Reliance Infrastructure to recover ₹28,483 crore worth of power dues

Kaumi GazetteBusiness8 August, 20258.2K Views

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BSES Yamuna Power Ltd. and BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd., the 2 subsidiaries of Reliance Infrastructure, will recover power dues worth ₹28,483 crore following a Supreme Court ruling.

As on July 31, 2025, the entire dues of BSES Yamuna Power Ltd. and BSES Rajdhani Power quantities to ₹28,483 crore, in accordance to Reliance Infrastructure.

The two power distribution firms (discoms), wherein Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) holds 51%, provide electrical energy to 5.3 million households in Delhi. The remaining 49% stake is with the Delhi authorities.

In a regulatory submitting on Friday (August 8, 2025), Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) stated its subsidiaries will “recover ₹28,483 crore of regulatory assets over a period of 4 years starting retrospectively from April 1, 2024”, following a Supreme Court order that has set tips for the restoration of regulatory belongings.

The Apex Court on Wednesday (August 6, 2025) directed that the regulatory belongings, together with carrying prices to the tune of ₹27,200.37 crore, be paid inside three years to Delhi’s three non-public discoms.

Regulatory belongings, basically deferred income gaps to be recovered in future tariffs, have risen sharply, reaching ₹12,993.53 crore for BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd., ₹8,419.14 crore for BSES Yamuna Power Ltd. and ₹5,787.70 crore for Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd. as on March 31, 2024, totalling ₹27,200.37 crore.

RInfra additional stated its subsidiaries had filed a writ petition and civil appeals in 2014 earlier than the Supreme Court, elevating the difficulty of “non-cost reflective tariff, unlawful creation of regulatory asset and non-liquidation of regulatory asset”.

The writ petitions together with linked issues have been heard at size by the Supreme Court, and after listening to all events, together with the state governments and state electrical energy regulatory commissions.

As per the order, RInfra stated, Electricity Regulatory Commissions (ERCs) should present the roadmap for liquidation of current regulatory belongings, which can embody provisions for coping with carrying prices.

“ERCs must also undertake a strict and intensive audit of the circumstances in which the Discoms have continued without recovery of Regulatory Assets,” it stated.

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