ENERGY EFFICIENCY - THE FIFTH FUEL

- Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam

Energy efficiency, which is an invisible fuel and not

a hardware fuel in the conventional sense is

emerging as the Fifth fuel and perhaps the most
economically feasible and convenient way to
generate energy by actually saving it, stated the
former President and renowned scientist, Bharat
Ratna, Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam.
In India, like most developing nations there is a great
scope for this fifth source of energy, as the growth
in economy, causes a growth in the energy demand.
Energy efficiency & energy conservation measures
are considered as a quick and economical way to
meet the increasing energy demand and also as
means to protect/conserve the precious natural
resources like coal and gas for our future
generations. The fourth fuel developed from
green sources like solar and wind power
also occupies a dominant place in the
generation of clean energy.

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Editors:

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D. Kurmila
M.S.V. Prakasha Rao

B. H. Suryanarayana Rao, Cell: 73826 34579

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FOREWORD
Dear Members,
At the dawn of the new year APSEB Engineers Association hereby extend hearty greetings and wish you & your family a very happy , peaceful , eventful
and prosperous new year 2016.
The world is facing serious challenges in energy.The global economy is set to grow fourfold in the next 40 years, which promises economic benefits and huge
improvements in peoples standard of living. But it also implies a much greater use of energy. A global revolution is needed in the ways that energy is produced,
supplied and used. A core requirement is far greater energy efficiency, which will necessitate unprecedented levels of co operation among all major economies.
Social and economic development in India/Andhra Pradesh both depend on access to modern forms of energy. Above 300 million people in India (about 1.5
million people in AP) do not have access to electricity. Providing electricity to these people while moving to low carbon electricity generation is a social
imperative. Indian electricity supply and demand are projected to increase fivefold to six fold between now and 2050. Accelerated exploitation of natural
resources and more transmission and distribution (T&D) capacity are essential to overcome the current problems. The national average of T & D losses for the
current financial year is around 23%, which is almost equal to power deficit at peak time in year and whereas for the Andhra Pradesh, T& D losses is about
10.38%. Our target is to reduce T& D losses in AP to worlds best i.e below 8%.
Technical elements:
The technical challenges of the electricity sector in India include low efficiencies of thermal power plants, continued reliance on coal plants, and inadequate
transmission and distribution networks. Improving the efficiency of electricity generation from coal is needed to exploit the extensive domestic coal resources
and reduce air pollution. Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) technology could achieve this, but has to be adapted to Indias coal quality or to rely on
imported coal. Power generation from natural gas is projected to increase by a factor of nine by 2050. This requires accelerated exploration and development
of offshore gas fields, construction of liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and gas pipelines, and deployment of natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) power
plants. Low carbon generation options, such as carbon capture and storage (CCS), nuclear and renewable technologies, are needed to substantially reduce
emissions in Indian power. Around 77 GW of coal fired power plants equipped with CCS should operate by 2050. Due to the high ash content of Indian coal, oxy
fuelling and post combustion CO2 capture would appear to be suitable options for India. Pre combustion capture in a coal fired IGCC plant would require the
adaptation of the technology to the Indian coal quality, or the use of imported coal. Retrofitting coal power plants with CO2 capture could be an option for the
new coal power plants without CCS being currently planned in India.
Nuclear power, One strategy India can continue to pursue is to exploit its vast thorium resources, along with developing the required fast breeder and
heavy water reactor technologies. This would facilitate self sufficiency over the entire nuclear chain. Relying on imported uranium to fuel light water reactors
(LWR) can be an alternative strategy for Indias nuclear future, which does not require the development of the more complex nuclear technology chain as
needed for thorium. The use of uranium would initially require imported reactors, later to be replaced by Indian designed reactors. Power Sector in AP is also
not exceptional in this regard as it has to initiate Nuclear Power Plants by adopting new technologies.
Due to good solar irradiation conditions in many parts of India, the combination of photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP) can contribute
significantly to fulfilling the countrys electricity demand. Given the size of the Indian market, it is worthwhile to develop an Indian equipment industry for solar
PV and CSP, and for T&D equipment.
The use of hydropower can be trebled, notably to supply the north. India has enough hydro potential to meet this increase, but will require new line
connections to the centres of demand. The environmental and social impacts of hydropower projects need to be carefully considered in the planning process.
Grid expansion is needed to provide electricity access to areas that have been neglected to date. Depending on local conditions, decentralised production
of electricity in isolated off grid applications (e.g. solar powered water pumps) or to feed a local mini grid (e.g. by mini hydro plants) can be an alternative solution.
New technologies and energy saving methods, such as energy efficient building design, can help to reduce electricity demand growth.
Non technical elements :
More efficient use of electricity and reduced CO2 in India would be greatly helped by regulations and standards encouraging the use of more efficient
appliances and systems.This should be supplemented by a combination of a revised electricity tariff scheme and the introduction of subsidies for energy efficient
equipment. Low carbon power technologies, such as nuclear or renewables, generally need larger initial capital spending compared to fossil based options, but
offer lower operating costs. Government can do much to encourage the required investment by working for macroeconomic stability, availability of financing, an
enabling infrastructure and an innovative industrial base. India should seek international technology co operation in nuclear energy, dry cooling technologies for
steam cycles, solar and CCS methods, as well as in electricity grids. More nationally oriented research, development and demonstration policies and programmes
addressing the use of high ash Indian coal for power generation have to be continued and expanded. These developments should be combined with cost based
pricing and careful reconsideration of subsidies for certain consumer groups to ease supply constraints and environmental impacts.
Use of IT and IT Enabled Services: Use of IT and IT enabled services will bring lot of changes in terms improved customer service in Distribution Sector.
These include Remote metering, pre-paid metering, developing mobile applications for Electricity Bill payments, Advance intimation of any outages, planned
shut-downs for preventive maintenance through SMS etc.,.
APSEB Engineers Association takes this opportunity to congratulate the News Letter Committee for giving valuable information for the benefit of all the
members. On behalf of the Association, we once again wish you and your family a very cheerful and prosperous new year 2016.

Er.R.RAVINDRA KUMAR
President

Er. M. VEDAVYASA RAO

Secretary General

Er.B.V.NAGESWARA RAO
Associate President

Er. N.SAMUEL
Additional Secretary General

Remember, your work may be only to sweep a railway crossing, but it is your duty to keep it so clean that no other crossing in the
world is as clean as yours. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya

IMPACT OF
ENERGY
CONSERVATION
ON ENVIRONMENT

urning of fossil fuels like coal, natural

gas ,oil & petroleum etc., for producing
electricity releases enormous amounts of
pollution into the atmosphere. Acid rain, soot,
carbon-di-oxide and toxic gases are just a few
of the ways by which electricity production
poisons the environment. The act of mining
of coal is detrimental to the ecosystem and
causes health hazards. Another damage to the
eco-system is seen in oceans and soil
wherever theres an oil spill.

B. Srilakshmi
ADE/APTRANSCO
Cell: 8332959029

Green House Gas (GHG) emissions (i.e. primarily, water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous
oxide and ozone) are increased with rise in fossil fuel consumption. The increasing rise in GHGs in the
atmosphere accelerates the climate change and global warming. As per Central Electricity Authority (CEA),
for every one unit of electricity, 0.85 Kg of CO2 gases are released or otherwise, saving an unit of
energy results in prevention of release of 0.85 Kg of CO2 into the atmosphere.

WAYS TO SAVE MONEY THROUGH ENERGY CONSERVATION:

Apart from reducing Green House Gas emissions, and protecting the depleting natural resources, energy conservation measures also
results in the monetary savings to the consumers with reduction in electricity bills.
i) Lighting sector : Lighting consumption constitutes about 30% of residential consumption, though its contribution in the electricity bill
may vary from 10%-20%. The energy efficient options in lighting system are fairly simpler to implement and provides higher rate of returns.
The traditional yellow light bulbs (incandescent bulbs) which are very cheap in cost and available in 40W, 60W, 100W are the most
inefficient in terms of energy consumption. 90% of the energy they consume is lost as heat and only 10% of energy is converted into useful
light. CFLs are must better efficient lights and provide upto 70% of savings than ICLs. With the use of latest technology, LED lights now
prevailing in the market results in 85% of energy savings than ICLs and 50% of savings than CFLs. The LED lamps also have a larger life span
of more than 50,000hours , compared to ICL life span of 1200 hrs.
Though the cost of a LED bulbs (7W - Rs.300/- in open market) is higher than ICL bulbs (60W- Rs.15/-), it is very economical to
replace all the ordinary lamps in a house with LED lamps as detailed below.

Table: Comparision of different types of bulbs

Description

ICL

CFL

LED

Price of bulb@

Rs.10/-

Rs.100/-

Rs.230/-

Wattage

60 W

15 W

7W

Lumens

650

650

650

1200 hrs

8000 hrs

50,000 hrs

72 units

18 units

8.4 units

Life Span
Units consumed per year

*
#

Rs.250/-

Rs.62/-

Rs.29/-

Total electricity Charges for 10 yrs##

Rs.3,008/-

Rs.752/-

Rs.350/-

Cost of additional bulbs for 10yrs

Rs.90/- (every year

a new bulb)

Rs.100/(after 6 years
a new bulb)

Rs. 0/-(bulbs last for

more than 15 years)

Total amt to be spent(cost of bulb+charges)

Rs.3,108/-

Rs.952/-

Rs.580/-

Electricity charges for one year

@ on-line market enquiry Dec 2015 *assuming 4 hrs of usage for 300 days.
#avg tariff for domestic @ Rs.3.48/- for F.Y.2015-16
## assuming 4% rise in tariff per year

Tube lights:
The tube lights(fluorescent lamps) are generally available in various variant of T12, T8 & T5. The T12 bulbs(diameter of 1.5"inches) which
are generally found in many of our households consume 55W while T8 (1.0" inches diameter) consumes 38W and T5 tube light(0.625"

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No one person can shape the life of another. Your success and happiness depends upon your own self"
- Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya

inches diameter) consumes 28W only(comparison is for a 4 feet tube light) . Hence, replacing a T12
tube light with T5 results in 50% of electricity saving.

ii) Fans:
After the electric light, ceiling fan is the most prevalent electrical appliance in our households and
contribute around 30%-40% of electricity bills. Compared to lights which are generally used only 4-5
hrs daily during night (6 PM - 11 PM), fans are used for most part of day and even during night, generally
more than 12hr-16hrs. Most of the
Fig: T5, T8 & T12 Tube lights
ceiling fans in the country are of
very low efficiency and consumes about 70-80W. Now-a-days BEE
certified 5star rated fans are available in the market which consumes
around 45-50W. The new Super Efficient Fans that are available in the
market use a different type of electronic motor, which is also called
Brushless DC (BLDC) motor. This new technology with efficient blade
designs makes ceiling fans far more efficient, and the fans consume 30SUPER EFFICIENT FAN
FIVE STAR RATED FAN
35 Watts of electricity, which is about 50% less than the old regular
fans.
Comparison of ceiling fans:

Description

Regular Fan

5 Star Fan

Super Efficient fan

Rs.1500

Rs.1700

Rs.2900

Regulator cost

Rs.200

Rs.200

Rs. 0

Watt

75 W

40 W

35 W

Air delivery

238 cm/min

210

230 cm/min

Units consumed per year*

315 units

168 units

147 units

Electricity cost for one year

Rs.1,096/-

Rs.585/-

Rs.512/-

Electricity Cost for 10 years

(Avg.Life span of fan is 10-13 yrs)

Rs. 13,161/-

Rs.7,019/-

Rs.6,124/-

Price

@ on-line market enquiry Dec 2015 *Avg. usage of 14 hrs for 300days.
## assuming 4% rise in tariff per year
#avg tariff for domestic @ Rs.3.48/- for F.Y.2015-16

(iii) Refrigerators :Refrigerators are one of the biggest contributors (about 15%) of a typical residential electricity bill, and
efficiently operating the same can significantly impact the electricity bill. Some useful tips for efficient use
of refrigerator are as follows:
a.

Keep the refrigerator and freezer at the right temperature, preferably to medium cool for optimum
cooling and lesser electricity bill. If they are only 2-3 degrees colder than necessary, energy consumption
may go up by approx 25%.

b.

Make sure that the refrigerator remains tightly closed when not open i.e., the door is sealed tightly.
Any open space will cause heat to get into the refrigerator causing motor to work harder thereby
consuming more electricity.
We can make sure that rubber door seals are tight by slipping a paper through it. If the paper slips
easily then it needs to be fixed. We can also try keeping a flashlight inside the refrigerator and making
sure that the light is not visible from outside. Else seals need to be replaced.

c.

Do no put uncovered liquids in the refrigerator. The liquids give off vapours that add to the compressor workload.

d.

Allow hot food to cool off before putting it in the refrigerator.

e.

Do not open refrigerator door unnecessarily as every time it is opened, some heat enters which decreases its efficiency. Decide what
you want before opening the door so that the time for which it is open is less.

f.

Do not stuff the refrigerator full as it will hinder the flow of cold air thereby decreasing its efficiency. Adequate space will increase the
cooling efficiency of the refrigerator.

g.

Make sure that the refrigerator is not place against outside facing wall or walls exposed to the direct sunlight.

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Hard work performed in a disciplined manner will in most cases keep the worker fit and also prolong his life.
- Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya

h.

Refrigerator motors and compressors generate heat, so allow enough space for continuous airflow around refrigerator. If the heat
cant escape, the refrigerators cooling system will work harder and use more energy.

i.

Clean up the refrigerator regularly & make sure that dust does not accumulate on coils (back or bottom) and air intake grill (below
the doors). Dust build up can make the motors work harder thereby needing lot more electricity.

j.

Do not let ice accumulate in the refrigerator as it acts as unwanted insulation and decreases the efficiency of the condenser. Defrost
freezer compartment regularly for a manual defrost refrigerator to maintain the efficiency.

k.

Make sure that you are using a refrigerator that is approximately sized for your needs. If your fridge is too small, you may be
overworking. If it is too large, then you are potentially wasting energy and home space.

Old refrigerators need a lot of maintenance and can consume significant amount of electricity. Upfront investment in buying an efficient
refrigerator (BEE 5 Star Rated) can help you save a lot on electricity bill which can help paying back for the upfront investment. But making
sure that the refrigerator is used efficiently as indicated above can help reduce electricity consumption in both old and new refrigerators.
A general comparison between 1star & 5-star rating of Frost free refrigerators(mandatorily star rated as per BEE) with gross volume
of 240-260 litres is as follows:

Description

1 star rating

5-star rating

Price of the Refrigerator *

Rs. 15,000/-

Rs.28,000/-

Electrical consumption per year

500 units

190 units

Electricity charges to be paid for one year#

Rs.1740/-

Rs.661/-

Electricity charges to be paid for 10 years

(Avg. Life span of fridge above 15 yrs)

Rs.20,890/-

Rs.7,938/-

* on-line market enquiry Dec 2015

#avg tariff for domestic @ Rs.3.48/- for F.Y.2015-16

## assuming 4% rise in tariff per year

Of all the above measures, the best & easy way to conserve energy is to SWTCH OFF WHEN NOT IN USE...AT THE PLUG
POINT.

Save Energy....Save Money......Save Earth

Er. Ravi Arji

recieving
Best Photography
Award from
Sri Ch. Ayyanna
Patrudu, Hon'ble
Minister.
Sri R. Muthyala Raju,
CMD, APEPDCL
also present on the
occation.

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Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.- A.P.J Abdul Kalam

Andhra Pradesh Power Sector Policy and Regulation:

Lessons, Challenges and Opportunities
Andhra Pradeshs power sector, which accounts for more than 5% of its Gross State Domestic Product
(GSDP) and receives over 50% of the states revenue subsidies, is of immense economic and political
importance. Regarded as one of the pioneers in the power sector in India, the state has experimented with
many innovative models to tackle issues faced by most power utilities in India.
1. Key challenges
1.1 Managing shortages:
Power purchase accounts for more than 70% of the total costs incurred by a distribution company.
Hence, any analysis pertaining to the economics of distribution must concern itself with power procurement
and planning. Further, thermal (also large hydro) generation projects usually have long gestation periods,
high up-front capital investments which need to be recovered over the life of the project and hence
planning capacity addition in advance is of paramount importance. Generation capacity also requires other
Gali Ramanjaneyulu
resources such as land, water, and fuel and has impacts on environment and livelihoods. If not planned
Asst.Engineer,APTRANSCO
properly, these scarce natural resources will not be utilized in an environmentally and socially responsible
Cell: 09811555001
manner.
Short term power purchase in AP:
The weighted average price of electricity transacted through power exchanges was 3.50/kWh and through trading licensees it was
4.28/kWh in 2014-15. The corresponding values for the year 2013-14 were 2.90/kWh and 4.29/kWh, respectively. In the year 2014-15, the
weighted average price of electricity transacted through Day Ahead Market sub-segment of the power exchanges was 3.49/kWh and that
through Term Ahead Market sub-segment was 3.77/kWh.
During 2014-15, about 96% of the volume of electricity transacted through traders was at less than 6/kWh. About 54% of the volume
was transacted at less than 4/kWh.
Here,short-term transactions of electricity refers to the contracts less than one year for the following trades: (a) Electricity traded
under bilateral transactions through Inter-State Trading Licensees (only inter-state trades), (b) Electricity traded directly by the Distribution
Licensees (also referred as Distribution Companies or DISCOMs), (c) Electricity traded through Power Exchanges (Indian Energy Exchange
Ltd (IEX) and Power Exchange India Ltd (PXIL)), and (d) Electricity transacted through Deviation Settlement Mechanism(DSM).
Major Sellers and Buyers of Electricity in the Short term market for FY 2014-15
Andhra Pradesh is buying 1039.63 MU power from Simhapuri energy which is 5.62% of total volume transacted through traders with
weighted average price of Rs. 5.46 and from MEPL is buying 650.26 MU which is 3.51% of total volume transacted through traders with
weighted average price of Rs. 5.50. Whereas states like Gujarat and Chhattisgarh buying power at Rs 3.88 and 3.32 respectively. This shows
the power procurement through Short term market is much higher side.
APPCC is buying 5846.49 MU of power which is approximately 31.59% of total volume transacted through traders at a weighted
average purchase cost of Rs.5.09 which is Indias second highest power purchase cost.
1.2 Need for planning
A rational and scientific demand forecast is at the heart of the issue of capacity addition. However, despite these well-established facts
and principles, distribution companies (henceforth referred to as discoms) in AP and the rest of the country do not undertake any
medium or long-term demand forecast exercise to plan their capacity requirements. Instead of such planning, discoms rely on the demand
forecast prepared by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), a national level planning and coordination agency. However, the CEA
estimates suffer two major gaps: a) within a state, the CEA does not undertake demand forecast analysis at each discom level, and b) it
does not consider seasonal and peak variations. For a state like AP with a large residential and free agricultural load without any metering,
there can be major shifts in demand based on the season and the time of the day. It is also important to note that the CEA undertakes this
study after every five years or so, whereas a discom needs to adjust its power procurement plan on an annual basis and hence should
ideally have a rolling plan.
In spite of these obvious shortcomings, discoms do not undertake independent and more rigorous planning exercises. Power purchase
planning failure leads to two outcomes:
- Surplus capacity: Depending up on the rates of the capacity contracted, this can prove to be a boon or bane. If the excess capacity
is not expensive, the discom can make money by selling it in the market. However, if it is expensive then it may turn into stranded asset and
the consumers will have to pay for the fixed costs without getting any benefit from it.
- Demand supply gap: This leads to load shedding i.e. power-cuts and/or high cost short-term power purchases from market. The
gap can be met either by adding more capacity, which is a supply side measure, or managing or curtailing demand, which are demand
side measures.
2. AP Power distribution sector
Blaming power distribution companies alone or raising tariffs to eliminate their revenue gaps will simply compound the problem.
UDAY, easily the best designed scheme thus far, falls well short of addressing the real malaise.
Main Issues unaddressed:
The average price of bulk power in India is among the highest in the world and Indias average consumer tariff is easily the highest
worldwide when corrected for capacity to pay. This is so because: (i) average delivered cost of Indian coal, the cheapest power generation
fuel in India, at the burner tip is currently the highest in the world in energy terms; (ii) capital outlays on conventional power and
transmission systems are about 35 per cent higher than comparable infrastructure elsewhere; and (iii) everyone engaged in the electricity
value-chain, other than the distribution utilities, extracts unjustified amounts of profit despite remaining grossly inefficient by global
standards.

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Dont take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck.
- A.P.J Abdul Kalam

Coal-based power provides the cheapest base-load electricity in India. However, in energy terms, the average cost of coal at the burner
tip of Indian power plants has been 15-20 per cent higher than that in the US and Western Europe. Currently, it is over 40 per cent more
than the US, 30 per cent more than Western Europe and comparable to Japan which imports all its coal. The approved capital costs of Indias
coal-based power plants are among the highest in the world on a like to like basis. China builds comparable plants at 60 per cent of the Indian
costs.
Based on ever-optimistic estimates of cost-of-supply, the Planning Commission concluded that the State distribution utilities needed an
average nominal retail tariff of 6/kWh to cover their 2013-14 cost-of-supply. This translates to over31 cents/kWh based on World Banks
Purchasing Power Parity for India in that period. Clearly, electricity is relatively very expensive in India already. The low consumption at subSaharan levels corroborates this bitter truth. While I have consistently supported tariff reform, I have equally consistently opposed mindless
increases in retail tariffs. Vested interests have, however, successfully equated tariff reform to mean tariff increase.
The Centres entry into bulk power generation and transmission in 1975 was prompted by the ideals of cooperative federalism supporting
resource constrained State governments. Today the CPSUs together with the private sector are the dominant force in the sector. This in
itself would not have been a cause of concern if independent regulation of the sector that commenced in 1998 had succeeded in its primary
objective of shaping a competitive and efficient power sector functioning transparently and offering a level rule-bound playing field to all
participants.
This has, unfortunately, not happened. Strong vested interests have reduced independent regulation to a mechanical cost-plus tariff
setting exercise with little transparency or justification for the underlying numbers. The playing field is tilted to serve these vested interests.
Reforms needed in Distribution sector:
I. They have to tackle the practice of giving free power. The bane of electricity distribution in India is our erratic monsoon that makes
states give free power to farmers. Free power meant to draw ground water. India is said to be the largest user of ground water for
agriculture.
Way forward:
(a) The state could restrict free power only to small farmers owning only one pump.
(b) A pilot project to test the possibility of providing meter based supply and charging tariff in accordance with consumption can
be tried in some areas.
(c)
Solar pumping should be considered for catering to agriculture demand, as it entails only a one-time capital subsidy and would
provide supply during the work hours on the farm.
II. The pump sets in use are in efficient and use excessive electricity.
Way forward:
(a) Lay down strict standards for pump sets and the DISCMOS might ensure the farmers are followed.
(b) Ban in efficient pumps.
III. Cross subsidies must be abolished. If farmers have to get free power,that is apolitical decision by the state government, it should bear
the cost completely.
IV. Political interference in pricing (Eventhough state SERCs have nominally independent) is significant
Way forward:
DISCOMS to take a fresh lok at the pricing methodology.Advance technologies like data nalytics and big data techniques can be
potentially used to make better forecasts and better pricing(electricity purchase) decisions.
V.Review all Discoms capacity addition plans:
This exercise should involve the following steps:
(a) Demand supply forecast for the next five to ten years,
(b) Make immediate, medium and long term power purchase plans along with details of already contracted capacity,
(c) Determine the current status of all contracted projects expected to be commissioned in next one to two years,
(d) Provide a rationale for procuring additional quantum, if any, in the context of the above measures.
Such an exercise will greatly help to achieve clarity about supply status as well as potential tariff increases in the future.
VI. Human resources and Training:
If we want to achieve the above issues man power recruitment and training in latest technologies are necessary.
Conclusion
AP Power sector is already is implementing five point agenda .That is
(a) Increasing power generation from local energy sources, (b) Improving interstate transmission network
(c) Enhancing use of renewable energy , (d) Implementing energy efficient measure
(e) Developing strong communication, IT and monitoring system

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STANDARDISATION OF CURRENT
TRANSFORMERS OF APTRANSCO
A wide variety of CT ratios and wide variety of CT secondary taps are using in a Substations
of APTRANSCO at each Voltage level.
400 KV Voltage level:
220 KV Voltage level:

132 KV Voltage level:

33KV Voltage level:

2 Models
400 KV Wing

3 Models

Construction Wing

4 Models

Transmission Wing

29 Models

Construction Wing

4 Models

Transmission Wing

28 Models

Construction wing

4 Models

Transmission Wing

18 Models

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ADE/APTRANSCO
Cell: 7382296933

It is causing inconvenient and creating more confusion. Maintaining the mandatory spares is the major investment and
creates dead investment and procurement of these CTs also more complex. Whenever the urgency requires availability of a
particular CT is more complex.
Now need for Standardization of Current Transformers and one or two models of CTs for each Voltage level and
adoptability for any application and to review the CT Parameters and adoptability universally.
CT Standardisation:
1.

The CT shall meets the requirement of IS 2705-1992, IEC 60044 and IEC 61369

2.

CT either dead tank or live tank shall be acceptable.

3.

SF6 CTs with polymer insulators trail basis shall be procured and performance to be studied.

4.

The CT ratios shall be achieved through secondary tapings only.

5.

Secondary ratio 1A is sufficient to meet all the requirements of Numerical relays and secondary Taps 0.83, 0.66, 0.625,
0.5775, 0.5, 0.375 shall be avoided.

6.

As per IS: 2705, for all relaying CTs shall be of accuracy class PS. Hence 5P20 core shall be replaced with PS Core from
400KV to 132KV Voltage range CTs.

7.

Now Management is reviewing the transmission losses on monthly basis. Hence, Class of accuracy for metering core
shall be 0.2S, ISF < 5 for all taps and the auxiliary CT/Reactor she all preferably be inbuilt construction of CT.

8.

Where ever 0.2S, 5VA, ISF<5 specified, it shall be separate CT secondary box shall be provided and this cannot be mix with
protection cores.

9.

CT performance is based on CT rated burden and the connected burden. The connected burden must be in between
25% to 100% of rated burden of CT. Hence, burden for Metering core shall be 15VA.

10. CT secondary resistance shall be CT ratio/200 at 750C and this is maximum value from 400KV to 132KV.
11. The CT secondary lead shall be used 15/16 SWG wire and shall carry minimum 2A continuously.
12. Cross section of primary conductor shall be offered as 1sq.mm < 2A only for Maximum CT ratio.
13. The extended primary current shall be suitable for 120% at maximum ratio and proportionate for other ratios.
14. Knee Point Voltage:
a.

400 KV Class CTs

Vknee = Ratio

b.

220 KV Class CTs

Vknee = Ratio(CT ratio > 1000A)

Vknee = 1.5 X Ratio (CT ratio<1000A)

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Man needs difficulties in life because they are necessary to enjoy the success. - A.P.J Abdul Kalam

c.

132 KV Class CTs

Vknee = Ratio

d.

33KV Class CTs

Vknee = Ratio/2

15. Magnetisation current (Imag) shall be as minimum as possible and should not cross 100mA at minimum ratio at Vknee
only and furnish the Imag value at Vknee/4, Vknee/2 and Vknee.
a.

400 KV Class CTs

20 mA at Max CT Ratio at Vknee

b.

220 KV Class CTs

25 mA at Max CT Ratio at Vknee

c.

132 KV Class CTs

30/25 mA at Max CT Ratio at Vknee

d.

33KV Class CTs

30 mA at Max CT Ratio at Vknee

16. Tan Delta & Capacitance Value for 132KV and above - It is better to adopt dielectric dissipation factor of whole mass of
insulation is in between 0.3% to 0.35% at 10kV, Um/root3 and 1.1Um/root3. Trend curve is to be studied from 10KV to
Um/root3 & 1.1Um/root3 insteps of 20%.
17. Power Frequency (PF) terminals shall be provided to measure Tan delta and capacitance.
18. It is preferable to use Aluminium Tank for either live tank or dead tank CTs to avoid rusting and failure in coastal area.
19. The secondary terminals shall be brought out at bottom to a whether proof (IP55) terminal Box and Brass Stud (ET)
Aluminium terminal markings shall be provided for core identification.
20. CT sealing with N2 gas cushion shall be provided at the top of CT above oil level and metal bellow also acceptable. Metal
Bellow type test reports shall be submitted.
21. CT short circuit fault level shall be taken as
a.

For 33KV = 25 KA for 3 sec

b.

For 132KV = 31.5KA for 3Sec

c.

For 220KV = 40KA for 1 sec

d.

For 400KV = 50KA for 1 sec

22. Minimum Total creep age distance of insulator bushing shall be followed 25mm per KV and whereas in coastal area 31.5mm per
KV shall be followed.
23. Inter turn insulation shall be meet the IEC specification and for PS class Current Transformers having a rated knee point e.m.f.
of greater than 450 volts, the rated with stand voltage for the inter-turn insulation shall be a peak voltage of 10 times of the
r.m.s. value of the specified knee point e.m.f. or 10KV peak, which ever the lower.
24. CT Secondary Boxes shall be provided 90 Degrees position to P1 (OR) P2 Terminals.
25. Up to 800A CT, single 30mm dia copper stud shall be provided and above 800A, double 300mm dia copper studs shall be
provided.
26. Clamps shall be supplied along with CTs. Any special clamps required that will be specified in the specification or at the time of
detailed engineering.
27. CT shall be suitable for Horizontal Transportation.
28. CT shall with stand all the stresses during transportation.

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"All of us do not have equal talent. But , all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents. - A.P.J Abdul Kalam

Towards Building Solar Andhra Pradesh

India is endowed with vast solar energy potential. About 5000 trillion KWH year is incident over Indias
land area with most parts receiving 4-7 KWH per square meter per day. Solar energy is environmentally
friendly as it has zero emission while generating electricity or heat. An energy security perspective, solar is
the most secure of all sources, since it is abundantly available.
To tap the solar energy in large scale, the Government of India lunched Jawaharlal National Solar
Mission (JNNSM) in 2010 as a part of National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). The mission has
set a target of 20,000 MWp by all means by 2022 initially and later revised the target to 1, 00,000 MWp
after NDA came to power in 2014 to become India the global leader in solar energy. The capacity proposed
to be achieved through 40GW of Roof top solar projects and 60 GW through large & medium scale solar
projects.
India also launched an International Solar Alliance (ISA) at the climate conference in Paris, France in
December 2015 with about 120 member countries.It would function from the National Institute of Solar
Energy in Gurgaon, NewDelhi to reduce the cost of finance and technology that is needed to deploy solar
power widely.

D.Ramanaiah Setty,
ADE/APTransco/VS/Hyd
Cell: : 9440810911

The following factors make Andhra Pradesh an ideal location for setting up solar power projects.
1)

Availability of about 300 sunny days in a year with solar insolation of

2)

The National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) has estimated 38.44 GW peak and solar potential wise 5th state in the country.

more than 5 KWH per square meter per day.

Apart from above, an efficient and strong evacuation infrastructure to facilitate distributed generation and best performing power
distribution companies APSPDCL and APEPDCL are added advantage.
I. Andhra Pradesh Solar Power Policy - 2015
In order to promote solar power, the government of Andhra Pradesh have issued solar policy orders vide G.O.MS No 8 dated 12-022015.The policy has set a target of 5000MW solar power addition by 2020. The capacity addition is planned through solar parks,
distributed generation, roof top and deploying solar powered agricultural pumpsets etc..
The policy 2015 classified the solar power projects as below.
1)

Solar power projects established by private parties / Genco and sale to Discoms with long term power purchase agreement (PPA
of 25Years). The developers are to be selected on a competitive bidding process. The target set is 2000MW

2)

Solar Power Projects established by private parties for captive use or for sale to third party within and outside the state.

3)

Solar Parks, the target set is 2500 MW.

4)

Solar roof top projects (SRPs)

5)

Solar Pumpsets.

It is envisaged that 50,000 solar powered pump sets will be operational by 2020 without any additional financial burden on the
farmers.
Incentives from the State Government :
a)

Transmission and Distribution charges shall be exempted for wheeling of power generated from solar power project for captive use
and third party sale within the state.

b)

Distribution losses shall be exempted for solar power project injecting at 33 kV or below irrespective of voltage level of the delivery
point within the DISCOMS.

c)

Banking of energy shall be permitted for all the captive and open access/schedule consumers during all the 12 months of the year
at charges in kind @2% of the energy delivered at the point of drawal. Drawals are not permitted from the banked energy from 1st
February to 30th June.

d)

Open access : Intrastate open access clearance for the whole tenure of the project of 25 years whichever is earlier will be granted
within 21 days by APTransco / Discoms. If no intimation within 21days from agency , the application shall be considered to be
deemed open access.

e)

Electricity Duty: Electricity duty is exempted to Solar power projects (SPPs) established under this policy for sale within the state.

f)

Cross Subsidy surcharge is exempted to SPPs established under this policy for 5 years from the date of commissioning for third
party sales within the state.

g)

Scheduled consumers shall avail reduction in contract demand for a period of 5 years from the date of commissioning of the project.

h)

Renewable energy certificate will be issued subject to applicable guidelines.

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i)

Grid connectivity Evacuation facility will be issued within 14 days from the date of receipt of the application.

j)

Deemed industry status for the all solar power projects established under this policy and therefore incentives available to
industrial units under different schemes of Industries development can be availed.

k)

Deemed public private partnership status for a cat A solar power projects.

l)

Deemed non agricultural status for the land where SPP will be accorded approvals on payment of applicable statutory fees.

m)

All SPPs under this policy granted must run status.

n)

Land owned by revenue department can be procured by solar power project developers as per the prevailing policy of
government.

o)

Solar power projects are exempted from obtaining any NOC/Consent from AP pollution control board.
Nodal agency:

New and Renewable energy development corporation of AP limited (NREDCAP) shall act as Nodal agency for operating the
single window clearance system in all approvals in connection with establishment of solar power projects. All approvals/ clearances
shall be disposed within 30 days from the date of registration.
Administrative approvals & fees which are payable are as below.
Upto 5 KWp

Rs 1000/-

5KWp to 100 KWp

Rs 5000/-

100KWp to 1000 KWp

Rs 10,000/-

1000 KWp

Rs 10,000 per 1000 KWp

Rs. 25 per KWp shall be paid for single window clearance support
to Nodal Agency

Incentives to solar manufacturers.

Priority allotment of government land in solar parks on long term lease and excemption of electricity duty for a period of 10
years for solar manufacturing industries.
II. Solar Rooftop Policy /Guidelines
All registered companies, Government entities, partnership companies / Firms / individual, Group or associations and all consumers
of AP Discoms are eligible for setting up solar roof top projects(SRP). The generated energy from these projects may sell to Discom
through net metering/gross metering scheme or use it for captive use.
SRP of capacity lower than or equal to 56KWp shall be connected to LT (415V) level of distribution network. SRP of capacity
above 56KWp and up to 1000 KW shall be connected at 11KV or 33KV level of distribution network.
Requirements:1)

A minimum vacant roof area of 10 sq. meters or 100 Sq.ft is required for installation of 1KWp system

2)

The consumer shall install bi-directional meter of single phase or three phases.

3)

All the equipment shall comply the norms or standards of MNRE / APTRNSCO / AP Discoms.

General Infromation
1)
Developers may choose either net or gross metering option for sale of power to AP..Discoms. Applicable tariff for either
of the cases is equal to the average cost to serve (ACoS) of the Discoms as determined by APERC every year.
2)
Developer will have to apply only through online mode to the Discom Either on their websites / with help of designated
Mee Seva / Customer Service Centers (CSCs)
3)

Maximum allowable capacity under single phase is 3KWp and capacity under 3 phase LT category is 56KWp.

4)

The eligible subsidy shall be processed through NREDCAP (Nodal Agency ) or channel partners of MNRE, GOI.

5)

No prior approval of chief electrical inspector general (CEIG) is required in case of SRP of capacity up to 10KW.

6)
No distribution losses and charges applicable to SRP. However, the registration and facilitation fee is to be paid to nodal
agency NREDCAP.
7)
Pre-existing SRPs prior to issue of this policy with or without batteries support are also allowed to avail net meeting
facility, But not eligible to subsidy.
Technical Feasibility:Discoms shall accord feasibility approval to consumer on a first come first serve basis .The study shall be under taken within
seven working days from the date of receipt of applications. In absence of any intimation from the Discom within 7 days, it shall be
considered as deemed approval.
Feasibility study and inspection shall be responsibility of ADE in case of LT services and DE (M&P) & DE(Operation) in case of
HT services. Synchronisation / connectivity approvals are to be given by ADE / operation for LT services and SE / operation for HT
Service.

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Agreement and SRP Installation:Within 15days of issuing technical feasibility, the SRP developer has to enter an specified agreement with Discom. If agreement
is not entered, application is deemed to be cancelled.
The SRP shall be installed within 3Months from the date of agreement. In case of any delay beyond three months only one time
extension of 15 days will be considered and after which the agreement shall be deemed terminated.
Pre -Commission check and commissioning of SRP:
The Discom authorities shall inspect the system within 10 working days from the date of request received from developer. In
absence of the response within stipulated time, it shall be considered as deemed inspection approval.
Metering and Synchronization
A single bi-directional meter shall be installed for export and import. Check meter is to be provided if SRP capacity is more
than 10 KWp. AP Discoms shall provide meter on cost basis and developers may also procure from open market. If the metering
equipment is purchased by the developer from open market, the same is to be tested at approved standard laboratories at
developer cost only.
Energy Settlement and Billing
Energy settlement shall be done on monthly basis. The developer has to choose either for net metering or gross metering at the
time of registering applications.
Net Metering: The energy generated from SRP shall be adjusted against the consumption. In case of excess energy injected into
network, excess energy will be carried forward and settlement will be done at the price of ACoS in every quarter. In case of excess
consumption, payment to Discoms shall be done for the difference energy with applicable tariff.
Gross Metering: SRP developer will be paid on monthly basis at the price of ACOS and developer shall pay for the energy
consumed at applicable tariff to DISCOM. Independent meter shall be provided for generation consumption of SRP.
Limit
The energy injection from SPV is limited to 20% CUF/PLF of the capacity to avoid misuse. Billing process will start within one
month/ next billing cycle after synchronization of the plant.
Grid Connectivity and Evacuation Facility:
The developer shall bear the entire cost of construction of power evacuation facility from the project up to the inter connection
point of APTRANSCO/DISCOM network. Developer will be exempted from paying the supervision charges to APTRANSCO/
DISCOM towards evacuation infrastructure from the project site to inter connection point . The SRP capacity is limited to
1000KWp at a single location.
Date of enforceability of the agreement
The agreement will be in a force for a period of 25 years or up to tenure of the project whichever is earlier from the date of
commencement of the agreement.
Termination of Agreement
1)
The SRP shall be installed within three months from the date of agreement. In case of any delay beyond three months, one
time extension of 15 days shall be provided after which the agreement shall be deemed terminated.
2)

The developer can terminate the agreement at any time by providing DISCOM with 90 days prior notice.

3)
DISCOM has the right to terminate the agreement on 30 days prior written notice for breach of agreement and it does
not find remedy with in 30 days of notice.
III. Development of Solarparks and ultra mega solar power projects.
The Scheme for development of solar parks and ultramega solar power projects has been rolled out by MNRE on 12-12-2014.
This scheme envisages supporting the states in setting up solar parks at various locations in the country. The solar parks will
provide suitable developed land with all clearances, transmission system, water access, road connectivity, communication network
etc. The capacity of the solar parks shall be 500 MWp and above.
It is proposed to set up at least 25 solar parks and ultra mega solar power projects targeting over 20,000 MW with in a span
of 5 years starting from 2014-2015.
The solar parks will be developed in collaboration with the state governments and their agencies. The choice of implementing
agency for developing and maintaining park is left to state governments. The implementing agency will be sanctioned a grant of up
to Rs.25 lakh/ park for preparing DPR of solar park. Thereafter, application may be made by the implementing agency to solar
energy corporation of India (SECI) for the grant of upto Rs 20 lakhs/MWp or 30% of the project cost including grid connectivity
cost whichever is lower.
Government of Andhra Pradesh had established M/s AP Solar Power Corporation Private Limited, a Joint Venture Among SECI,
APGENCO and NREDCAP. It is setting up a solar parks of capacity 3500 MWp at Ananthapur , Kadapa and Kurnool districts. M/
s NTPC planned to set up 1000 MWp in the said solar parks. APGENCO is establishing 500 MWp Solar Project.

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IV. Implementation of solar pumping programme for irrigation.

The Government of Andhra Pradesh launched a major program for irrigation with solar powered pumps. The MNRE, GOI will
provide financial assistance for the scheme and the balance amount are to be paid by the state government and beneficiaries.
Beneficiary funded pump sets:
MNRE would provide Rs 32,400 per HP for AC pumps and Rs.40, 500 per HP for AC pumps and Rs 40,500 per HP for DC
pumps for 3 HP and 5 HP pump sets. Remaining costs will be borne by the farmer.
Additional finance from other government department.
The departments like ITDA, Agricultural, Horticulture etc may provide additional financial assistance for the pump sets in
addition to the MNRE subsidy.
Pump sets funded by AP DISCOMS :
Farmers whose applications for release of connections are pending with the APDISCOMs would be given priority under this
scheme.
For 5HP AC Pump sets (Rs) For 3 HP AC Pump sets (Rs)

Percentage of share

1. MNRE Subsidy

1,62,000

97,200

32%

2 DISCOM Share

73,500

48054

15%

3 Funding requirements

2,10,700

1,43,070

43%

4 Beneficiary share(Farmer)

49,000

32,036

10%

4,90,000

3,20,360

Total

Technical feasibility will be granted after a joint inspection of the farmers premises/land by a team of Discoms and NREDCAP
officials.
V. Central Finance Assitance (CFA) and other incentives to solar projects :
L

No CFA will be provided for commercial and industrial establishments in the private sector.

L
For all other sector, 30% of the bench mark cost of MNRE will be given as CFA for general category states/ UT and 70%
of bench mark cost for special category states.
Besides CFA, the following benefits are also available for installation of Grid connected Roof Top and small power plants in the
country.
1)

Accelerated depreciation benefits for industrial and commercial buildings.

2)

Customs duty concessions and excise duty exemption.

3)

10 years tax holiday.

4)

Provisions of bank loans as a part of home loan/home improvement loan.

5)

Loans for system aggregators from IREDA at concessional interest rate (9.9% - 10.75%)

6)

Loans available up to 15 Cr. for renewable projects and up to Rs 10 lakhs for individual loans under priority sector lending.

VI. APERC directions

A quantum of 0.25% out of the 5% quantum of Renewable Power Purchase Obligation (RPPO) specified shall be purchased as
solar RPPO by the Discoms and other open access users.
VII. Other important information
The intending private developers shall submit the grid connectivity application in the prescribed format to APTRANSCO/
Discoms under copy to NREDCAP.
For a Plant capacity of 1 MW to 10 MW at 33 KV level and below, the application may be filed to The Chief General Manager/
IPC/Hyderabad commercial of respective DISCOMS.
For plant capacity above 10 MW at EHT levels, the application may be field to the ED/Planning//VS/ APTRANSCO/Hyderabad.
A Non refundable application fee of Rs. 2 lakhs plus service tax as applicable up to 10 MW is to be paid .
VIII . Progress of solar power plants in Andhra Pradesh as on 30.11.2015
The total installed capacity of solar power projects of all types is 283.74 MWp as on 30.11.2015. Power Purchase agreements
have been signed for another 614 MWp and 350 MWp likely to be commissioned by 31-03-2016.
APGENCO is also sanctioned 5 MWp project on canal bank and NREDCAP for 1 MWp on canal top as pilot cum demonstration
projects with central financial assistance.
The rapid development of solar energy in Andhra Pradesh certainly make more energy secure and convert to green Andhra
Pradesh under the visionary leadership of Honble chief minister Sri. N. Chandra Babu Naidu garu.

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Photo Gallery

General Council meetings held on 18.3.2015 and 20.7.2015

APSEBEA extending solidarity to Dharna conducted by relieved employees

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To give real service, you must add somthing which cannot be bought or measured with money.- Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya

APSEBEA request Hon'ble C.M. Sri Nara Chandrababu

APSEBEA requesting early bifurcation of employees between
A.P & T.S. power utilities by involving Central Government and T.S. Naidu garu for payment of 58.32% salaries to T.S. relieved
employees on humanitarian grounds on 26.9.2015.
Government on 17.3.2015 (before official meeting held on
20.3.2015)

APSEBEA expresses special thanks to Hon'ble Union Ministers

Sri M. Venkaiah Naidu garu, Sri Sujana Chowdhary garu and Sri Ashok
Gajapathi Raju garu towards their involvement at each step in New Delhi.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.- Mother Teresa

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Separation of Carriage & Content in Power Distribution

Constraints in Implementation
Intoduction:
1.

With an intention to make viable the Distribution arm of the Power sector value chain, by unbundling
the power distribution sector into two functionally distinct activities of Network business &
Retail Supply business with separate licensing provisions, the central government has proposed
the Electricity Amendment Bill - 2014 trying to bring certain amendments to the existing Electricity
Act -2003. The proposal popularly known as separate carriage and content in distribution aims
at opening the Retail supply business to competition. There could be multiple supply licensees in the
content business and carriage activity will be continued as a regulated business. The Bill also has a
duty to connect, supply to request clause for last-mile supply.Opening the sector will ensure the
supply of power is in line with market realities, said an executive at a distribution company. The
proposal of the Central Govt. has been receiving mixed response from various stakeholders in view
of the challenges and constraints that may arise while implementing the provisions.

A.V.L.K.Jagannadh
Sarma
ADE- APEPDCL
Cell: 9492035765

2.

As per the international experience from certain quarters of the globe, the general perception is that the electricity sector will
become viable through commercialization of the distribution sector, which can only be feasible if content is separated from the
carriage whereby the distribution network can be assigned to a licensee on similar lines as the central transmission utility and state
transmission utility have been assigned for the development of transmission network. The content (sale of power) may be opened to
competition at the taluka and district levels, while in towns and cities, there could be multiple players.

3.

As per the provisions of the existing Act, retail competition is allowed through providing Open Access facility to all intending
consumers with a load of 1 MW & above. If the proposed amendments are enacted, all the Consumers including lowest slab in
Domestic sector will have a choice to choose their supplier. The Ministrys move to amend the Electricity Act, 2003, is aimed at
enhancing competition in retail electricity supply.

4.

According to the proposed amendment;

G

The distribution licensee will have an obligation to provide a connection when demanded by any consumer, in its area of
distribution.

Incumbent supply licensees (the Existing Distribution Company for some time) will have an obligation to serve all consumers in
its area of supply.

The subsequent licensee will need a service obligation to supply, on demand, to all consumers at the specified voltage level for
which the supply license has been granted to it. Existing intra-state traders will be treated as deemed supply licensees, with a
service obligation to supply, on demand, to all consumers at the specified voltage.

Functional Segregation between Network Retail Supply in Distribution Sector:

Segregation of different functions/activities in the power distribution sector which may fall in either of the Network activity or Retail
Supply activity or both with certain degree of overlap is listed as below.
Sl.No

Parameter / Control Item

Activity falling under

Network Operation, & Maintenance

Network

Expansion & Strengthening of Network System

Network

Meter Reading

Network

Billing

Retail Supply

Revenue Collection

Retail Supply

Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) Losses

Both Entities / Conflict

Power Purchase

Retail Supply

Constraints in Implementation::
F

Separate Bills have to be generated to each consumer for Network activity and Retail supply activities for network charges
and electricity consumption charges. Otherwise, retail Supply Company may generate bills for both the activities, collect the
bills and reimburse the portion of the bills pertaining to Network Company.

Who is responsible for Energy Audit and reduction of Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses which includes
collection efficiency as well? All the distribution projects presently undertaken by the utilities with the loan/grant from

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Central Govt. are having a link to AT&C loss reduction. In that case whose responsibility is to reduce AT&C Losses?
F

Tremendous amount of coordination is required between Network company and Retail supply company at lower level staff, which
is next to impossible. If this activity of billing & collections is not properly done, it may lead to chaotic situations.

In our distribution systems, the no. of consumers is in crores i.e. in large quantum with low levels of consumption. Most of the consumers are
also from rural areas. How to create awareness in that vast number of consumers about the segregation of network & Retail supply activity
in power distribution.

Present Consumer Grievance redressal mechanism in distribution sector looks after all types of complaints such as Billing related and
Standards of Performance (SOP), power supply outages related etc. With the proposed segregation, there will be confusion about consumer
complaints redressal i.e. who has to look after billing complaints and who has to look after SOP norms etc.

There could be overlap of functions with regard to who has to book/register cases on unauthorized use of Electricity u/s 126 of the Electricity
Act - 2003 and Theft of Electricity (u/.s 135).

There is a lot of requirement of sharing of data / information between the two segregated entities with regard to Load Forecasting,
Distribution Planning & preparation of Resource Plans.

Awareness creation in Consumers of lower slabs in Domestic and low income group, low consumption groups in other categories particularly
from Rural areas, with regard to the available options of Retail Suppliers available in the market etc. is a Herculean task.

As Electricity is a concurrent subject, such a model should be implemented after wide consultations with stakeholders, including
state governments, state utilities, consumers and non-governmental organizations.

Smaller states, especially hilly states, might need separate treatment and the model might need to be modified accordingly. Consumers
should not be burdened with dealing with two licensees separately. Network related charges in the Billing are to be paid back to the
network licensee.

Conclusion:
In view of the complex requirements as stated above, and required
credible balancing & settlement mechanisms between the network
company & retail supply company, presence of low degree of market
maturity in the retail electricity markets int he Country, necessity to deal
with large number of consumers with low consumption levels, requirements
of creation of widespread consumer awareness, segregation of
Distribution is not to be considered in the present circumstances. Instead,
the Govt. should focus on taking the electricity to each and every household
in the country (even now 30% to 40% ) households in India do not have
access to Electricity, and build robust Distribution network for the service
of the retail consumers.

Interface between Network operator and retail supplier

AIPEF Meeting held on 28.6.2015 at New Delhi

AIPEF Office Bearers meet with Piyush Goel, Union

Minister for Energy on Electricity Amendment Bill

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Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.- Swami Vivekananda

SPECIAL ENERGY METERS & TARIFF METERING

1. ENERGY METER
Energy Meter is a device used for measuring, indicating and recording consumption of electricity in the
electrical system.
IS-14697 specifies the standard for AC static transformer operated watt-hour meters of accuracy class
0.2s, 0.5s and 1.0s for the measurement of alternating current electrical active energy of frequency in the
range of 45 Hz to 55 Hz for single phase and three phase balanced and unbalanced loads. The following are
the terms related to Meter quantities:
a)
Basic Current (Ib):
It is the value of current in accordance with which the relevant performance of the meter is fixed.
The Standard basic currents shall be 1 A or 5 A.
T.V.V.D.V.PRASAD
b)
Rated Maximum Current (I Max):
ADE (Electrical),
It is the highest value of current at which the meter purports to meet the accuracy requirements of Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad.
this standard, when this current passes continuously in the meter. The rated maximum currents shall
Cell: 9491045270
be 1.2, 1.5 or 2 times of basic current.
c)
Class Index:
A number which gives the limits of the permissible percentage error, for all values of current between 0.05 Ib and Imax for unity
power factor when the meter is tested under reference conditions.
d)
Percentage error:
The percentage error is given by the following formula:
Percentage error = (Energy registered by the meter) (True
Energy) x 100
True Energy
Test points for initial & periodical testing of the meters:
The limitations of the errors due to variation of the current were
defined in the standards. The testing of the meters shall be carried out
at the specified test points as mentioned in the table below as per IS14697.
2.

SPECIAL ENERGY METERS

2.1.

What is Availability Based Tariff (ABT)?

The term Availability Based Tariff stands for a rational tariff structure for power supply from generating stations on a contracted
basis. The power plants have fixed and variable cost. The fixed cost elements are interest on loan, return on equity,
depreciation, O&M expenses, insurance, taxes, and interest on working capital. The variable cost comprises of the fuel cost, i.e.
coal and oil in case of thermal plants, and nuclear fuel in case of nuclear plants.

2.1.1. In the Availability Tariff mechanism, the fixed and variable cost components are treated separately. The payment of fixed cost to
the generating company is lined to the availability of the plant, that is its capability to deliver MWs on a day-by-day basis. The total
amount payable to the generating company over a year towards the fixed cost would depend on the average availability (MW
delivering capability) of the plant over the year. In case the average actually achieved over the year is higher than the specified
norm for plant availability, the generating company would get a higher payment. In case the average availability achieved is lower,
the payment would be lower. Hence, it is named as Availability Tariff. This is the first component of Availability Tariff, and is termed
as capacity charge.
2.1.2. The second component of Availability Tariff is the energy charge, and this would comprise of the variable cost (that is fuel cost)
of the power plant for generating energy as per the given schedule for the day. It may be particularly noted that energy charge
is not according to the actual generation and plant output, but is for the schedule (for example if a power plant delivers 600 MW
while it was scheduled to supply only 500 MW), the energy charge payment would be for scheduled generation (500 MW) only,
and the excess generation (100 MW) would be paid for at a certain rate which would depend on the system conditions prevailing
at that time. If the grid has surplus power at that time and frequency is above 50.0 cycles, the rate would be small. If the excess
generation is at a time of generation deficit in the system (in which condition the frequency would be below 50.0 cycles), the
payment for extra generation would be at a high rate.
2.1.3. To summarize, the Availability Tariff would comprise of three components:
a)
b)
c)

Capacity charge, towards reimbursement of the fixed cost of plant, linked to the plants capability to supply MWs,
Energy charge, to reimburse the fuel cost for scheduled generation, and
A payment for deviations from schedule, at a rate dependent on system conditions. The last components would be
negative in case the power plant is delivering less power than scheduled.

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The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain and the whole world is at your feet.
- Swami Vivekananda

2.2.

Regulatory requirements for metering:

2.2.1. CEA metering regulations 2006 (Installation and Operation of Meters) provide for type, standards, ownership, location, accuracy
class, installation, operation, testing and maintenance, access, sealing, safety, meter reading and recording, meter failure or discrepancies,
anti tampering features, quality assurance, calibration and periodical testing of meters, additional meters and adoption of new
technologies in respect of following meters for correct accounting, billing and audit of electricity:
(i) Interface meter, (ii) Consumer meter, (iii) Energy accounting and audit Meter
Meter:
Meter means a device suitable for measuring, indicating and recording consumption of electricity or any other quantity related with
electrical system and shall include, wherever applicable, other equipment such as Current Transformer (CT), Voltage Transformer (VT) or
Capacitor Voltage Transformer (CVT) necessary for such purpose.
The accuracy class of Current transformers (CTs) and Voltage transformers (VTs) shall not be inferior to that of associated meters.
Interface Meter:
Meter used for accounting and billing of electricity, connected at the point of interconnection between electrical systems of generating
company, licensee and consumers, directly connected to the Inter-State transmission System or Intra-State Transmission System who
have to be covered under ABT and have been permitted open access by the Appropriate Commission.
a)

Main Meter means a meter, which would primarily be used for accounting and billing of electricity.

b)

Check Meter means a meter, which shall be connected to the same core of the Current Transformer (CT) and Voltage
Transformer (VT) to which main meter is connected and shall be used for accounting and billing of electricity in case of failure
of main meter.

c)

Standby Meter means a meter connected to CT and VT, other than those used for main meter and check meter and shall be
used for accounting and billing of electricity in case of failure of both main meter and check meter.

2.2.2.

Accuracy Class of Meters

Every meter shall meet the following requirements of accuracy class as specified in the standards.
S.No
1
2

Type of meter
Interface Meter
Consumer meters
a) Upto 650 Volts
b) Above 650 Volts & upto 33kV
c) Above 33kV
Energy accounting and audit meters
a) Generating stations (for gross generation)
b) Transmission system
c) Distribution system

Class of Accuracy
0.2s
1.0s or better
0.5s or better
0.2s
0.2s
0.2s
0.5s

2.2.3. For ABT billing mechanism, some additional parameters are required when compared to an ordinary Tri-vector meter. The regulatory
commission (CERC) has specified the parameters required for ABT billing, which were named as Special Energy Meters (SEMS).
SEMs are being provided at all the interconnection points for ABT billing.
2.2.4. Functional Requirements of SEMs:
The Interface meters suitable for ABT shall be static type, composite meters, as self contained devices for measurement of active
and reactive energy, and certain other parameters as described in the following paragraphs.
a)

b)

c)
d)

The meters shall be suitable for being connected directly to voltage transformers (VTs) having a rated secondary line-to-line
voltage of 110 V, and to current transformers (CTs) having a rated secondary current of IA or 5A. The reference frequency
shall be 50Hz.
The meters shall have a non-volatile memory in which the following shall be automatically stored:
i.
Average frequency for each successive 15-minute block, as a two digit code (00 to 99 for frequency from 49.0 to
51.0Hz).
ii.
Net Wh transmittal during each successive 15-minute block, up to second decimal, with plus/minus sign.
iii.
Cumulative Wh transmittal at each midnight, in six digits including one decimal.
iv.
Cumulative VArh transmittal for voltage high condition, at each midnight, in six digits including one decimal.
v.
Cumulative VArh transmittal for voltage low condition, at each midnight, in six digits including one decimal.
vi.
Date and time blocks of failure of VT supply on any phase, as a star (*) mark.
The meters shall store all the above listed data in their memories for a period of at least ten days. Each meter shall have an
optical port on its front for tapping all data stored in its memory using a hand held data collection device.
The meter shall be suitable for transmitting the data to remote location using appropriate communication medium.

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India. - Swami Vivekananda

e)

There shall be two reactive energy registers, one for the period when average RMS voltage is above 103% and the other for
the period the voltage is below 97%.
f)
The 15-minute Wh shall have a +ve sign when there is a net Wh export from substation busbars, and a ve sign when there
is a net Wh import.
g)
The integrating (cumulative) registers for Wh and Varh shall move forward when there is Wh/Varh export from substation
busbars, and backward when there is an import.
h)
The meters shall operate with the power drawn from the VT secondary circuits, without the need for any auxiliary power
supply.
i)
Each meter shall have a built-in calendar and clock, having an accuracy of 30 seconds per month or better. (Further, the
maximum drift per annum permissible in the Real Time clock shall be 2 minutes as per the IS 14697)
j)
The meters shall be totally sealed and tamper-proof, with no possibility of any adjustment at site, except for a restricted clock
correction.
k)
The harmonics shall be filtered out while measuring Wh, Var and VArh, and only fundamental frequency quantities shall be
measured/computed.
2.2.5. Being the CTU (Central Transmission Utility), Power Grid has installed the SEMs at all the inter-state interconnection points. The
display parameters available in the meters are as follows.
Sl.No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Display Parameters
Meter Serial No
Date (year month day)
Time (hour min. sec. )
Cumulative Wh reading
Average frequency of the last block
Net Wh transmitted in last block
Average % voltage
Reactive power (VAR)
Voltage - high VARh register reading
Voltage - low VARh register reading

Display Format
xxxxxxx
yymmdd
hhmmss
xxxxx.x
xx.xx
xx.xx
xx.xx
xxxx.x
xxxx.x
xxxx.x

Indicator
A
d
t
C
F
E
U
r
H
L

1.
TARIFF METERING IN ANDHRA PRADESH
3.1.
What is an ABT meter?
Strictly speaking there is no meter called ABT meter. It is nothing but the Special Energy Meter. But from the beginning we are
using the terminology as ABT meter. In the state of Andhra Pradesh, the usage of the term ABT meter became as standard
practice, such that, if any body says SEMS, many people cannot recognize what meter it is.
As the requirement of APTransco & Discoms is somewhat different from the CTU (power grid), the display parameters will be
more in the SEM used for the interconnection points in the Intra-state transmission system & for the open access consumers in
the state of AP.
3.2.
The following interconnection points are being provided with Special Energy Meters (SEMS) / ABT meters in the state of Andhra
Pradesh, which are the tariff metering boundary points.
a)
Generation to Transmission (G-T) boundary points (Generators at 132KV & above)
b)
Transmission to Distribution (T-D) boundary points
i.
LV side of the 132/33 KV or 220/33 KV power transformers
ii.
For the EHT consumers on the out going feeders at APTransco SS
c)
Generation to Distribution (G-D) boundary points (Generators at 33KV & below)
d)
Entities that are availing open access.
3.3.
How to know whether the available meter is having ABT features or not by seeing the display parameters?
3.3.1. Verification for the 15 minutes integration period.
Check the rising demand counter (RD) in the display parameters. It shows the total integration period and the elapsed time along
with the demand. With this we can ascertain whether the meter is having 15 minutes integration period or not.
3.3.2. Verification of NET active power register.
3.3.3. Verification of Varh High & Low registers.
Generally these registers will be denoted by Hi & Lo and may change from manufacturer to manufacturer.
3.3.4. Verification of Block wise Average frequency register.
3.4.
If the above said registers are not able to identified or in case of any ambiguity, the same parameters can be verified from the load
profile / billing parameters in the MRI data.
2. LATEST TRENDS IN APTRANSCO & DISCOMS
AMR (Automatic Meter Reading) project for all the boundary points (G-T, T-D & G-D) is being implemented by AP Transco & it
is in validation stage. In APEPDCL, AMR project has already been implemented for HT consumers.
Latest technologies are being adopted by DISCOMs for L.T. consumer meter reading to avoid mal practices & human intervention.
One of such technologies is Meters with IR (Infrared) port which is a point to point communication. The following are the other
technologies available for L.T. consumer meter reading for which studies were already carried out by APDISCOMs.
a. Meters with RF (radio frequency) technology with Mesh communication
b. Pre-paid Metering system.

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Bifurcation Process
Date
29.05.2014

30.05.2014
14.07.2014

05.08.2014

26.11.2014
20.12.2014
21.01.2015
19.02.2015

17.03.2015

Event Details
Go.Ms No: 25,Dt.29.05.2014: Issued by Honble Governor of AP
A new Generation Company for Telangana i.e TGGenco is formed with Assets and liabilities along with employees as per
section 53 of APRA,2014 and employees in head quarters allocated temporarily to successor companies. The clause
included in the GO that :: The guidelines meant for Government employees shall be followed for permanent transfer of
Employees between APGENCO & TGGENCO.
Go.Ms No: 26,Dt.29.05.2014: Issued by Honble Governor of AP
A new Transmission Company for Telangana i.e TSTransco is formed with Assets and liabilities along with employees as
per section 53 of APRA,2014 and employees in head quarters allocated temporarily to successor companies.The clause
included in the GO :: The guidelines meant for Government employees shall be followed for permanent transfer of
Employees between APTransco & TGTransco.
Go.Ms No: 24, Dt.29.05.2014: Issued by Honble Governor of AP
Two districts of Anantapur and Kurnool fall within the residuary of AP , in accordance with APRA,2014 and reassigned
the distribution business of these two districts to the APSPDCL from erstwhile APCPDCL. The Assets and liabilities
along with posts and employees are reassigned temporarily to APSPDCL as per section 53 of Act and about 26.31% of
employees in erstwhile APCPDCL corporate office were allocated to APSPDCL corporate office. Further, new distribution
company for Telangana i.e TSSPDCL is formed with remaining districts of erstwhile APCPDCL.
In the Board meeting of APtransco and in the 1st board meeting of TS Transco have discussed G.Os and resolutions were
passed for adopting of the guidelines as per the GO.Ms.No.26,Dt.29.05.2014 for TS Transco.
Representation of APSEBEA to Honble C.R Kamalanatthan Committee:Option shall be given to all employees
including zonal recruits in the engineering service and preference shall be given to medical and spouse cases. No
supernumerary posts be created and original seniority shall be protected. Option process shall be transparent like in
EAMCET counseling. Guidelines for merger of Anantapur and Kurnool districts shall also be mentioned clearly.
Draft guidelines Dtd.25.07.2014 of Honble C.R Kamalanatthan Committee:The allocation shall be done in
order of seniority as available on June 01, 2014. Those who have opted, who are local candidates relatable to the State
to which they have opted, shall, in order of their seniority, be considered for allocation first. If allocable posts in that
category remain, others will be considered in reverse order of seniority by allotting the junior most. Vacant posts
allocated to a State shall not be used to allot a person unless there are more employees who are local candidates of that
State.
Representation of APSEBEA to Honble C.R Kamalanatthan Committee:1. Those who have opted, who are
Local /domicile candidates relatable to the State to which they have opted, shall, in order of their seniority, be considered
for allocation first.2. Further, those who have opted, who are not local candidates relatable to the State to which they
have opted, shall, in order of their seniority, be considered for allocation next.3. If allocable posts in that category still
remain, requests can be considered.4. If allocable posts in that category still further remain, and if no requests are
available, others will be considered in reverse order of seniority by allotting the junior most.Further severe medical
cases of all types and spouses working in DRDO,RCI,ECIL,ARCI,BHEL,HAL,NFC,NRSA, MIDHANI,SCCL etc shall be
considered preferentially while in option process. Vacant posts are to be set aside to that extent where promotions to
those posts are not issued due to pending seniority in the courts.
Final guidelines Dtd.29.10.2014 of Honble C.R Kamalanatthan Committee:The allocation shall be done in
order of seniority as available on June 01, 2014. Those who have opted, who are local candidates relatable to the State
to which they have opted, shall, in order of their seniority, be considered for allocation first. If allocable posts in that
category remain, then, others who have opted to the State may be allocated in order of seniority. If still posts remain
allocation will be made in reverse order of seniority Vacant posts or posts created subsequent to the appointed day by
either state Governments will be reckoned, if so desired by that state, for the purposes of final allotment of state
services employees.State service employees in Schedule IX and X Corporations were also included in the purview of
advisory committee.
DOPT Letter, 05.11.2014:Schedule IX and X Corporations are excluded from the purview of Honble C.R Kamalnathan
Committee.
AP Transco initiated correspondence with TS Transco for formation of Joint Committee for allocation of state cadre
employees between two successor entities.
TS Transco deputed 4 members to the Joint Committee.
TS Transco constituted a Common Committee for finalization of employees bifurcation unilaterally.
A Joint Committee consisting of 4 members each from Telangana State and A P State was constituted for finalization of
the Guidelines, after obtaining proposed names from TSTRANSCO and communicated to TSTRANSCO along with
proposed guidelines.
APSEBEA met with Honble Chief Minister & Chief Secretary and Secretary(Energy) and requested to finalize the
bifurcation process. In response to the above, the issue was raised before Central Government on 20-03-2015 and
Chief Secretary of T.S.Govt assured that no unilateral action from their side. The minutes entered by the Chief Secretaries

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06.06.2015
08.06.2015

of AP & TS , Energy secretaries of AP & TS in the presence of Sri A.K.Singh, Addl.Secy(CS ) are as follows.The division of
employees would be done as per section 82 of APRA,2014 by joint committee of power utilities of both states.The
Chief Secretary of A.P.Govt on 26-03-2015 has written a letter to the Chief Secretary of TS Govt regarding smooth
bifurcation of employees and requested to not to take any unilateral actions.Further, AP Transco has requested for
participation in joint committee meeting for finalization of employee allocation vide letters dated. 18.03.2015, 20.04.2015,
11.05.2015 & 26.05.2015.
Secretary (Energy) of TS Government has communicated the guidelines for TSPOWER Utilities for bifurcation of
employees unilaterally.
APSEBEA met with the Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh, Secretary(Energy) of both the states and CMDs of both the
states and submitted a representation on unilateral guidelines.The Chief Secretary of AP State has written a letter to
Central Government on 09-06-2015 on the issue of unilateral actions from other side.
Some of the employees working in T.S.Power utilities have approached to Honble High court of Hyderabad on
guidelines.Andhra native employees working in TSTransco. TSGenco, TSSPDCL & TSNPDCL are relieved on 10.06.2015
and the same published in website on11-06-2015. The Honble high court sitting single judge passed an order that status
quo as on 09.06.2015 shall be maintained.

12.06.2015 to
20.06.2015
APSEBEA met with the Honble Governor of AP & TS, the Honble Chief Minister of Andhrapradesh and Union Minister
for Urban Development on the issue.
25.06.2015 to
23.07.2015
APSEBEA met with the Honble Union Minister for Home, Shri Rajnathsingh garu; Union Minister for Urban Development,
shri M. Venkaiah naidu garu and Minister (state) shri sujana chowdary garu & Honble Governor of AP & TS and officials
of union Home ministry and DOPT in NEWDELHI and briefed the issue to resolve.A letter dated 08-07-2015 from
Ministry of Home affairs addressed to the chief secretaries of both the states for attending the meeting scheduled on
31-07-2015 in this regard. CMDs and Energy secretaries of both the states are also invited.The chief Secretary of AP has
written a letter to Home secretary for early conduction of meting and issue directions to maintain status quo as on
02-06-2014.ON 23-07-2015, Ministry of home affairs has requested the both the states to maintain status quo as on
01-06-2014 regarding all listed companies in schedule IX.
29-07-2015 to
22-08-2015
APSEBEA met with the Honble Union Minister for Home, Shri Rajnathsingh garu; Union Minister for Urban Development,
shri M. Venkaiah naidu garu and Minister (state) shri sujana chowdary garu and officials of union Home ministry and
DOPT in NEWDELHI.Argued with shri Jairam Ramesh for ambiguity with respect to Schedule IX & X organizations in
A.P.State Reorganisation act which lead to 1252 employees on to streets. APSEBEA has requested all party political
leaders and President of AIPEF to express solidarity for darna on 31-07-2015 conducted by Relived employees.On 0108-2015, The Chief Secretary of AP has written a letter to Home Secretary of union to settle the issue.On 01-08-2015,
Court Case is transferred to Division Bench comprising Judges Honble Sri Justice K.Subhash Reddy & Honble Sri
Justice A.Sankara narayana. Minutes were communicated by central government on 22-08-2015 by stating that the issue
is subjudice.
25-08-2015
Court directed orally that the central government has to file a counter and resolve the issue by 03-09-2015.
31-08-2015 to
02-09-2015
APSEBEA met with the Honble Union Minister for civil aviation, Shri Ashok gajapati Raju garu and officials of union
Home ministry in NEWDELHI to prepare and file a counter before honble High court.Counter was prepared by 01-092015 and filed on 02-09-2015 before honble High court.
03-09-2015 to
The bench of Honle Court heard the matter on 03-09-2015, 09-09-2015. 11-09-2015, 14-09-2015 & 18-09-2015 and
22-09-2015
made the following interim judgment on 22-09-2015 by making the earlier interim orders absolute, subject to the
following directions:(i) The petioner-employees, and all other employees who are relieved pursuant to impugned orders
in this batch of cases, shall be continued in service in the power utilities of the state of Telangana.(ii) Their salaries and
other emoluments as per their service conditions shall be borne by the state of AP and the state of Telangana in the
ratio of 58.32 : 41.68(iii) The principal Secretaries of the departments of Energy of both the states of Andhra Pradesh
and Telangana are directed to take suitable steps required for arranging payment of salaries and arrears of salaries of the
employees in the ratio of 58.32 : 41.68(iv) The arrears of salaries of such employees also shall be paid within a period of
four weeks from today in the same ratio i.e 58.32 : 41.68
26-09-2015 to
APSEBEA met Honble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and briefed the issue and to pay 58.32% of salaries to relieved
08-12-2015
employees. Honble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh has accepted the same and requested the power utilities employees
to work hard to reduce the energy losses and serve the people. As per the directions of Honble Chief Minister, 58.32%
of Arrears and Salaries are being paid to relieved employees by APTransco & APGenco.
10-12-2015
The Hon'ble Supreme Court requested High Court to hear the matter on 20.1.2016 on day-to-day basis to decide the
same expeditiously in accrodence with law. The case is posted to first week of February 2016.

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Important TOOs issued in 2015

TRANSMISSION CORPORATION OF ANDHRA PRADESH LIMITED
T.O.O. (Addl.Secy.-Per) Ms.No.4
Dated :06-01-2015
Subject / Content : Enhancement of Ex-gratia amount payable in the case of Non-Departmental Fatal Accidents to human beings (to
Rs. 2 Lakhs) and in the case of loss of animals (to Rs. 20,000/-) due to Electrocution Orders Issued.
T.O.O (Addl.Secy-Per)Ms.No.21

Dated:27-01-2015

Subject / Content : Sanction of Project Allowance in lieu of existing Difficult Area Allowance/Generation Allowance to APTRANSCO
Employees who are working in areas located at APGENCO Power Generating PlantsOrdersIssued.
APTRANSCO hereby orders that the Employees who are working in areas located at APGENCO Power Generating Plants shall be
paid Project Allowance in lieu of Difficult Area Allowance/Generating Allowance in Revised Pay Scales, 2014 as is being paid to
APGENCO employees as per the rates given below:
a) Thermal Stations and Gas
Generating Stations Plants

32.5% on minimum of ordinary

grade scale

b) Hydel Plants (Except Sileru

Complex)
Hydels & TBHES Plants

35.5% on minimum of ordinary

grade scale

c) Sileru
Machkund Hydel Generating
Stations and Talcher Plants.

52.5% on minimum of ordinary

grade scale

T.O.O (Addl.Secy-Per)Ms.No.23

Dt.27-01-2015.

Subject / Content : Enhancement of minimum pension for Rs. 7448/- per month in RPS 2014 to the pensioners/Family Pensioners of
APTRANSCOOrders Issued.
T.O.O (Addl.Secy-Per)Ms.No.82

Dt.16-04-2015

Subject / Content : AllowancesSanction of Corporate Allowance to the employees working in Corporate Office, APTRANSCO, @ 8% on
Minimum of Ordinary Grade Scale w.e.f. 1st April, 2015OrdersIssued.
T.O.O (Addl.Secy-Per)Ms.No.94

Dt.12-05-2015

Subject / Content : AllowancesHouse Rent AllowanceAdoption of Government orders in respect of the employees of
APTRANSCOOrdersIssued.
Hyderabad and Secunderabad classified as A1 City and areas falling within the jurisdiction of Greater
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation

30% of Basic Pay

Ananthapur, Eluru, Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool,
Nandyal, Nellore, Ongole, Proddatur, Rajahmundry, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Vizianagaram.

20% of Basic Pay

1. Srikakulam 2. Palasa, Kasibugga (Srikakulam Dist.) 3. Parvathipuram 4. Bobbili (Vizianagaram Dist.)

5. Tuni, 6.Samalkot, 7. Pithapuram 8. Mandapet, 9.Amalapuram (East Godavari Dist.) 10.Tadepalligudem,
11. Tanuku, 12.Bhimavaram, 13.Narasapur, 14.Palakole (West Godavari Dist.) 15.Jaggaiahpet,
16. Nuzvid, 17.Gudivada, 18.Machilipatnam (Krishna Dist.) 19. Macherla, 20.Piduguralla, 21. Tadepalle,
22. Mangalagiri, 23.Sattenapalle, 24. Vinukonda, 25. Narasaraopet, 26.Chilakaluripet, 27. Tenali,
28. Ponnur, 29. Bapatla, 30.Repalle (Guntur Dist.) 31. Markapur, 32. Chirala,

14.5% of basic pay

33.Kandukur (Prakasam Dist.), 34. Kavali 35. Gudur, 36.Venkatagiri (Nellore Dist.) 37. Badvel,
38.Jammalamadugu, 39. Pulivendla, 40. Rayachoti,41.Rajampet, (Kadapa Dist.) 42. Yemmiganur
43. Adoni, 44. Dhone (Kurnool Dist.), 45. Rayadurg, 46.Guntakal, 47. Tadipatri 48. Dharmavaram,
49. Kadiri, 50. Hindupur (Anantapur Dist.) 51. Srikalahasti, 52. Madanapalli, 53. Nagari, 54. Puttur,
55. Punganur, 56.Chittoor and 57. Palamaner (Chittoor Dist.)
Other Municipalities

12% of basic Pay

The above entitlement shall be subject to a ceiling of Rs.20,000 per month for employees working and living in the Greater Hyderabad
Municipal Corporation. For other places, the ceiling of HRA shall be Rs.15,000.
Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. - Isaac Newton

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T.O.O (Addl.Secy-Per)Ms.No.95

Dt.12-05-2015

Subject / Content : AllowancesCity Compensatory AllowanceRevision of RatesOrders Issued.

Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited hereby directs to implement the orders issued by the Government vide
reference 4th cited to the employees of APTRNASCO with effect from 02-06-2014 at the following rates:
Pay range in
Pay Scales,
2014

Rs.14,975/Rs.14,976 to
Rs.23,055
Rs.23,056 to
Rs.30,575
Above Rs.30,576

Greater Hyderabad
Muncipal Corporation

Other
Municipal
Corporations

(in Rupees)

Greater Visakhapatnam
Municipal
Corporation
& Vijayawada
(in Rupees)

400
600

250
350

200
300

700

450

350

1000

700

500

T.O.O (Addl.Secy-Per)Ms.No.164

(in Rupees)

Dt.29-07-2015

The other Municipal Corporations eligible for City Compensatory Allowance are: 1) Ananthapur; 2) Chittoor; 3) Eluru; 4) Guntur; 5)
Kakinada; 6) Kadapa; 7) Kurnool; 8) Nellore; 9) Ongole; 10) Rajahmundry; and 11) Tirupathi.
T.O.O (Addl.Secy-Per)Ms.No.129

Dt.17-06-2015.

Subject / Content : Sanction of two increments to the Employees recruited on contract basis between 2004-2006 and regularized after
01-04-2006Orders Issued.
T.O.O.(Addl.Secy.)/Ms.No.150
Dt:07-07-2015.
Subject / Content : Medical Credit Card facility Certain Instructions/ Guidelines for issue of credit card facility upto Rs.3,00,000/under the Self Funding Medical Scheme after expiry of the ceiling limit of Rs.2,00,000/- for life time Orders - Issued.
.
APTRANSCO hereby issues following Orders/ Guidelines, duly following the existing Medical Scheme for the benefit of Employees/
Pensioners/family pensioners and their dependents of APTRANSCO for inpatient treatment in Recognized Hospitals.
a.
A sum of Rs.3 lakhs (Rupees: Three lakhs only) per family per year shall be considered after expiry of the ceiling limit
of Rs.2 lakhs (Rupees: Two lakhs only) including minor ailments for life time and different major ailments covered
under existing medical scheme shall be issued credit card facility from the self funding medical scheme as per the
CGHS tariff.
b. Issue of credit card under self fund medical scheme on case by case basis as per need for in-patient treatment only.
c. The Additional credit card facility from self Funding Medical Scheme is subject to availability of funds for that year.
T.O.O(Addl.Secy-Per)Ms.No.151
Dt.07-07-2015
Subject / Content : Automatic Advancement SchemeAppointment to Special Promotion Post-1A, IBFurther OrdersIssued.
1)

APTRANSCO hereby orders that the orders issued by the erstwhile APSEB in B.P (P&G-Per) Ms.No.328, dt.13-09-1993 & B.P(P&GPer)Ms.No.360, dt.21-03-1996 are hereby cancelled and the orders issued vide T.O.O (Addl.Secy-Per) Ms.No.187, dt.11-08-2011 read
with T.O.O (Addl.Secy-Per) Ms.No.265, Dt.19-10-2011 shall be followed scrupulously.

2)

These orders are applicable from the date of issue and already settled cases shall not be re-opened.

T.O.O (Addl.Secy-Per)Ms.No.166
Dt.30-07-2015
Subject / Content : Payment of Dearness Relief on Family Pension & sanction of additional quantum of pension to the Pensioners/
Family Pensioners OrdersIssued.
1) APTRANSCO hereby orders that the employed Family Pensioner shall be entitled for payment of Dearness Relief on Family Pension
irrespective of the fact that he/ she is getting Dearness Allowance on his/ her pay. This provision, however, shall not be applicable to
the employees who are appointed on compassionate grounds.
2)

Further it is ordered that while consolidating the pension, the additional quantum paid to Pensioners/Family Pensioners on attaining
the specific ages, which is shown distinctly, should be ignored. However they are allowed Dearness Relief from time to time on the
quantum of additional pension.

T.O.O.(Addl.Secy-Per)Ms.No.161
Dated:23.07.2015.
Subject / Content :IR Samaikyandhra movement Strike by the employees of AP Transco Regularization of strike period as Special
Causal Leave Orders Issued.
T.O.O.(Addl.Secy.-Per) Ms.No.267

Dt.2411-2015

Subject / Content : - Enhancement of maximum limit of Retirement gratuity from Rs.8,00,000/- to Rs.10,00,000/- Revised Orders of the
Government - Adopted - Orders Issued.

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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.- Galileo Galilei

T.O.O.(Addl.Secy-Per)Ms.No.186
Dated:24.08.2015
Subject / Content : IR Payment of Funeral Charges to the spouse of predeceased employees who are not covered under A.P. Revised
Pension Rules 1980 Orders Issued.
1.
AP Transco hereby orders for payment of funeral charges of Rs.10,000/- to the spouse of predeceased employees who are not
covered under A.P. Revised Pension Rules 1980.
2.
The amounts shall be paid to the legal heirs of the deceased.
T.O.O.(Addl.Secy-Per)Ms.No.220
Dated: 06.10.2015.
Subject / Content : IR Welfare Measures Implementation of Group Personal Accident Policy to the AP Transco Employees for a
period of 3 years from 01.11.2015 to 31.10.2018 Orders Issued.1.
AP Transco hereby accepts the offer of M/s. National Insurance Company Limited, Hyderabad for Group Personal Accident (GPA)
policy for sum insured of Rs.5,00,000/- (Rupees Five lakhs only) for a period of three (3) years with effect from 01.11.2015 to
31.10.2018 with premium rate of Rs.259/- (Rupees Two hundred and fifty nine only) per employee which includes agency commission
and the policy shall cover the risk of employees of AP Transco on the terms and conditions mentioned in para 2, 3 & 4 above and
authorizes all the Pay Drawing Officers to deduct the premium amount of Rs.259/- including agency service charges per person from
the salary of October 2015 payable in the month of November 2015 to the employees of APTransco, after obtaining written authorization
from each employed person, for the said Group Personal Accident Policy, to its employ yees for the period from 01.11.2015 to
31.10.2018 commencing from 01.11.2015 and requested to arrange to remit the amount recovered from the employees to the Senior
Divisional Manager M/s National Insurance Company Limited, Division Office-II, CSR Plaza, DNo.6-3-347/9/4/G, 2nd Floor, Dwarakapuri
Colony, Punjagutta, Hyderabad-82. The Specimen Form Of Authorization is enclosed herewith.
2.
Sri D.Kumar Raju, Sr. Divisional Manager (Cell No.7799900450), Bi-Ayesha Siddeeq (Cell No.7799908538) will render agency services
on behalf of M/s. National Insurance Company Limited, Hyderabad during the above policy period.
T.O.O.(Addl.Secy.)/Ms.No.281
Dt:03-12-2015.
Subject / Content : Medical - Reimbursement of medical expenses both from Insurance Company and APTRANSCO/APDISCOMS Certain Modalities - Orders - Issued.
APTRANSCO hereby issues following Orders of Modalities for claiming medical reimbursement both from Insurance Company and
APTransco duly following the existing Medical Scheme for the benefit of Employees/Pensioners/family pensioners and their dependents.
a.

b.
c.

d.

The medical claim against original vouchers/bills would be raised by the beneficiary first to the insurance company, which
would issue a certificate addressed to the concerned Managing Director indicating the amount reimbursed. The insurance
company will retain the original voucher/bills in such case and issue photo copies of bills/vouchers duly certified in ink along
with stamp of the sanctioning authority of the insurance company.
The beneficiary would thereafter prefer the certified bills issued by the Insurance Company along with stamp of the insurance
company to the concerned MD/CMD of the respective power utilities.
The beneficiary should see that the Insurance Company
i.
Certifies the paid amount.
ii.
The Insurance Company should furnish the itemwise details of paid bills.
iii. The sanctioning authority of Insurance Company should ink stamp on all the bills.
iv. The Insurance Company should also certify the details of unclaimed/unpaid bills
The unclaimed/unpaid portion of the bill amount certified by the sanctioning authority received from the insurance company
will be paid as per the existing rules of APTransco.

Memo.No.Addl.Secy/DS(L,IR&R)/AS(L,IR&R)/PO(Regulation)/JPO-1/1950/15, dt.22-12-2015
Sub: APTRANSCOAutomatic Advancement SchemeCounting of Contract Service for the purpose of Automatic Advancement Scheme
ClarificationIssued.
Ref:
1. T.O.O (Addl.Secy-Per)Ms.No.350, dt.29-12-2011.
2. Lr.No.Addl.Secy/DS(L,IR&R)/AS(L,IR&R)/PO(Reglation)/JPO-1/ 50/2010, dt.22-09-2014.
APTRANSCO in T.O.O. cited issued orders directing that the contract service rendered by the Employees from the year 2002 and thereafter
shall be considered for the purpose of 6/12/18/24 years Automatic Advancement Scheme ordered in T.O.O.(Addl.Secy-Per) Ms.No.187,
Dt.11.08.2011 & T.O.O.(Addl.Secy-Per) Ms.No.265, Dt.19.10.2011 subject to outcome of Writ Appeal No.1104 of 2011 filed by B.Gopalu and
others against the Honble High Court of A.P. Judgment dated 18.10.2011 delivered in W.P.No.29418/2010 and batch.
2) APTRANSCO Vide letter 2nd cited informed the Chief Engineer, Zones and CMDs of DISCOMs to maintain Status Quo for counting the
contract service for the purpose of Automatic Advancement Scheme till disposal of the review petition in 3641/2013 filed by Sri B.Gopalu &
others.
3) The Honorable High Court vide order dt.22-04-2015 dismissed the above review petitions.
4) An SLP was filed by K.Sujatha & others in the Honorable Supreme Court of India against the orders of the Honorable High Court on the
Review W.A.MP.No.3641 of 2013. The Honorable Supreme court vide order dt.11-05-2013 ordered that in the meantime, status quo
qua petitioners as it exists today shall be maintained.
5) APTRANSCO also filed an SLP in the Honorable Supreme Court of India against order dated 22.04.2015 passed in Review WA.M.P.No.3641
and batch.
6) In view of the above, APTRANSCO hereby directs to consider the contract service in the cadres of Asst. Engineer, Sub-Engineer, Junior
Accounts Officer & LDC-Cum-Computer Operator for the purpose of Automatic Advancement Scheme. However this shall be subject to
outcome of the SLP and subject to recoveries as per the out come of the judgment of Honorable Supreme Court.
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.- Galileo Galilei

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Content of a few reprsentations

To
22 -12- 2015
The Honourable Chief Minister, Govt. of A.P.
Respected Sir,
Sub: Certain long pending issues which are very critical -Reg
*
APSEB Engineers Association wishes to bring to your kind notice regarding the following issues for your kind intervention.
1. The APEPDCL and APSPDCL are lagging behind in promotions compared to all the utilities in the composite state or bifurcated
state power utilities. APEPDCL is adjudged best DISCOM in the whole country and winning awards with lowest Distribution losses. The
Additional posts in these DISCOMs are pending since 4 years. 90% of employees did not get promotion since bifurcation(1999) of APSEB.
Engineers are frustrated due to lack of career progression.
The following are the posts to be sanctioned immediately.
Sl.No
Cadre
APGENCO
APTRANSCO
APSPDCL
APEPDCL
1
Chief Engineer
7
7
1
1
2
Superintending Engineer
5
15
10
6
3
Divisional Engineer
15
39
72
22
4
Assistant Divisional Engineer
30
210
134
64
5
Assistant Engineer
60
225
340
159
TOTAL
117
496
557
252
2.
EPF to GPF and Pension facility to the AEs recruited between 1.2.1999 to 1.9.2004.: EPF to GPF facility shall be extended to all
employees who are recruited up to 1.9.2004 as is done in all the State PSUs.
3.
Recruitment of Assistant Engineers in all the entities: Lot of vacancies are available in the feeder cadre in all the power utilities of AP
Power Sector. Lot of difficulty is experienced in execution of work due to lack of feeder cadre. Necessary steps shall be taken for
initiating the recruitment of Assistant Engineers in all the power utilities.
4.
Merging of Anantapur and Kurnool Districts in APSPDCL: The Anantapur and Kurnool Districts engineers seniority issue shall be
resolved duly creating the additional posts immediately which are required for their seamless integration.
APSEBEA requests the Honble Chief Minister to kindly issue instructions to the concerned to resolve the above long pending
issues early.
Sub:- APSEBEA Pension & GPF facility for all employees of Power Sector on par with Government Employees- Requested- Reg.
Ref :
1) Govt Lr No. 6379/Ser/2010 Dt 13-12-2010.
2) GOvt Lr No. 6379/0p.A3/2010 dated 28-10-2015.
The APSEB Engineers Association submits the following few lines with regard to extending Pension & GPF facility for employees
who joined on or before 01-09-2004 on par with state government employees.
AP Revised Pension rules-1980 is adopted by erstwhile APSEB and then the successor entities namely APTransco, APGenco &
APDiscoms are also following the AP Revised Pension rules-1980 for its employees.
AP state government has dispensed the pension & GPF facility for state government employees from 01-09-2004 and CPS &
NPS has adopted eviployees who joined on or after 01-09-2004. Whereas, EFL Scheme was adopted by AP Power utilities for its
employees who joined on after 01-02-1999.
In response to the proposal of G.P.F facility for the employees who joined in between 01-02-1999 to 01-09-2004 in A.P. Power
utilities, a letter received from Government of A.P. stating that the proposal is advised against in view of the provisions of rule
2(0(7) of AP Revised Pension rules-1980 vide reference 2nd cited.
Rule 2 of AP Revised Pension rules-1980 provides the applicability of these pension rules to the employees of A.P. state
Government and its Public sector undertakings. Rule 2(0(7) of AP Revised Pension rules-1980 is read as
Rule 2(0 - all workers of Government Distillery, Narayanaguda, Hyderabad and Government Distillery, Kamareddy, Nizamabad District who
have retired from service on or after 12th September, 1983 except the .following, namely :209(7)- Any of the Organisations / Societies 1 Conipanies I Boards I Bodies, admitted in to Grant-in-aid, or where Government money is
invested. (The Sub rule (7) was inserted by G.O.Ms.No. 171, Fin & Pig (FW: Pen-I) Dept, dt 3-10-97 w.e.f 3-10-97).
This rule is not applicable to APSEB and its successor entities and hence pension facility was continued in A.P.Power sector utilities
after inclusion of the rule in the year 1997.
It is pertinent to mention that the Rule 2(g) (ii) is more applicable to A.P.S.E.B and its successor entities and read as
AP Revised Pension rules-1980 shall not apply to all appointments, whether temporary or permanent, made on or after 01-09-2004
in all the State Public Sector Undertakings, whose pay and allowances are drawn from the Consolidated Fund of the State or not.Further, it is to submit that the A.P. state public sector undertakings have facilitated the pension facility to its employees who
joined on or before. 01-09-2004.
Thus, it may be inferred that the A.P. Revised Pension Rules, 1980 do not obstruct the A.P.Power utilities to extend the benefit of EPF to GPF and
pension facility to the employees recruited between 01-02-199 and 01-09-2004.
In view of the above, it is requested to implement of GPF scheme and revised pension rules of AP to the employees appointed from
01-02-1999 to 01-09-2004.

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We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace.- Aristotle

Sub: Shifting of head quarters of APTransco and APGenco from Hyderabad to Vijayawada-Reg
Ref: CMP.No.2036/GSP/2015,Dt.06-10-2015
APSEB Engineers Association wishes to bring to your kind notice regarding the following issues to be addressed for implementing
the direction cited above, in shifting of Headquarters of APGenco and APTransco to Vijayawada.
1) Final allocation of employees between AP and TS power utilities is not yet completed. So without finalizing the employees
who are allocated to A.P., it is not appropriate to move the employees. Therefore Option process/final allocation of employees shall
be completed before shifting of head quarters.
2) Finalization of Assets and liabilities between AP and TS power utilities is not yet completed. Further, as per AP Reorganisation Act 2014, AP has 58% share in Vidyut Soudha and Corporate Training Institute in Erragadda. These assets shall be
divided physically, demarcated and separated and taken in to possession which can be useful to AP Power Sector. Finalization of
Assets and Liabilities between AP power utilities and TS power utilities shall be completed along with employee bifurcation. The
properties of Vidyut Soudha and Corporate Training Institute shall be separated physically and kept under exclusive possession for
future use.
3) AP Government has completed the bifurcation of employees.
4) Further the public has lot of work with the Government offices. Therefore it is logical to move them to capital. The
offices now operating from Vidyut Soudha are APGENCO and APTRANSCO. APGENCO and APTRANSCO do not have any public
interaction for their day to day work. The public interaction is with APDISCOMs which are very much present there. Therefore
moving of APTRANSCO and APGENCO Head quarters can be done to the Amaravathi Capital directly after constructing the
Building for corporate office than moving twice thereby avoiding hardship to the employees as well as unnecessary expenditure.
Further Hyderabad is granted as common capital for 10 years. The right of the employees and right on the assets is at stake.
5) Intimation of road map for shifting of head quarters to Amaravathi Capital shall be made at least one year before.
6)
Non-availability of Infrastructure at Vijayawada to meet immediate requirements viz. availability of houses for rent,
transportation, hospitals, drinking water and road connectivity etc.,. Also, the cost of living is high due to sudden rise in demand for
such amenities compared with Hyderabad. The rental accommodation is three times to Hyderabad for similar accommodation.
7) Employees need proper Residential accommodation. AP Government is contemplating to allocate land for the employees to
construct their own houses in the capital. Similar facility shall be extended to the Electricity Employees also by allocating land in the
capital for constructing own houses on cost basis. This will facilitate the employees for early construction of houses at permanent
capital and avoid travelling of longer distances to reach office.
8) Hospitals and Education facilities are to be improved at Vijayawada.
Therefore, benevolent authority is requested to take decision considering above grievances and effecting the shifting of Head
Quarters of APTRNSCO Et APGENCO only after constructing offices at Amaravathi.
To
29-7-2015
The Union Minister for Home,
Government of India.
Respected Sir,
Sub: A.P. Power Sector A.P.Re-orgnisation Act, 2014 Relieving of 1253 employees from TS power utilities Reg.
Ref: Representation Dtd.24.06.2015 to Honble Home Minister, Government of India.
Content of Representation:
In lieu of meeting with AP and TS officials on 31.07.2015 at New Delhi, Keeping the above in view, the kind authority is requested
to cause necessary instructions to Telangana State and Telangana Power Utilities
a)
Restore the services of 1253 employees immediately and release their salaries as per directions of Hon'ble High Court and
Ministry of Home affairs.
b)
Bifurcate the employees by nominating Sri Kamalanathan Committee under the supervision of Government of India as per
option I indicated vide Ministry of Home Affairs F.No: 12012 / 12 / 2014 - SR dt Nil July 2015.
c)
Congenial, Safe and peaceful working atmosphere shall be created in Telangana Power Utilities for all the employees, as it was
prior to 9.6.2015 to discharge their duties with full devotion and efficiency.
To

26.9.2015

The Hon'ble Chief Minister, Govt. of A.P.

Respected Sir,
Sub:

Bifurcation of Employees in Power Sector - Judgement of Hon'ble Division Bench of High Court - Reg.

Hon'ble Chief Minister is requested to kindly give instructions to the A.P. Power Utilities to implement the directions of Hon'ble
High Court on Humanitarian grounds and release the salaries and arrears as 1252 families are passing through the mental agony and
trauma for the terror, unleashed on them by way of abruptly relieving them and are not recieving salaries for the last three months.
However, the payments made are subject to the final outcome of the case. APSEB Engineers' Association will be hightly thankful to
your goodwill gesture, sir.
Thanking you and assuring you of our co-operation at all times.

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Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.- Aristotle

Minutes of meeting with the APSEB Engineers Association

(Regd.No.874/1975) held on 09.11.2015 in GENCO meeting hall/VS/Hyd
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Issues

Record of discussions

1.

The APEPDCL and APSPDCL are lagging behind in promotions

compared to all the utilities in the composite state or bifurcated
state power utilities. APEPDCL is adjudged best DISCOM in the
whole country and winning awards with lowest Distribution losses.
The Additional posts in these DISCOMs are pending since 4 years.
90% of employees did not get promotion since bifurcation (1999) of
APSEB. Engineers are frustrated due to lack of career progression.

The proposals received along with Board resolutions

from APEPDCL and APSPDCL for additional posts
are already sent to Go AP for sanction. The same
will be pursued to get the sanction in two months
time.

2.

The Bifurcation of employees is not yet completed as per the AP Reorganisation act 2014. Lot of difficulty is experienced by the employees
in this regard. A letter may be again addressed to TS power Utilities
to form a joint committee to go forward with the bifurcation of
employees within ambit of AP Re-organisation act. It is therefore
requested to take all the necessary steps to complete the task in a
rational and legal way as done in other organizations such that the
power sector can continue its operations unhindered and concentrate
on its work more effectively and improve efficiency of power sector
further.

The matter is subjudice and action will be initiated

as per the orders of the Honorable High Court. In
the case of out of court settlement APSEB Engineers
Association will be taken into confidence before
finalization.

3.

The APPDCL is created as a special purpose vehicle for Krishnapatnam

power plant. Now the construction works are coming to completion.
The Krishnapatnam plant is conceived, designed and constructed with
the APGENCO man-power. Since it is nearing completion, APPDCL
shall be made to merge with APGENCO in the larger interest of the
AP Power secto and Public.

Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, APGENCO and

Distribution Companies are share holders of
APPDCL.

4.

EPF to GPF and pension facility to the AEs recruited between

01.02.1999 to 01.09.2004. EPF to GPF facility shall be extended to all
employees who are recruited up to 01.09.2004 as is done in all the
state PSUs. A separate representation is given in this regard.

The proposal will be sent to Go AP for consideration

as per rule 2(g) (2)of AP Revised pension Rules 1980

5.

Acquiring of GVK gas based power plant: APSEBEA is happy to note

that decision is made by A.P.State Government to takeover the GVK
gas based power plant as per the provisions of the IPP contract. It is
requested to take over the plant early and start the operations by
APGENCO.

Taking over of the plant is in process. Operations

by APGENCO will commence after the taking over
of Plant by APGENCO.

6.

Contract service was considered for sanction of SGP increment

subject to the outcome of the court. The same shall be continued.
However it may be noted that the court case is on seniority issue
and service benefits has no bearing on the outcome of the case.

The issue is under consideration.

7.

Pay anamoly is to be restored for 2002 batch AEs in APTRANSCO.

Pay anomaly will be considered as per rule in vogue.

8.

APSEBEA appreciates the decision of the management to file SLP in

the supreme court for restoration of seniority of direct recruited
AEs.The same is to be done immediately and the issue may be persued
to its logical conclusion early, as the promotions to ADEs cadre is
pending since 2 years.

SLP filedDairy No.38291/2015,

dt.16-112015Action will be initiated as per the orders of
Honorable Supreme Court.

9.

Lot of vacancies are available in the feeder cadre in all the power
utilities of AP Power Sector. Lot of difficulty is experienced in execution
of work due to lack of feeder cadre. Necessary steps shall be taken
for initiating the recruitment of Assistant Engineers in all the power
utilities.

GoAP will be addressed for filling up 50% of existing

AEs vacancies (APTRANCO)File under circulation
(APGENCO)

10.

Promotions in all the cadres in all the entities shall be issued by taking
due care of pre and post bifurcation issues.

In principle it is agreed to issue promotions for all

cadres.

11.

The Anantapur and Kurnool Districts engineer's seniority issue shall

be resolved duly creating the additional posts immediately which are
required for their seamless integration.

The proposal received along with Board resolutions

from APSPDCL for additional posts will be sent to
GoAP for sanction.

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I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.- Alexander the Great

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Issues

Record of discussions

Further Issues
1

Time Bound promotions

ATBNDC scheme was not
implemented due to apprehensions raised by certain welfare
associations. However the issue will be examined again in view of
huge stagnation in each cadre.

ATBNDC scheme was not implemented due to

apprehensions raised by certain welfare associations.
However the issue will be examined again in view of
huge stagnation in each cadre.

Sanction of all loans stopped due to bifurcation in APGENCO and

APTRANSCO. The issue will be examined for consideration.

The issue will be examined for consideration.

Providing of Health cards The issue will be finalized with-in three

months.

The issue will be finalized with-in three months.

Following CGHs rates of 2014 uniformly in all power utilities.

The issue will be placed in the ensuing APPCC Meeting and orders
will be issued in one month.

The issue will be placed in the ensuing APPCC

Meeting and orders will be issued in one month.

Empanelment of other State Hospitals i.e., Bangalore & Chennai.

The issue is under examination. Orders will be issued in one month.

The issue is under examination. Orders will be issued

in one month.

Conveyance Allowance to the Employees who are provided with

vehicles for official purpose. The Association is requested to
furnish detailed note along with examples to examine the issue.

The Association is requested to furnish detailed note

along with examples to examine the issue.

Awarding of double punishments in APGENCO Orders have

already been issued vide Memo.dt.02.11.2015 (APGENCO).

Orders have already been issued

Memo.dt.02.11.2015 (APGENCO).

Sanction of BOE allowance for shift engineers.

be re-examined.

The issue will be re-examined.

Shifting of Headquarters All the employee grievances will be

communicated to AP Govt in this regard.

The issue will

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TRIBUTES

APSEB Engineers' Associaton paid Tributes to Er.

Madana Sekhar, D.E. who passed away recently.
Floral tributes were offered by
Er. K. Ranganatham garu, Advisor to Secretary
(Energy), Govt. of A.P.,
Er. M. Vedavyasa Rao, Sectretary General, APSEBEA
and all Engineers of Vidyut Soudha branch.

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. - Socrates

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2
1
APSEBEA greeting Hon'ble C.M. Sri Nara Chandra
Babu Naidu

2
Sri Ajay Jain, Secretary (Energy), Sri Vijayanand,
CMD/APTRANSCO, Sri H.Y. Dora, CMD/
APSPDCL, Sri R. Mutyala Raju, CMD/APEPDCL
and Directors of AP Power Utilities briefing the
awards recieved at National Level to Hon'ble C.M.
Sri Nara Chandra Babu Naidu.

3
APSEBEA Officer Bearers requesting Hon'ble
C.M. on long peding issues on 22.12.2015.

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