Consumer forum wants Gujarat government to penalise BHEL

The city based Consumer Education Research Society (CERS) want government of Gujarat to penalise Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) for poor performance of its equipments supplied for Kutch Lignite Thermal Power Station (KLTPS). Commissioned in December 2009, a 75 mw station reported around 30% plant load factor for two consecutive years. Earlier, state utility Gujarat State Electricity Corporation (GSEC) stated that the plant had new technology and has teething trouble. However, CERS did not agree. It want GSEC to penalise for for poor performance which and additional burden on consumers. "CERS requested Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission to direct GSEC to recover this amount of loss from BHEL for not conducting Performance Guarantee Test for two years. Somehow the Commission in its order in June 2012 did not pass any order for recovery of this loss and transferred the burden on consumers of Gujarat," read CERS' letter to energy minister Saurabh Dalal. ref: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods/svs/engineering/consumer-forum-wants-gujarat-government-to-penalise-bhel/articleshow/15517854.cms