Brief Note on Guidelines under DERC (Net Metering for Renewable Energy) Regulations, 2014

On 2nd of September, 2014, Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission had issued DERC (Net Metering for Renewable Energy) Regulations, 2014 to promote use of Renewable Energy Generation for Self Consumption. For effective and proper implementation of these Regulations, the Commission has formulated guidelines elaborating minimum transformer level capacity that must be offered for connectivity, procedural requirements for obtaining connectivity, technical requirement of the Renewable Energy System, mechanism for billing, accounting adjustment (both in terms of net off as well as in financial terms). The broad features of these guidelines are:

Procedure for declaring Distribution Transformer (DT) Level 

 DT level capacity to be offered for Connecting Renewable Energy System shall not be less than 20% of the rated capacity of respective DT. However, the Commission may assess the DT level capacity through an independent agency – This will protect Consumer’s interest.

Procedure for Application, Registration & Connectivity

 Formats for Application and Registration have been appended with the guidelines.

 For initial application, a fee of Rs. 500/- has been prescribed.

 The Connectivity shall be provided on First cum First serve basis subject to Feasibility Analysis including operational and capacity constraints.

 If due to any reason, Distribution Licensee is unable to offer connectivity for all or part of the capacity applied by the Consumer, it shall seek prior approval of the Commission for not providing connectivity or offering connectivity for a reduced capacity and refund the application fee at Consumer’s option within 7 days of receipt of intimation regarding non availability of capacity for connectivity or within 7 days of the expiry of 180 days period from the date of application. 

 The guidelines provide that the Distribution Licensee, at the time of giving intimation regarding connectivity, shall also give the Registration form along-with details of documentation and clearances required.

 The Consumer shall submit the Registration form for connectivity of Renewable Energy System along with the requisite fee.

 In the interest of the Consumer, a mechanism of preliminary check, in the presence of the applicant / his authorized representative at the time of submission of the Registration Form with a further provision of intimating the deficiencies in the submitted form and personal hearing has been provided for prior to its rejection. All such rejections have to be under intimation to the Commission.

 The guidelines also prescribe the time lines for various activities associated with submission of Application, undertaking feasibility analysis for connectivity, Registration and implementation including execution of Connection Agreement.

 Interconnectivity standards, safety, theft and tempering of meters shall be governed as per the relevant Acts and Regulations.

Billing, Accounting and Payment

 The electricity consumption for Consumers falling under Time of Day (ToD) tariff structure shall be first compensated with the electricity generation in the similar time blocks in the same billing cycle only and any surplus generation carried forward to the next billing cycle shall be set off against consumption during off-peak period and for set off against other time blocks, same shall be moderated as per the relevant rebate/surcharge percentage of ToD tariff applicable for the relevant year. For better understanding, sample calculations have also been provided in the Guidelines in this regard.

 The Consumer shall be paid for net energy credits which remain unadjusted at the end of the financial year at the rate of Average Power Purchase Cost (APPC) of the Distribution Licensee.

with thanks : DERC

Apologies, from Flipkart

Dear Customer, 

Yesterday was a big day for us. And we really wanted it to be a great day for you. But at the end of the day, we know that your experience was less than pleasant. We did not live up to the promises we made and for that we are really and truly sorry. 

It took enormous effort from everyone at Flipkart, many months of preparation and pushing our capabilities and systems to the limit to be able to create this day. We were looking at fulfilling the dreams of millions of Indian consumers through deals and offers we had painstakingly put together for months. 

And though we saw unprecedented interest in our products and traffic like never before, we also realized that we were not adequately prepared for the sheer scale of the event. We didn't source enough products and deals in advance to cater to your requirements. To add to this, the load on our server led to intermittent outages, further impacting your shopping experience on our site. 

An unprecedented 1.5 million people shopped at Flipkart yesterday. While we stand humbled by the sheer faith that such a large number of customers have shown in us, we are unhappy that we were unable to live up to the expectations of millions more who wanted to buy from us yesterday. 

And this is not acceptable to us. 

Delighting you, and every single one of our customers, is absolutely the top most priority for Flipkart and we have worked very hard over the last seven years to earn your trust. Yesterday, we failed that trust. We have learnt some valuable lessons from this and have started working doubly hard to address all the issues that cropped up during this sale. 

Price Changes As we were preparing various deals and promotional pricing in the lead up to the sale, the pricing of several products got ​changed to their non-discounted rates for a few hours​. We realise that this breaks the trust our customers have put in us. We are truly sorry for this and will ensure that this never happens again. 

Out-of-stock Issues We ran out of the stock for many products within a few minutes (and in some cases, seconds) of the sale going live. For example, most of our special deals were sold out as soon as they went live. We had ensured availability, anywhere from hundreds to a few lakh units for various products, but it was nowhere near the actual demand. We promise to plan much better for future promotions and ensure that we minimise the out-of-stock issues. 

Cancellations We had large number of people buying specific products simultaneously. This led to some instances of an order getting over-booked for a product that was sold out just a few seconds ago. We are working round-the-clock to ensure availability of additional units for these products and will do our level best to ensure that we minimise any cancellations. 

Website Issues ​We realise that the shopping experience for many of you was frustrating due to errors and unavailability of the website at times. We had deployed nearly 5000 servers and had prepared for 20 times the traffic growth - but the volume of traffic at different times of the day was much higher than this. We are continuing to significantly scale up all our back end systems so that we do a much, much better job next time. 

Everything that we have achieved at Flipkart is purely on the basis of our customer's trust and faith. This is why we come to work each day and continue to remain extremely passionate about building the best possible customer experience for Indian consumers. We failed to live up to this promise yesterday and would like to apologise once again to every single customer for our failure. 

Thank you. 
Sachin and Binny

Mobile Tower Radiation - A cause of concern for all !

Mobile Tower radiation has become a major cause of concern for all. We get regular calls from various RWAs asking about the prescribed norms as well how to get a specific tower checked. 

Keeping in mind this very important issue, last year, we had arranged the Testing of Various mobile towers, randomly, that looked critical to us. We had two machines with respective teams from various Telocom agencies.

You can view the video of our Mobile Tower Testing Drive as below :

Now again, our next round of talks / drive is ON. Those concerned may plz get in touch with us.

With best regards,

B S Vohra
rwabhagidari@yahoo.in

www.rwabhagidari.com

www.rwabhagidari.blogspot.in 

Oops! Something went wrong with the so called Mega online Sale !

Though I knew about the well advertised, mega online sales that it will start at 8 am on 6^th of Oct, I skipped it in the morning. I saw the news paper at almost 9.30 am, & rushed to my computer in a minute.

Shockingly ! what ever  attractive items with Flat 90% off, that were advertised in Newspaper were all sold out. It seemed a big loss to me & my daughter, but we kept on trying.

Soon we found Nokia X - Bright Red in the STEAL DEAL with Flat 90% off. Without even looking into the Configuration, we just clicked to put it in our Cart as the Mobile of 6999 was available at just 10% of the price. We clicked, clicked, clicked but it never reached to our cart & the next message was that it was Out of Stock.

Being brave in nature, we again tried to locate something. Soon we found the Milagrow MGPTO7 Pro Tablet, again with Flat 90% off. Seemed a Great deal. We clicked to add it to our cart. But the Error message was  : Oops! Something went wrong. We are looking into this. You may try again. But the minute we tried again, it was Out of Stock.

Still not disheartened, my daughter tried again & found a fresh deal of  XOLO QC 800 Tablet with 90% off. It said : BEFORE 13,499 /- , Now 1,350. She clicked & surprisingly, it reached to our cart. We added a Pen too, to our cart, costing Rs 400 @ Rs 240. We clicked & both were there in the Cart. We decided to place the Order.

We filled form & placed the order. But the Xolo Tablet, automatically vanished from the order form & there remained only a Pen.  That page showed a Toll Free number to contact in case of any help required. We dialled that number to speak to the Customer care persons, but the automated reply said, the number you are dialling, does not Exist. We had no other option, but to cancel the order immediately.

Now we are looking for someone, who could really buy something from this great mega online sales. If anyone of you could really buy something from this mega sales, just let us know so that we can change our mind that it was not more than a Fools Paradise.

Power Tariff may go up in November as DERC has to review Fuel surcharge

Power tariff in Delhi may go up next month as Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission ( DERC ) is all set to review the fuel surcharge to help the private distribution companies adjust their power purchase cost. 

Strange & Shocking ! It has become a routine for the Discoms to ask a hike from DERC & DERC is always willing to oblige.

According to DERC, the private discoms operating in the city have a revenue gap of a whopping Rs 19,500 crore. But how DERC can accept this undertaking when there is no CAG AUDIT of Discoms.

Strange, DISCOMs don't come under RTI, they are not co-operating for CAG Audit, but they want the Public of Delhi to believe, that, they are getting losses.

As per official figures, around 80-90 per cent of total revenue of discoms goes into purchasing power from central and state government owned entities through long term power purchase agreement, at rates determined by the central and state regulators. 

The experts ( ? ) say that the cost of buying power from generating companies has increased by around 300 per cent in the last two years while the power tariff, in the corresponding period, has risen by around 70 per cent. 

It seems this has become a vicious cycle where things are just rotating in one direction i.e. hike after another hike.

Delhiites have already seen a series of hikes in power tariff : the tariff was hiked by 22 per cent in 2011 followed by five per cent hike in February 2012. The tariff was hiked by up to two per cent in May 2012 year and again by 26 per cent for domestic consumers in July 2012. The tariff was hiked by up to three per cent in February last year and again by five per cent in August last.

The experts must note that DELHIITES ARE NOT WILLING TO BEAR ANY MORE BURDEN ON THE NAME OF POWER TARIFF, TILL THE DISCOMs GET AUDITED UNDER THE CAG, AND TILL THE CAG REPORT IS RELEASED.

Awaiting comments of our most valued readers.

Plz mail us at : rwabhagidari@yahoo.in

Thanks & Regards,

B S Vohra

www.rwabhagidari.com

www.rwabhagidari.blogspot.in

Some better remedies of home

Dear Friends, Greetings! With prices of medicines in sky here is some better remedies of home do try I have benefited so sharing with you all १Ⓜ दही मथें माखन मिले, केसर संग मिलाय, होठों पर लेपित करें, रंग गुलाबी आय..  २Ⓜ बहती यदि जो नाक हो, बहुत बुरा हो हाल, यूकेलिप्टिस तेल लें, सूंघें डाल रुमाल..  ३Ⓜ अजवाइन को पीसिये , गाढ़ा लेप लगाय, चर्म रोग सब दूर हो, तन कंचन बन जाय..  ४Ⓜ अजवाइन को पीस लें , नीबू संग मिलाय, फोड़ा-फुंसी दूर हों, सभी बला टल जाय..  ५Ⓜ अजवाइन-गुड़ खाइए, तभी बने कुछ काम, पित्त रोग में लाभ हो, पायेंगे आराम..  ६Ⓜ ठण्ड लगे जब आपको, सर्दी से बेहाल, नीबू मधु के साथ में, अदरक पियें उबाल.  ७Ⓜ अदरक का रस लीजिए. मधु लेवें समभाग, नियमित सेवन जब करें, सर्दी जाए भाग..  ८Ⓜ रोटी मक्के की भली, खा लें यदि भरपूर, बेहतर लीवर आपका, टी० बी० भी हो दूर..  ९Ⓜ गाजर रस संग आँवला, बीस औ चालिस ग्राम, रक्तचाप हिरदय सही, पायें सब आराम..  १०Ⓜ शहद आंवला जूस हो, मिश्री सब दस ग्राम, बीस ग्राम घी साथ में, यौवन स्थिर काम..  ११Ⓜ चिंतित होता क्यों भला, देख बुढ़ापा रोय, चौलाई पालक भली, यौवन स्थिर होय..  १२Ⓜ लाल टमाटर लीजिए, खीरा सहित सनेह, जूस करेला साथ हो, दूर रहे मधुमेह..  १३Ⓜ प्रातः संध्या पीजिए, खाली पेट सनेह, जामुन-गुठली पीसिये, नहीं रहे मधुमेह..  १४Ⓜ सात पत्र लें नीम के, खाली पेट चबाय, दूर करे मधुमेह को, सब कुछ मन को भाय..  १५Ⓜ सात फूल ले लीजिए, सुन्दर सदाबहार, दूर करे मधुमेह को, जीवन में हो प्यार..  १६Ⓜ तुलसीदल दस लीजिए, उठकर प्रातःकाल, सेहत सुधरे आपकी, तन-मन मालामाल..  १७Ⓜ थोड़ा सा गुड़ लीजिए, दूर रहें सब रोग, अधिक कभी मत खाइए, चाहे मोहनभोग.  १८Ⓜ अजवाइन और हींग लें, लहसुन तेल पकाय, मालिश जोड़ों की करें, दर्द दूर हो जाय..  १९Ⓜ ऐलोवेरा-आँवला, करे खून में वृद्धि, उदर व्याधियाँ दूर हों, जीवन में हो सिद्धि..  २०Ⓜ दस्त अगर आने लगें, चिंतित दीखे माथ, दालचीनि का पाउडर, लें पानी के साथ..  २१Ⓜ मुँह में बदबू हो अगर, दालचीनि मुख डाल, बने सुगन्धित मुख, महक, दूर होय तत्काल..  २२Ⓜ कंचन काया को कभी, पित्त अगर दे कष्ट, घृतकुमारि संग आँवला, करे उसे भी नष्ट..  २३Ⓜ बीस मिली रस आँवला, पांच ग्राम मधु संग, सुबह शाम में चाटिये, बढ़े ज्योति सब दंग..  २४Ⓜ बीस मिली रस आँवला, हल्दी हो एक ग्राम, सर्दी कफ तकलीफ में, फ़ौरन हो आराम..  २५Ⓜ नीबू बेसन जल शहद , मिश्रित लेप लगाय, चेहरा सुन्दर तब बने, बेहतर यही उपाय..  २६.Ⓜ मधु का सेवन जो करे, सुख पावेगा सोय, कंठ सुरीला साथ में , वाणी मधुरिम होय.  २७.Ⓜ पीता थोड़ी छाछ जो, भोजन करके रोज, नहीं जरूरत वैद्य की, चेहरे पर हो ओज..  २८Ⓜ ठण्ड अगर लग जाय जो नहीं बने कुछ काम, नियमित पी लें गुनगुना, पानी दे आराम..  २९Ⓜ कफ से पीड़ित हो अगर, खाँसी बहुत सताय, अजवाइन की भाप लें, कफ तब बाहर आय..  ३०Ⓜ अजवाइन लें छाछ संग, मात्रा पाँच गिराम, कीट पेट के नष्ट हों, जल्दी हो आराम..  ३१Ⓜ छाछ हींग सेंधा नमक, xदूर करे सब रोग, जीरा उसमें डालकर, पियें सदा यह भोग..।  ज्यादा से ज्यादा शेयर करें ।  Vande Matram! Jai Bharat Mata Ki! B.Wishes B.B.Tewari

Free Hearing Test camps !

THIS IS IN REFERENCE OF THE ARRANGING A HEARING TEST CAMPS FOR ALL CITIZENS AGE GROUP OF 50 YRS AND ABOVE.

YOU MUST BE AWARE THAT EAR PROBLEMS ARE TAKING AS GRANTED SINCE AN INDIVIDUAL CAN MANAGE THE COMMUNICATION BY REQUESTING THE OTHER PERSON TO REPEAT OR THE OTHER PERSON HELPS THE HEARING IMPAIRED PERSON BY RAISING THEIR VOICE TO MAKE COMMUNICATION EASY FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED.

WE WOULD LIKE TO ARRANGE HEARING  AWARENESS CAMPS THROUGH YOU, SO THAT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH THIS  BIG TASK SMOOTHLY. AS THESE TYPES OF AWARENESS CAMPS WILL GIVE A GOOD MESSAGE TO THE NEXT GENERATION. THEY WILL  BECOME MORE AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS AND CAN FIND SOLUTION IF POSSIBLE TO RECTIFY AT EARLY STAGES ....

FURTHERMORE,WE CAN GIVE PROPER AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT TO DO / NOT TO DO TO SAVE THE EARS FROM HUMAN BEING'S SELF CREATED PROBLEMS WHICH IS HARMING THE PEOPLE AT LARGE.

WE CAN DO HEARING EVALUATIONS SO THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL CAN KNOW THE STATUS OF THEIR HEARING LEVEL. IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTION KINDLY DO LET ME KNOW ,WE CAN ADD IN OUR PROJECT .

KINDLY REVERT ON THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ,SO THAT WE COULD START THIS PROJECT IN A BETTER WAY ..   

    

PARITOSH ARORA

RWAs : If you want to organise the Free Hearing Test Camps in your locality, just mail us at rwabhagidari@yahoo.in

Thanks

B S Vohra

Poster Hatao !

Dear Friends,

Most of the states have Prevention of Defacement of Property Act but they are not being implemented. Other states have rules in their Municipal Acts to deal with such defacement.

Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act 2007 ( Copy along with my explanations is enclosed ) is the strongest where the penalty is Rs 50,000 or one year Jail or both.

This is the time when we should force the Politicians ( MP, MLA and the Coucillors ) to ensure that their areas are Clean & Poster Free. At present, Poster Hatao is active in Delhi, Mumbai & Chennai.

regards 

Col Shivraj

President

Munirka Vihar Welfare Association 

World Elders Day Celebration - Pics

Happy Dussehra !

B S Vohra
East Delhi RWAs Joint Front
Voice of Delhi RWAs
www.rwabhagidari.com
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Mahatma Gandhi - A Mahatma beyond boundaries !

Excellent collection!!!   Like me, many people are not aware that other countries also issued postal stamps of Gandhi.  What a tribute to Bapu on his Birth Anniversary!

R. N. Gupta

Priyadarshini Vihar RWA