ANDHRAPRADESH ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION

PRESS RELEASE

This is to inform all the consumers in the State of A.P that from 10-12-2003 onwards, the consumers are not required to obtain consent / permission from the APERC for installing Captive Power plants / Generators of any capacity for their use.

This is to further inform that all those who are already having Captive Power Plants and valid permission upto / beyond 09/12/2003 are not required to seek renewal permission.

Therefore all the consumers are at liberty to have their own Captive Power plants of any capacity effective from 10-12-2003 without the necessity of consent / permission from APERC but subject to their fulfilling conditions stipulated in any other regulations in force, issued under Electricity laws and / or any other law in force.

SECRETARY