1. BIO DATA
Name. C.K.Jayachandran
Address. TC7/818, Nandana, Medical College
P.O. Trivandrum695011, Kerala,India
Email. ckjchandran@gmail.com
Telephone 9447148582
Date of Birth 30-10-1945
Qualifications (1) B.Sc (Engg), KeralaUniversity, MBA,
(2) Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.(Energy
SystemManagement)
Experience.
45 years experienceincosting , pricing , billing systemsand
finance in utilities. Experience inConsultancy, Researchand
operational areas of costing, pricing, billing andfinance in
utilitiesinIndiaand abroad.
Starting frompresent assignment of Consultant (Tariff) of KeralaState
Electricity Regulatory Commission
1. Consultant (Tariff)(16-02-04 toTill date), KeralaState Electricity
Regulatory Commission.Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Responsiblefor the analysis of AggregateRevenue Requirement (ARR) and
Expected Revenue fromCharges(ERC) for the nine electricity utilities in the

2. State of Kerala, including Kerala State Electricity Board the largest licensee
in Kerala having a maximum Demand of 3900 MW and consumption 18000
MU per year. The ARR filed by each of these licensees is analyzed and costs
for each operation such as Employee Cost, O&M Expenses, Power purchase
costs, Depreciation, InterestCharges and ROE are fixed as per norms for
the optimal operation of each of these utilities. After the ARR is approved
for each year analysis is done to estimate the Embedded cost of supply and
also the Long Run MarginalCost and the Short Run Marginalcost and cost
based tariff is arrived at in both these methods. Costfor each category of
consumers likedomestic, commercial, non domestic non commercial,
agricultural are determined based on the analysis of load curves of each of
these categories and allocation costs based on contribution to peak and off
peak demands of each category. Determination of TOD tariff based on
shortrun marginal cost analysis. Determination of generation tariff for all
the generating plants in Kerala including non conventional energy sources
like wind, Small Hydro, Co-generation plants.
Responsiblefor evolving twenty five Codes and Regulations for all the
utilities in Kerala State for all operations in technical , financial and
administrative functions for the utilities consistentwith Electricity Act,
2003, CEA Regulations and CERC Regulations. These include Kerala
Electricity Supply Code, 2005, Kerala Electricity Grid Code 2006, Kerala
State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions of Tariff)
Regulations, 2006, Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Multi-
year Tariff )Regulations, Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission
(Determination of tariff for projects fromnon-conventionalsources)
Regulations, 2008, Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Cross
subsidy Reduction Road Map) Regulations , 2012, Kerala State Electricity
Regulatory Commission (Connectivity and Open Access) Regulations, 2013
2. Consultant (Tariff), Venture Capital Management Consultancy,
Trivandrum, (1-11-2000to10-02-2004)
Responsiblefor costing and pricing for utilities on work contractbasis.
Based on the ARR approved by the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory

3. Commission Tariff proposals areprepared on behalf of utilities and filed
before KSERC. Appear beforethe Commission on behalf of the utilities to
defend the ARR and Tariff proposalof utilities.
3. Dy. Chief Engineer, ExecutiveEngineer, Assistant Executive Engineer
(Commercial) KeralaState Electricity Board. (1-11-1987 to30-10-2000)
Responsiblefor all commercial operations such as costing and pricing,
developing billing and collection procedure and accounting system. The
total projected cost of operations is segregated into Generation,
Transmission and Distribution operations and each of these costs are
segregated into capacity, energy and consumer related costs. Thesecosts
are allocated to each category of consumers using coincident peak and non
coincident peak analysis. Long Run Marginal Cost and ShortRun Marginal
cost is estimated based on the investment plan and scheduleof operation
of the generation plants. Developed the Spot Billing systemfor Kerala State
Electricity Board and implemented it successfully in 1989 and the systemis
used in KSEB even now with minor modifications after computerization.
Developed software for Embedded CostAnalysis for the determination of
retail tariff for KSEB. Also was responsiblefor operationalization of KEOPS
the softwarefor least costscheduling operation of KSEB systemfor medium
term and shortterm. Optimal scheduling was done to minimize the cost of
generation.
4. Planning Engineer, Dubai Electricity Company (DEC), Dubai, UAE. (1-11-
1982 to31-10-1987)
Responsiblefor planning the distribution systemthe city of Dubaibased on
the forecast of demand for medium term and term and formulation of
projects to meet the demand. Costing of all distribution projects .
5. Faculty Member, Institute of Management inGovernment, Trivandrum(
06-06-1979to30-10-1982.
Responsiblefor design and implementation of training programmefor
senior Mangers of utilities in Kerala such as Kerala State Electricity Board,
Department of Public Health Engineering, Departmentof Irrigation Project

4. Formulation, Implementation, Monitoring and Appraisal. Also conducted
training programmeon costing and pricing in in utilities.
6. Assistant Engineer (16-02-1972 to5-06-1979) Responsiblefor Distribution
Section of the Kerala State Electricity Board having 4989 consumers , 268
Distribution transformers, 2000 KMof LT Lines200 KMof HT Lines and
three 66/11 kV Substaions. Theresponsibility includes management of the
section technical, human relations , material management , billing and
collection of revenue
7. Electrical Engineer, RadhakrishnaElectricals,Chennai.(12-06-1968 to 15-
02-1972)
Responsiblefor the design costing and tendering of electrification projects
such as fivestar hotels, Cinema theatres and other building complexes.
Execution of these works werealso undertaken
Consultancy Assignments.
1. A member of the team for the consultancy assignment‘MarginalCost
estimation for determination of electricity tariff for KSEB’ Word Bank
Projectof M/s Coopers and Lybrand, London (1990)
2. A member of the team for consultancy assignment ‘ Embedded costand
Marginal Costestimation for determination of electricity tariff for KSEB’
CIDA Projectof SNC Lavalin. Montreal, Canada (1997)
ResearchAssignment
‘Development of a computerized model for the estimation of Marginal Cost for
determination of electricity tariff for KSEB’ Team leader of the projectfunded by
Central Bureau of Irrigation and Power, Governmentof India.(1999)