<p>Reliance Group-owned power distribution companies in Delhi today approached the Supreme Court against NTPC's notice threatening to cut off power supply for not clearing outstanding dues.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam, before whom the matter was mentioned for an urgent hearing, listed the case for tomorrow.<br /><br />The counsel appearing for BSES submitted that a matter connected to this case is coming up for hearing tomorrow and pleaded that its fresh plea be also heard with it.<br />The bench agreed to the plea and posted the case hearing tomorrow.<br /><br />NTPC had last week issued notices to BSES Rajdhani and BSES Yamuna on the issue of payment security mechanism and non-payment of outstanding dues to the state-run company.<br /><br />After issuing notices to BSES Rajdhani and BSES Yamuna on February 1, NTPC had on February 4 said it was in trouble and unless its dues are cleared, the company may have to stop power supply to these discoms.<br /><br />NTPC Chairman and Managing Director had said if they were not paid in time, they will have to regulate nearly 2,000 MW of power.<br /><br />These bills, due to BSES Rajdhani and Yamuna, are for the amount of power consumed in December and billed in January to be payable by the end of January.<br /><br />NTPC had said that currently there was no letter of credit available for the two companies.<br /><br />BSES Rajdhani's last letter of credit was encashed on January 31, leaving a shortfall of Rs 27l.61 crore.There is a payment shortfall of Rs 96.07 crore on BSES Yamuna. <br /><br />The present allocation of power to BSES Rajdhani from NTPC stations is l,26l MW and for BSES Yamuna it is 811 MW.<br /><br />The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity had yesterday directed Delhi power regulator DERC not to take a final decision on revoking the licences of BSES discoms without its permission.<br /><br />In an interim petition, the BSES discoms has sought the intervention of the apex electricity tribunal on the issue.<br /><br />BSES Rajdhani distributes power to over 18.5 lakh customers in south and west Delhi, including Alaknanda, Vasant Kunj, Saket, Nehru Place, Nizamuddin, Sarita Vihar, Hauz Khas, R K Puram, Janakpuri, Punjabi Bagh, Tagore Garden, Vikas Puri, Palam and Dwarka, according to its website.<br /><br />BSES Yamuna has 13.5 lakh customers in central and east Delhi, including Chandni Chowk, Daryaganj, Paharganj, Shankar Road, Patel Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Laxmi Nagar, Mayur Vihar and Yamuna Vihar.</p>
<p>Reliance Group-owned power distribution companies in Delhi today approached the Supreme Court against NTPC's notice threatening to cut off power supply for not clearing outstanding dues.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam, before whom the matter was mentioned for an urgent hearing, listed the case for tomorrow.<br /><br />The counsel appearing for BSES submitted that a matter connected to this case is coming up for hearing tomorrow and pleaded that its fresh plea be also heard with it.<br />The bench agreed to the plea and posted the case hearing tomorrow.<br /><br />NTPC had last week issued notices to BSES Rajdhani and BSES Yamuna on the issue of payment security mechanism and non-payment of outstanding dues to the state-run company.<br /><br />After issuing notices to BSES Rajdhani and BSES Yamuna on February 1, NTPC had on February 4 said it was in trouble and unless its dues are cleared, the company may have to stop power supply to these discoms.<br /><br />NTPC Chairman and Managing Director had said if they were not paid in time, they will have to regulate nearly 2,000 MW of power.<br /><br />These bills, due to BSES Rajdhani and Yamuna, are for the amount of power consumed in December and billed in January to be payable by the end of January.<br /><br />NTPC had said that currently there was no letter of credit available for the two companies.<br /><br />BSES Rajdhani's last letter of credit was encashed on January 31, leaving a shortfall of Rs 27l.61 crore.There is a payment shortfall of Rs 96.07 crore on BSES Yamuna. <br /><br />The present allocation of power to BSES Rajdhani from NTPC stations is l,26l MW and for BSES Yamuna it is 811 MW.<br /><br />The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity had yesterday directed Delhi power regulator DERC not to take a final decision on revoking the licences of BSES discoms without its permission.<br /><br />In an interim petition, the BSES discoms has sought the intervention of the apex electricity tribunal on the issue.<br /><br />BSES Rajdhani distributes power to over 18.5 lakh customers in south and west Delhi, including Alaknanda, Vasant Kunj, Saket, Nehru Place, Nizamuddin, Sarita Vihar, Hauz Khas, R K Puram, Janakpuri, Punjabi Bagh, Tagore Garden, Vikas Puri, Palam and Dwarka, according to its website.<br /><br />BSES Yamuna has 13.5 lakh customers in central and east Delhi, including Chandni Chowk, Daryaganj, Paharganj, Shankar Road, Patel Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Laxmi Nagar, Mayur Vihar and Yamuna Vihar.</p>