Department of Management Sciences (DoMS) Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
About CSERC
History of Commission -

The Chhatisgarh Electricity Regulatory Commission (CSERC) was established under the Electricity Regulatory
Commission Act, 1998 and started functioning with effect from 03-October-2001.

Companies -

Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board was unbundled in December 2008, into five independent Companies, i.e.

  • Chhattisgarh State Power Holding Company Limited (CSPHCL)
  • Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company Limited (CSPGCL)
  • Chhattisgarh State Power Transmission Company Limited (CSPTCL)
  • Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited (CSPDCL)
  • Chhattisgarh State Power Trading Company Limited (CSPTrCL)

CSERC determines tariff for above mentioned State-owned entities. In addition, CSERC monitors private
player like Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. in transmission and distribution businesses.

CSERC Snapshot of power sector
Installed Capacity (As on 31-Oct-2024)
State Ownership Technology wise breakup (MW) Grand Total
Thermal Nuclear Renewable
Coal Lignite Gas Diesel Total Hydro RES(MNRE)
Chhattisgarh

Link- https://cea.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/executive/2023/04/Executive_Summary_Mar_2023_merged.pdf

Generating units (As on 30.09.2023)
Name of Utility/Power Station UTILITY Ownership Type Energy Source Installed Capacity (MW)
Korba STPS I & II NTPC LTD. Central Thermal-Coal 2100
Korba III NTPC LTD. Central Thermal-Coal 500
Lara NTPC LTD. Central Thermal-Coal 1600
Sipat STPS I NTPC LTD. Central Thermal-Coal 1980
Sipat STPS II NTPC LTD. Central Thermal-Coal 1000
Raipur Energen Limited Adani Power Ltd. Private Thermal-Coal 1370
Lanco Amarkantak TPP Pathadih, U-I Lanco Amarkan. Power Ltd. Private Thermal-Coal 300
Lanco Amarkantak TPP Pathadih, U-II Lanco Amarkan. Power Ltd. Private Thermal-Coal 300
Bhilai Expansion Power Plant NTPC SAIL PCPL Central Thermal-Coal 500
Jindal Power Ltd. STPPS-I Jindal Power Ltd., Tamnar Central Thermal-Coal 1000
Jindal Power Ltd. STPPS-II Jindal Power Ltd., Tamnar Central Thermal-Coal 2400
Raigarh Energy Generation Ltd. Adani Power Ltd. Private Thermal-Coal 600
Korba TPS East CSPGCL State Thermal-Coal 240
DSPM TPS Korba East CSPGCL State Thermal-Coal 500
Korba-West Extension TPS CSPGCL State Thermal-Coal 500
Hasdeo TPS Korba CSPGCL State Thermal-Coal 840
Co-Gen Kawardha CSPGCL State others 6
Atal Bihari Vajpayee TPS CSPGCL State Thermal-Coal 1000
HEP Bango CSPGCL State Hydro-Hydro 120
HEP Gangrel CSPGCL State Hydro-Hydro 10
HEP Sikasar CSPGCL State Hydro-Hydro 7
MHP Korba West CSPGCL State Hydro-Hydro 1
SKS Power Generation SKS Power Generation Chhattisgarh Ltd. (SPGCL) State Thermal Coal 600
RKMPPL Ucchpind RKM Powergen Pvt. Ltd. Private Thermal Coal 360

Link- https://cea.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/executive/2023/09/R1_Executive_Summary_September_2023.pdf

Energy Sales (MUs) in 2023-24
Sr. No. Consumer Category CSPDCL
1 LV 1: Domestic Category 7276
2 LV 2: Non-Domestic 1287
3 LV 3: Agriculture Category 5618
4 LV 4: Agriculture Allied Services 39
5 LV 5: LT Industry 719
6 LV 6: Public Utilities 610
7 LV 7: IT Industries 1
8 LV 8: Temporary 1275
9 HV 1: Railway Traction 1305
10 HV 2: Mines 725
11 HV 3: Other Industrial & General Purpose Non-Industrial 2328
12 HV 4: Steel Industries 9000
13 HV 5: Irrigation & Agriculture Allied Activities, Public Water Works 249
14 HV 6: Residential 180
15 HV 7: Start Up Power 12
16 HV 8: Industries related to manufacturing of equipment for power generation from renewable energy sources 4
17 HV 9: IT Industries 2
Total 30634.70

Link- https://cserc.gov.in/upload/upload_terrif_order/1683185806.pdf

Breakup of RE (MW) (As on 31.10.2023)
States / UTs Small Hydro Wind BM Cogen. (Bagasse) BM Cogen. (Non- Bagasse) Waste to Energy Waste to Energy (Off-grid) Ground-Mounted Solar Rooftop Solar Hybrid Solar Off-grid Solar Total Capacity
Chattisgarh 76 272 2.50 0.41 507.18 56 386.73 1301.17

Link- https://mnre.gov.in/img/documents/uploads/file_s-1683779844352.pdf

Average Cost of Supply (ACoS) (Rs./ kWh)
Sr. No. DISCOMs 2022 - 23 2023 - 24 2024 - 25
1 CSPDCL 5.56 5.62 5.38

Link- https://cserc.gov.in/upload/upload_terrif_order/1683185806.pdf

Latest Documents
Sr.No. Description Date Of Issue
1
CSERC (Recruitment and conditions of service of officers and employees) (Second Amendment), Regulations, 2023 14/09/2023
2
CSERC (Intra-State Open Access in Chhattisgarh) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2023 11/10/2023
3
CSERC(Grid Interactive Distributed Renewable Energy Sources) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2023 16/10/2023
4
CSERC (Terms and Conditions for determination of tariff according to Multi-Year Tariff principles and Methodology and Procedure for determination of Expected revenue from Tariff and Charges) (First Amendment) (Corrigendum) Regulations, 2023 30-05-2023
5
CSERC (Terms and Conditions for determination of tariff according to Multi-Year Tariff principles and Methodology and Procedure for determination of Expected revenue from Tariff and Charges) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2023. 19-05-2023
6
CSERC (Electricity Supply Code) (Third Amendment) 2023. 20-03-2023
7
CSERC (Grid Interactive Distributed Renewable Energy Sources) (First Amendment) (Corrigendum) Regulations, 2021. 25-01-2023
8
CSERC (Terms and Conditions for determination of tariff according to Multi-Year Tariff principles and Methodology and Procedure for determination of Expected revenue from Tariff and Charges) (Corrigendum) Regulations, 2021. 06-03-2023
9
CSERC (Redressal of Grievances of the Consumers) Regulations, 2023. 06-03-2023
10
CSERC (Recruitment and conditions of service of officers and employees) (First Amendment) (Corrigendum) Regulations, 2021. 11-01-2022
11
CSERC (Renewable Purchase Obligation and REC framework Implementation) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2022. 31-12-2022
12
CSERC (Group Net Metering and Virtual Net Metering for Renewable Energy) Guidelines, 2022 31-12-2022
13
CSERC (Terms and conditions for determination of generation tariff and related matters for electricity generated by plants based renewable energy sources) Regulations, 2022 31-12-2022
14
CSERC (Renewable Purchase Obligation and REC framework Implementation) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2022 26-12-2022
15
Corrigendum in CSERC (Recruitment and conditions of service of officers and employees) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2021 on 02-11-2021. 11-01-2022
16
CSERC (Recruitment and conditions of service of officers and employees) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2021 02-11-2021
17
Draft CSERC (Redressal of Grievances of the Consumers) Regulations, 2022. 14-10-2022
18
CSERC (Terms and Conditions for determination of tariff according to Multi-Year Tariff principles and Methodology and Procedure for determination of Expected revenue from Tariff and Charges) (First amendment) Regulations, 2022 09-12-2022
Officers Contact
Office of Chairperson
Sr. No. Name Designation
1 Shri Hemant Verma Chairman
2 Shri. Vinod Deshmukh Member(Judicial)
3 Shri Pramod Kumar Gupta Member
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