.00 4118993.14 518993.14 2075972.54 0.58 0.18 0.76 4.76 4.29 0.47

11 Madhya Pradesh 33KV - 3600000.00 4.90 3785488.96 185488.96 741955.84 0.21 0.79 1.00 5.00 4.57 0.43

12 Uttarakhand 11KV $ 3600000.00 $ 3600000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.69 0.69 4.69 3.27 1.42

13 Gujarat 11KV 10.01 4000444.49 4.09 4171040.03 571040.03 2284160.12 0.63 0.71 1.34 5.34 7.39 -2.05

14 West Bengal 11KV 8.00 3913043.48 4.00 4076086.96 476086.96 1904347.83 0.53 3.24 3.77 7.77 4.68 3.09

15 Tamil Nadu 11KV 7.25 3881401.62 3.50 4022177.84 422177.84 1688711.37 0.47 2.00 2.47 6.47 3.96 2.51
Note: The input energy has been arrived by grossing up the base energy (3600000 units) by losses at wheeling & transmission losses at relevant voltage level for the consumer. Loss of actual energy has been computed as a difference between the energy
arrived by grossing up and the base energy.Base energy = 3600000 units=X.
*Reference: Illustrative case on Open Access on 'FOR' website.
**Tariff for an embedded consumer of 5MW at 11 KV (33 KV in some cases).
$Actual Losses on case-to-case basis

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