The Government of Andhra Pradesh, on December 04, 2025, issued the Seventh Amendment to the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Tariff for Wheeling and Retail Sale of Electricity) Regulation, 2005 (Regulation No. 4 of 2005)
The following has been stated namely: -
• The following definition shall be inserted as Clause 2.i.(q) :- ""Charge Point Operator or CPO" means any individual/entity operating the Electrical Vehicle Charging Station."
• The following text shall be added as a first proviso to Clause 20.1:- "Provided that the Distribution/Wheeling charges shall be exempted for such Clean Energy Projects & RE Manufacturing Projects availing Open Access under APERC Regulation No. 3 of 2024, and commissioned (or) achieved Financial Closure (FC) during the operative period (Projects commissioned within the timelines as specified in the approvals), and for the exemption period as mentioned in GO.Ms.No.37, dated 30.10.2024, if injection and drawal of power is at the same voltage level within the State irrespective of DISCOM boundaries. The DISCOMS shall claim such exempted charges from the State Government along with the subsidy claims under Section 65 of the Electricity Act, 2003."
[Regulation No. 09 of 2025]
