Material procurements by DISCOMs: APERC to issue regulation or guidelines for curbing irregularities

Key Highlights

• He was speaking at a public hearing on the DISCOMs’ Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR) filings for 2026-27 in Vijayawada on Thursday (January 22, 2026).
• APERC approves true-up charges amounting to ₹4,498 crore Responding to a complaint by the Centre for Liberty chairman and retired IPS officer A. B.
• Venkateswara Rao that the purchase of transformers by the SPDCL since 2022 was fraught with corruption and the costs thereof were sought to be imposed on the consumers in the form of true-up charges, Mr.
• Venkata Rama Reddy said he issued a detailed cost order in February 2025 on the basis of data secured from Karnataka, Telangana and Tamil Nadu and he did not act hastily even when asked to approve procurements at relatively high prices, saying that it required a detailed study.
• “However, since the APERC was under the obligation to crack down on unfair practices, the issues brought to his notice would be examined,” he asserted.