**Policy Summary: Notification of Escalation Rates for Transmission Services**
This notification, issued by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) on October 5th, 2017, outlines the applicable escalation rates for bid evaluation and payment related to transmission services. This is in pursuance of the "Tariff based Competitive bidding Guidelines for Transmission Service", amended up to October 10th, 2008, issued by the Ministry of Power, Clause 3.3.1.3 a of the Standard Request for Proposal, and Schedule 7 of the Standard Transmission Service Agreement documents.
The notification specifies the rates applicable for the period from October 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018.
**I. Annual Escalation Rates for Bid Evaluation:**
* Annual escalation rate for escalable transmission charges: 7.54%
* Discount rate for computation of levelized transmission charges: 10.06%
**II. Annual Escalation Rate for Payment (as per the Transmission Service Agreement):**
* Annual inflation rate for escalable transmission charges: 0.03%
The notification was issued by Sanoj Kumar Jha, Secretary.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Power: The Indian governmental ministry that issued the "Tariff based Competitive bidding Guidelines for Transmission Service".
Tariff based Competitive bidding Guidelines for Transmission Service: Guidelines issued by the Ministry of Power, Government of India, related to tariff determination for transmission services.
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission: An Indian regulatory body that notifies rates for bid evaluation and payment related to transmission services.
Standard Request for Proposal: A document containing the standard request for proposal (RFP) for transmission projects.
Standard Transmission Service Agreement: A standard agreement document for transmission services.
New Delhi: Location of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Notification. New Delhi, Delhi, India
Sanoj Kumar Jha: Secretary of Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi: Place where gazette was printed.
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6227 GI/2017 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4]
CENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 5th October, 2017
No. Eco T2/2017-CERC.—In pursuance of the "Tariff based Competitive-bidding Guidelines for Transmission
Service", amended up to 10th October, 2008, issued by the Ministry of Power, Clause 3.3.1.3 (a) of the Standard Request
for Proposal, and Schedule 7 of the Standard Transmission Service Agreement documents, the Central Electricity
Regulatory Commission hereby notifies the following rates for the purpose of bid evaluation and payment for the period
from 01.10.2017 to 31.03.2018.
I: Annual Escalation Rates for Bid Evaluation:
S.No. Description Annual Escalation Rates for Bid
Evaluation
1 Annual escalation rate for escalable transmission charges 7.54%
2 Discount rate for computation of levelized transmission charges 10.06%
II: Annual Escalation Rate applicable for the purpose of payment as per the Transmission Service Agreement:
S.No. Description Annual Escalation Rate for
Payment
1 Annual inflation rate for escalable transmission charges (-) 0.03%
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SANOJ KUMAR JHA, Secy.
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