Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has issued guidelines that direct the electricity company (ESCOM) in the state to respect all tasks, liabilities and liabilities based on the power purchase agreement signed by power plants.
According to this guide, all ESCOM is also directed at making a fast, regular and timely payment supports power plants without delaying the bill or power generator invoice.
The court heard a petition batch submitted by a number of electricity generation companies.
Allowing a petition batch submitted by a number of electricity generation companies, justice Sr.
Krishna Kumar shows that failure to make payments has the consequences of the applicant’s ability to continue to produce energy, which has a drastic and massive impact on the generation and supply of renewable energy.
By asserting that the failure to the Escom part to honor the PPA amounts to violations of constitutional norms that require court disorders, the judge noted that the actions by ESCOM contrary to renewable policy requirements to promote renewable energy.
Applicants, some of which operate solar power plants and several other wind power plants, have searched for direction against ESCOMS ‘(Hescom and Gescom) to free legal and contract obligations by making payments from them.
On the other hand, ESCOM argues that the petition cannot be maintained because they have alternative drugs available before KCR, specifically formed for that purpose.
They claimed that large amounts because the ESC has not been paid by rural and urban areas, the state government contribution, subsidized fees from farmers, and this has resulted in an ESCOMS not in a position to pay contributions to companies that produce power, including the applicant, right time.
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