Powerica Limited Granted Compensation for Change in Law Events by CERC

​The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has granted compensation to M/s Powerica Limited for the Change in Law events resulting from alterations in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates. Powerica Limited, a generating company, is in the process of setting up a 50.6 MW Wind Power Project in Gujarat and has entered into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).​

Powerica Limited had filed a petition for approval of the Change in Law events and consequential compensation. The CERC has acknowledged that the petitioner is entitled to compensation and carrying costs for additional expenditure on account of the Change in Law event in terms of Article 12.2 of the PPA. This compensation is eligible from the date when the actual payments were made to the Authorities until the date of issuance of the CERC order.

The Commission has directed the contracting parties to reconcile the additional expenditure due to the introduction of the Notification No. 8/2021-Central Tax (Rate) and Notification No. 8/2021-Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 30.09.2021 by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. The responding Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) is liable to pay SECI all the reconciled claims that SECI has to pay to the petitioner. However, the payment to the petitioner by SECI is not conditional upon the payment to be made by the responding UPPCL to SECI.