The Tata Power Delhi Distribution on Tuesday dismissed all allegations concerning the CAG draft audit report of discoms, terming them as "speculative in nature".
Raising questions on allegations of inflating the bills, the power discom said that "any such action of making the report or any of its contents public may prima facie attract contempt of court proceedings".
Asserting that it has never indulged in any wrongdoing, the company said in a release, "As a responsible corporate, TPDDL has always adhered to the ethical practices, worked in the consumer interest and is not involved in any wrong doing."
"TPDDL will continue to work closely with the Delhi Government, DERC and other stakeholders for the overall benefit of the consumers and to ensure reliable, quality and cost effective power supply to the citizens of Delhi on an uninterrupted basis," said the release.
The three private power distribution companies in Delhi are under the scanner for inflating dues to be recovered from consumers by Rs 8,000 crore. The CAG report says that the firms manipulated consumer figures and scrap sale details, and took a series of actions detrimental to consumer interests.
The firms bought costly power, inflated costs, suppressed revenue and dealt with other private companies without tenders. They also gave undue favours to group companies.
CAG report says the discoms also manipulated figures of previously incurred losses that can be recovered from consumers. CAG has questioned the conduct of the Electricity Regulator Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC).
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