The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL), in a recent ruling, stated that the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) could only be entrusted with the exercise of collecting and verifying data on the status of open access projects for captive use. However, it is the state Commission that will decide on any action to be initiated against the captive power projects or users or for recovering the cross-subsidy surcharge per law.