https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302934 A regulatory commission may validly frame a fuel surcharge formula where the electricity statutes empower tariff regulation and preserve fuel surcharge adjustments. The court upheld Regulation 45-B as consistent with tariff principles, consumer interest, commercial norms, and recovery of electricity costs, treating the surcharge as a lawful mechanism for increased generation and purchase expenses rather than a narrow fuel-only levy. Exclusion of agricultural consumption from the fuel surcharge computation was also upheld because agriculturists were not similarly placed and differential tariff treatment was permissible; the metering challenge failed since the statute did not bar continuation of the arrangement until agricultural metering was completed. Challenges to past cost variation, subsidy, saving clauses, and procedure were likewise rejected. en-us Tue, 05 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:47:11 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302934 A regulatory commission may validly frame a fuel surcharge formula where the electricity statutes empower tariff regulation and preserve fuel surcharge adjustments. The court upheld Regulation 45-B as consistent with tariff principles, consumer interest, commercial norms, and recovery of electricity costs, treating the surcharge as a lawful mechanism for increased generation and purchase expenses rather than a narrow fuel-only levy. Exclusion of agricultural consumption from the fuel surcharge computation was also upheld because agriculturists were not similarly placed and differential tariff treatment was permissible; the metering challenge failed since the statute did not bar continuation of the arrangement until agricultural metering was completed. Challenges to past cost variation, subsidy, saving clauses, and procedure were likewise rejected. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 05 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302934