DTU spent extra INR 1.55 crore due to its failure in assessing power requirement: CAG report

Despite receiving notice from TPDDL, DTU did not take any action to give consent for the same and continued to pay electricity charges based on the sanctioned load of 4256 KW.

DTU did extra expenditure of INR 1.55 crore due to its failure in assessing power requirement: CAG report

The CAG report has revealed that the Delhi Technological University (DTU) has failed to assess the sanctioned electricity load in consonance with the actual requirement and this has led the institute to pay an excess expenditure of INR 1.55 crore from July 2018 to March 2020.

The CAG report was tabled in the Delhi Assembly on Tuesday. The report said that the DTU's audit scrutiny has revealed that the actual demand of electric power (maximum load) ranged between 756 - 1866 KW, 679 - 1962 KW and 714 - 2042 KW during the years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 respectively. In spite of the actual requirement remaining much below the sanctioned load of 4256 KW, DTU did not take any action to approach the licensee to reduce the sanctioned load so as to avoid payment of fixed charges on excess sanctioned load.

As per the reports, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) informed DTU of the reduction in the sanctioned load from the billing period beginning from July 2018 as the maximum demand during the year 2017-18 required a sanctioned load of only 1709 KW against the existing 4256 KW. However, despite receiving notice from TPDDL, DTU did not take any action to give consent for the same and continued to pay electricity charges based on the sanctioned load of 4256 KW.

In its defence, the DTU has said it is a research and innovation university and conducts various researches, which require ascertained availability of electricity all the time. It was, therefore, necessary that the sanctioned load be available to the university in case of any unforeseen circumstances, it added. However, the CAG report said the explanation did not hold merit as there was no such uncertainty in the electricity required for the DTU.

The report further stated that according to the regulations, the sanctioned load can be increased on the basis of actual consumption if the need arises.

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