The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued an order in Interlocutory Application No. 118/2026 associated with Petition No. 853/MP/2025, concerning the determination of fees and charges for the National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC) and Regional Load Despatch Centres (RLDCs) for the 2024–29 control period. The order was passed on September 23, 2026, by a four-member bench comprising Chairperson Shri Jishnu Barua and Members Shri Ramesh Babu V., Shri Harish Dudani, and Shri Ravinder Singh Dhillon.
The underlying petition was filed by the NLDC under Section 28(4) of the Electricity Act, 2003, read with Regulation 10 of the CERC Regulations, 2024. The proceedings are aimed at establishing the applicable financial framework for the operation of national and regional load despatch infrastructure during the current control period.
The matter covers a wide network of electricity sector participants connected with the country’s regional power systems. Respondents include distribution licensees, electricity buyers, generating companies, interstate transmission licensees and large industrial consumers operating across different regions.
In the Northern Region, the proceedings cover utilities and buyers from Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Chandigarh. Major commercial consumers, including Delhi Metro and Delhi International Airport, are also covered. Generating entities include hydro, thermal, solar and nuclear power producers operated by public sector and private companies.
The Western Region includes distribution companies and large industrial consumers across Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Goa. Major industrial participants include Reliance, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel and BALCO. The region also includes thermal, hydro, nuclear, solar and wind generating projects and interstate transmission licensees.
The Southern Region covers electricity utilities and buyers from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Goa and Puducherry. The respondent network also includes large industrial consumers, thermal generating stations, nuclear projects such as Kudankulam and Kaiga, renewable energy developers and interstate transmission operators.
In the Eastern Region, respondents include distribution utilities and buyers from Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand and Sikkim, as well as the Damodar Valley Corporation. Railway operations and cross-border electricity transactions involving Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh are also represented. The region includes state-owned and private thermal and hydro generating companies and interstate transmission operators.
Through the proceedings, CERC is examining the regulatory and financial framework governing NLDC and RLDC operations. The determination of fees and charges for the 2024–29 period is intended to provide a standardized basis for funding and operating India’s national and regional power system dispatch infrastructure.
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