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Thursday, April 24, 2014
HC Declines to Entertain PIL Against Power Tariff Hike
The Delhi High Court today refused to further entertain a PIL challenging the decision of electricity regulator DERC to allow three discoms to raise power tariff under the head of Power Purchase Cost Adjustment Charges (PPAC) costs.
"Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) is the right fora. You raise the plea there," a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Pradeep Nandrajog said while disposing of the PIL on the issue.
Earlier, the bench had asked DERC to file its response as to whether it has complied with its own formula and procedures in permitting the discoms to raise power tariff under the head of PPAC costs.
DERC had on 31 July, 2013, passed an order permitting Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group firms, BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd, BSES Yamuna Power Ltd, and Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd to increase their PPAC charges by 6, 8 and 7 per cents respectively.
The court was hearing the PIL filed by Madhuresh Lakhaiyar who has alleged DERC, acting in collusion with the discoms, had permitted them to increase Power Purchase Cost Adjustment Charges (PPAC) costs.
There was a nexus between DERC and discoms as even though PPAC is a component of the tariff, no public hearing took place, which was in violation of a provison of the Electricity Act, 2003, the plea said.
with thanks : OutLook : LINK : for detailed news.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Regulator asks govt to ‘fix’ Kejriwal’s SMS helpline on power cuts
The SMS helpline — that was launched in January by the then chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to address complaints on loadshedding in Delhi — seems to be heading nowhere. The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has asked the Delhi government to change the present mechanism by which complaints on power cuts received through SMS are being sent to the power regulator.
The helpline registers complaints of unscheduled power cuts through SMS, which are directly forwarded to the DERC for action if there is fault on the part of discoms.
The Power department has received 1,406 complaints through this helpline and found 1,043 valid. There are 498 SMSes against BRPL, 367 against BYPL and 178 against TPDDL till April and all these have been forwarded to the DERC to decide whether these power cuts were because of maintenance of lines or some other local problem and, if not, whether these were unscheduled cuts.
with thanks : Indian Express : LINK : for detailed news.
L-G braces for summer, takes measures to regulate water and electricity
With peak summer approaching, Delhi’s Lieutanant Governor on Wednesday stressed upon the need for formulating steps for regulating supply of water and directed the Power department to set up a 24×7 control room and publicise the numbers of those responsible for specific areas for quick redressal of public grievances.
“The most critical issues for summer are adequate supply of water, uninterrupted supply of power, and municipal functions being robust. There must be proper delivery of these three services to the people of Delhi, especially in the summer. All Secretaries must take it upon themselves to ensure that there is delivery on these fronts and there should be fixing of responsibility for non-delivery of services,” Lt governor Najeeb Jung said during a meeting at Secretariat on Wednesday.
This is the first time since 2001 that a Lt Governor held a meeting at the Secretariat. He directed the Jal Board, the Power Department and the Municipalities to gear up for the summer and leave no stone unturned to ensure proper delivery of services.
“The control rooms set up by these departments during the summer months must be manned 24×7. The response time to queries must be prompt and information must be disseminated properly and shared widely with the public so that they are aware of ground situation,” said Jung.
The Lt Governor was informed by Secretary (Power) that the department is developing a mechanism to redress the complaints from the public which go unheeded by DISCOMs. The Secretary (Power) requested police assistance/CISF of about 100 people to power department for curbing theft and for conducting raids and checks. He also informed that regular meetings are being conducted with DISCOMs for providing uninterrupted power supply to the people.
with thanks : Indian Express : LINK : for detailed news.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Earth Day - 22nd April
22/04/14 is EARTH DAY are we doing any thing for the same ?? I can contribute for all RWA's if they are serious--Waste to Value. So that after some investments they can recoup the investments as well as get a revenues with garbage but ONLY for proactive n dedicated RWA's who are registered too.Thus they have a clean colony ,epidemic free locality in the near future
OK boss
Gd Day!
Bharat Tiwari
Monday, April 21, 2014
A Health show on Care World TV Channel - Kyunki Hume Aapki Fikar Hai !
Kind Attn. : RWAs of Delhi NCR :
We know that each one of us is suffering with one or the other ailment. The team of Care World TV Channel has planned to take care of your total well being, be it Beauty or Health (Kyunki Hume Aapki Fikar Hai!)
They want to organise a health show in your society, where you will be having the health experts answering all your health related queries. Therefore, we would like you to highlight the event in your society & create an awareness amongst the residents about the Health show so that we get maximum number of residents participating & getting benefitted.
We need support from your end to make this Health Event a grand Success. Kindly fix up a schedule for this event at
your location at your convenience & intimate us by a mail at the earliest.
Our e mail ID is : rwabhagidari@yahoo.in
Thanks & Regards,
B S Vohra
Voice of Delhi RWAs
East Delhi RWAs Joint Front - Federation
Sunday, April 20, 2014
DJB awarded in Paris
NEW DELHI: Delhi Jal Board has been awarded the international Water Performance Initiative Award, 2014 at the prestigious Global Water Summit held in Paris, France from April 6 to 8. The award was presented during the Global Water Summit, held in Paris earlier this month.
The citation states "DJB successfully weaned itself off state subsidies whilst reducing its debt burden, thus, becoming one of the first utilities in India to cover its O&M costs. It also commends DJB for having revitalised its obsolete billing and collection system, thereby reducing billing cycle, improving accuracy and developing a robust customer database. DJB made sustained efforts to tackle the city's tanker mafia and secured a safer service for its vast client base".
with thanks : Times of India : LINK
Delhiites already feeling the summer heat
Water woes top the list at Delhi Government grievance redress cell
The
summer is still setting in, but the city residents have already started feeling the heat in terms of water availability. Officials in the Delhi Government public grievance redress cell said a majority of the complaints received in the past fortnight were related to water supply.
While the public grievance cell, officials said, had witnessed a dip in the number of daily complaints being received over the past two months, a majority of the complaints received this month are related to the Delhi Jal Board, followed by those against the Delhi Police.
“On an average, the grievance portal launched in January alone received 100-150 complaints daily. The number witnessed a significant dip after the Aam Aadmi Party government quit. The numbers have started growing again. Now the daily average is between 20 and 30. Apart from that, we are receiving around 10-15 complaints in physical form at the Secretariat office. Most of the complaints are related to water,” said a senior Delhi Government official.
with thanks : The Hindu : LINK : for detailed news.
Saturday, April 19, 2014
AMPLE SCOPE TO 'SAVE ENERGY'
DERC is insensitive to such proposals/suggestions from the stakeholders. We also raised such wasteful use of energy in our public hearings from time to time. The Discoms shirk their responsibility for the parks/high masts. When we suggest to shut off the electricity on the pole where repairs/fault is, instead of whole ray of poles, they simply tell us they have no such technology at present.
This is the right time when DERC need to assert itself for implementing such useful suggestions from the stakeholders/public at large. As the DISCOMs have succumbed to CAG audit, they should be called upon to come under RTI Act,2005 also.
with best wishes
M M Lal Bhasin
President
Delhi Electricity Consumers Society (Regd,)
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