DERC Public Hearing on Thursday 26th April, 10:30 am

Dear Friends,   This is to inform you that the DERC Public Hearing is on Thursday 26th April, 10:30 am. Our group had filed objections to the ARR and had shown our displeasure at the way these Public Hearings are becoming a PR exercise ........ with no relief to the consumers ........ we the stake holders have been researching and digging out facts and actually proving that the DISCOMS are in huge PROFITS ...... yet last September DERC went ahead and gave them a huge 22% Tariff Hike.   What are we seeking from DERC and what has DERC done till now ....   1. We have been asking for a CAG Audit ..... no movement   2. We have been asking them to Fix Performance Standards .... no movement   3. We have been asking them to act on Fast Running Meters due to Residual Back Flow ..... just one Advertisement published, putting the onus of checking on the existing Consumers and enforcing Metering Codes on new connections only ..... DERC shirking Responsibility while old customers continue to be fleeced.   4. We have researched and found that Fuel cost amounts to just 5 %-7% of total production cost ..... what does DERC do on Fuel Cost Adjustment ..... give DISCOMS a hike of 5% on total Power Tariff ..... our research shows that the differential cannot be more than .25% to .5% .... after all it is only adjustment of the increase in fuel cost ...... calculated @ 5% the cost increase should have  been over 500% ........ Who is doing the Arithmetic at DERC.   5. We have placed before the DERC papers proving that DISCOMS are in huge Profits ...... no movement.   6. Even the Delhi State Power Minister gave a statement in Vidhan Sabha that DISCOMS are in Profitsand have not deposited the Governments share .... DERC should have suo moto withdrawn the Price hike.   The list is long .........     Now ..... We will go to the Public Hearing on 26th in Protest  ..........but STAY OUT ......... we do not wish to give credibility to an EYE WASH ...... called Public Hearing .....   Please join in Large numbers ...... or be ready for another set of aribtrary Tariff Hikes and fuel cost adjustments .....   Warm Regards,   Rajiv Kakria