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New Amendments in Tariff Policy Targeted at Reducing Tariff

<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt">The amendment in tariff policy 2016 aims at reducing tariff in form of low cost of depreciated assets, which will liquidate cash flow to the investor by enabling recovery of capital investment. Benefit of depreciation shall be passed on as reduced tariff. Benefit of reduced tariff after the assets have been fully depreciated shall remain available to the consumer.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:9pt">Suggested Amendments also puts Discoms to a binding scrape to contract firm PPAs and comply with RPO trajectory. This will boost the demand of renewable energy and also provide hope for generators awaiting for utilities to sign PPAs.</span></p>