What ENP handles
- Captive status verificationForm V filings and disputes under the 2023 verification regulations, before SLDC and the captive status committee.
- Additional surchargeChallenging surcharge levied on power from captive and cogeneration plants, and recovering amounts paid.
- Captive rebatesHV-3 captive consumer rebates and Time of Day rebates withheld by the distribution company.
- Renewable purchase obligationRPO computation for captive users, including double counting of captive and open access energy.
- Wheeling and bankingSettlement of surplus energy from captive solar plants and alignment of wheeling agreements.
- Plant records and meteringGeneration records, meter data and joint readings that the verification rests on.
How an engagement runs
- Review of bills, orders and recordsWe establish what the distribution company or the other side has levied, withheld or claimed, and why.
- Representation to the utilityMany disputes close at this stage with a reasoned letter that cites the regulations.
- Petition before the forumWhere needed, a petition to the state commission, CERC or the Electricity Ombudsman, or an appeal to APTEL.
- Hearing and complianceMr. Ajay Porwal appears at the hearing, and we follow the order through to refund, revised bills or compliance.
Send the bill or the utility's letter. We will tell you where you stand.
Orders on record
Each case number can be checked on the issuing commission's website.
| Order date | Forum | Matter |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Sep 2026 | MPERC Captive Status CommitteeRepresentation under Regulation 9 | UltraTech Cement: captive status verification Distribution company directed to verify Form V from generation records, without insisting on ABT meter data. |
| 15 Jul 2026 | MPERCPetition 05/2026 | Porwal Auto Components: refund of additional surcharge Levy on a captive user held not sustainable; refund with carrying cost and outstanding demand withdrawn. |
| 5 May 2025 | MPERCReview Petition 03/2025 | Prism Cement: renewable purchase obligation Double counting of captive energy accepted and the RPO recomputed. |
| 19 Jul 2024 | APTELAppeal 241/2021 | Porwal Auto Components: additional surcharge before APTEL Captive users not liable for additional surcharge; refund ordered. |
| 11 Sep 2023 | MPERCPetition 19/2023 | Tirupati Starch: additional surcharge on captive power Surcharge held not leviable; demand withdrawn and rebates restored. |
| 6 Sep 2023 | MPERCPetition 16/2023 | Birla Corporation: captive power plant rebate Distribution company directed to verify CPP status and allow the rebate. |
| 29 Jun 2021 | MPERCPetition 66/2020 | Porwal Auto Components: Time of Day rebate Rebate continues after registration under Regulation 12D. |
Related engineering work
ENP also engineers captive plants: the 30 MWp solar park planned by Porwal Auto Components at Karodia, Ujjain, and project management for GAIL’s captive solar plant at Vijaipur. See Project Management Consultancy.