Petition of the CERC (Open Access in inter-State Transmission) Regulations for 19.2 MW capacity and grant the timelines stipulated – EQ
Summary:
### **1. Project Details**
* [cite_start]**Scope:** The petition was filed under the Electricity Act, 2003, and the CERC (Open Access in inter-State Transmission) Regulations, 2008[cite: 196]. [cite_start]It relates to the alleged arbitrary, unlawful, and mala fide acts by the Respondent, KPTCL, in refusing to process and grant the Petitioner’s application for Short Term Open Access[cite: 196].
### **2. Hearing and Directives**
* [cite_start]**Coram:** The hearing was presided over by Shri Jishnu Barua (Chairperson), Shri Ramesh Babu V. (Member), Shri Harish Dudani (Member), and Shri Ravinder Singh Dhillon (Member)[cite: 202, 203, 204, 205].
* [cite_start]**Proceedings:** The Petitioner’s counsel requested additional time to file a rejoinder to the Respondent’s reply[cite: 210]. [cite_start]The Commission also questioned the survival of the petition given a prior order in a related case (Petition No. 223/MP/2023)[cite: 211].
* [cite_start]**Commission’s Directives:** The Commission permitted the Petitioner to file its rejoinder within two weeks[cite: 212]. [cite_start]The Respondent, KPTCL, was directed to file its reply on the issue of the petition’s maintainability within two weeks, with the Petitioner having an additional two weeks to file a rejoinder[cite: 214].
### **3. Next Hearing**
* [cite_start]The petition will be listed for a further hearing on November 11, 2025[cite: 218].
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