8. Revenue Requirement

8.1 Fixed Charges

The aggregate fixed charges for the year amount to Rs.272.83 Crores. The Petitioner therefore requests the Honourable Commission to approve the fixed charges.

8.2 Variable/Energy Charges

The aggregate variable/energy charges computed for the year amount to Rs. 315.56 Crores resulting in energy tariff charge of Rs.1259 /kWh. Petitioner therefore requests the Honourable Commission to approve the energy tariff charge for FY 2010-11.

8.3 Other Income

The non-tariff income is estimated at Rs.10.97 Crores during the FY 2010-11

8.4 Revenue Requirement & Proposed Tariff

The sum of fixed and energy costs gives the total revenue requirement of the company for the FY 2010-11. The revenue requirement less other income will be the revenue to be raised through tariff:

Table 28: Revenue Requirement

The Petitioner has estimated a revenue requirement through tariffs of Rs.577.41 Crores after adjusting for its non-tariff income and derived the following fixed and energy components of tariff:

Table 27: Proposed Tariff Increase

The Petitioner requests the Honourable Commission to approve the above Rs.0.25/kWh increase in its tariff on account of submissions made above.