NTPC’s problem is not so much BSES as it is DERC

Given the BSES twins, BRPL and BYPL, have been regularly delaying payments to NTPC—the PSU says it has no other defaulters across the country—it is not surprising the power giant has turned its guns on BSES, even going to the extent of threatening to cut off power supplies to the capital. NTPC’s argument is that if the Tata-owned TPDDL which also operates in the capital has no problems paying on time, why should BRPL and BYPL? After all, their working conditions, and tariffs, are broadly similar.

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