YSRCP on deal with solar energy firm

New Delhi:

The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has strongly refuted allegations made by a newspaper and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) that the previous state government had allegedly “hastily” accepted the power supply offer and There was a huge burden of Rs 1.1 lakh crore.

YSRCP said in a statement that Eenadu newspaper used the propaganda spread by the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to allege that power supply at Rs 2.49 per kilowatt by Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) in September 2021 The offer to do so was accepted. The proposal was made very hastily within a span of seven hours, allegedly without taking enough time to consider the strengths and shortcomings of the proposal by the then state government.

The report also alleged that the proposal is very prejudicial to the public interest, which would entail a burden of Rs 1.1 lakh crore.

In the statement, the YSRCP said the allegations have been made despite the fact that one, the tariff was lower than that of all sources of power in Andhra Pradesh discoms (electricity distribution companies) till date and second, despite the proposal also giving specific information from the Central Government Went. Incentive of exemption in interstate transmission charges.

“In response to the first allegation, a highly advantageous proposal from SECI was received on September 15, 2021 and a binding agreement in the form of PSA (Power Sale Agreement) was entered into between the parties, AP (Andhra Pradesh) Discom, Government of India. Andhra Pradesh and SECI was executed on December 1, 2021. Therefore, there was a gap of more than two and a half months between the date of receipt of the proposal and the date of signing of the binding contract,” the YSRCP said in the statement.

“Till the signing of the PSA on December 1, 2021, there was nothing binding on the Government of Andhra Pradesh or any of its undertakings. During these two and a half months, several rounds of discussions took place between the officials of Andhra Pradesh and SECI officials conducted an in-depth analysis of the strengths and weaknesses associated with the proposal and further, approval for this proposal was sought from Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission on November 8, 2021 and the same was granted on November 11, 2021 Gone,” the party led by former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said.

Andhra Pradesh distribution utilities supply about 12,500 MU of free electricity per year to the agricultural sector. On this front, the government compensates the distribution utilities to the extent of the cost of supply related to that electricity. Due to previous policies…

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YSRCP said in the statement that the newspaper alleged that the decision to implement PSA was taken by the Council of Ministers on September 16 itself.

“…the fact that the meeting of the Council of Ministers was scheduled to be held a week earlier on 16th September itself. Incidentally, the proposal from SECI was received on 15th September 2021 and the SECI proposal letter sought response from the government keeping this fact in mind Considering that the entire process would take at least two-three months, the then government did not want to delay the process as per SECI's request and thus the item was placed in the Council of Ministers meeting on September 16. 2021, for its guidance,” the YSRCP said in the statement.

“The Council of Ministers directed the State Energy Department to further study the proposal and the Energy Department constituted a committee under the chairmanship of the Chairman of APPCC (Andhra Pradesh Power Coordination Committee) to look into the SECI proposal. Several rounds of detailed After discussion and deliberations between its members and SECI officials, the committee gave its recommendations in favor of SECI's proposal on 25 October and will consider them in the meeting to be held on 28 October. 2021 and the Council of Ministers decided to proceed and approve the execution of the PSA with SECI subject to approval from APERC.

“The application to APERC was made on November 8, 2021 and after getting approval from APERC on November 11, 2021, the PSA was executed on December 1, 2021. Therefore, the campaign of Eenadu newspaper and Telugu Desam YSRCP said in the statement Said, the party is completely baseless and exposes their evil intentions of misleading the public.

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It said Eenadu newspaper's response to the second allegation is unnecessary because despite repeatedly stating and showing evidence as to why the Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) charges would not be applicable to the arrangement with SECI – the ISTS exemption clause was introduced. to be done. Special encouragement by the Union Energy Ministry – Eenadu “irresponsibly published that the burden of ISTS charges will be borne by the State Discoms.”

Mr Reddy's party said SECI's offer clearly specifies that the Central Government has provided waiver on ISTS fee for this project as part of their offer. YSRCP said that further, the exemption letter from SECI has also been placed in the public domain several times to provide adequate clarity regarding the applicability of ISTS fee in the arrangement with SECI.

YSRCP said that despite this, Eenadu newspaper is spreading lies and limiting itself to Telugu Desam Party pamphlets.