Transmission charging practices in ER of indian power utility

The paper presents the structure and overview of Indian power system. The development of transmission technology has also been discussed in brief. The paper reviews the philosophy of transmission tariff in Indian scenario. The changing structure of the electricity supply industry is bringing transmission charging mechanism in to new focus. Of course, charging scheme is a complex task and it becomes important to have a comprehensive study of the existing charging scheme. A case study of Eastern region (ER) of existing charging practices has been presented here. The paper endorses the MW-Mile method for transmission charging scheme. Finally, some concluding remarks have been produced.