CESC Limited's (CESC) Q1FY2021 standalone PAT declined by 38.2% y-o-y (down by 46.4% q-o-q) to Rs. 134 crore, below our estimate of Rs. 193 crore due to lower plant-load factor (PLF) based incentive income as volume slumped by 30.7% y-o-y to 2,118 million units and higher per unit cost of electricity purchased (up 15% y-o-y). However, the decline of 14.7% y-o-y in the consolidated PAT to Rs. 198 crore was much lower as compared to the decline in PAT for the standalone business due to: 1) better profitability of Dhariwal Infrastructure (PAT of Rs. 24 crore versus a net loss of Rs. 24 crore in Q1FY2020) and 2) reduction in losses at distribution franchisee...