Press Release

Press Release

October 28, 2025

PIONEER GENCO LIMITED
Rating Downgraded and Issuer not co-operating

Product	Quantum (Rs. Cr)	Long Term Rating	Short Term Rating
Bank Loan Ratings	179.73	ACUITE BB+ \| Downgraded \| Issuer not co-operating*	-
Total Outstanding	179.73	-	-
Total Withdrawn	0.00	-	-
* The issuer did not co-operate; based on best available information.

Rating Rationale

Acuite has downgraded its long-term rating to 'ACUITE BB+' (read as ACUITE double B plus) from 'ACUITE BBB-' (read as ACUITE triple B minus) on Rs.179.73 Cr. bank facilities of Pioneer Genco Limited (PGL).

The downgraded is on account of information risk. The rating is now flagged as “Issuer Not-Cooperating” on account of information risk and is based on the best available information.

About the Company

Pioneer Genco Limited was incorporated in 2001, Its own a 2x24.75MW small hydro power plant in Hyderabad. Mr Satish Reddy Katta, Mr Sailesh Reddy, Mr Deepthi Reddy Puttam Reddy, Mr Ramesh Reddy Puttamreddy are the Directors of Pioneer Genco Limited. Unit one is located on cauvery river and unit two is located on Krishna river. Both the plants have long term agreement with BESCOM.

About the Group

Pioneer Group consist of Pioneer Genco Limited (PGL) and Pioneer Power corporation Limited (PPCL) which are subsidiaries to Penna group. Pioneer group engaged in hydel power generation. The group has 4 small hydro power plants with the generation capacity of 24.75 Mega Watt (MW), unit 1 of PGL and unit 1 of PPCL were located on Cauvery river and unit 2 of PGL and unit 2 of PPCL were located on Krishna river in Karnataka region. Unit one of PPCL has long term PPA with BESCOM and Unit two has multiple short term PPAs with reputed companies including Bangalore international airport, Ultra Tech cements, Mylan labs Ltd, Shahi exports Pvt Ltd etc. While both units of PGL has long term PPA's with BESCOM.

Unsupported Rating

Not applicable

Non-cooperation by the issuer/borrower

Acuité has been requesting for data, information and undertakings from the rated entity for conducting surveillance & review of the rating. However, the issuer / borrower failed to submit such information before the due date. Acuité believes that information risk is a critical component in such ratings, and noncooperation by the issuer along with an unwillingness to provide information could be a sign of potential deterioration in its overall credit quality. This rating is therefore being flagged as “Issuer not-cooperating”, in line with prevailing SEBI regulations and Acuité’s policies.

Limitation regarding information availability

This rating is based on information available from sources other than the issuer / borrower (in the absence of information provided by the issuer / borrower) . Acuite endeavoured to gather information about the entity/industry from the public domain. Any rating with the suffix 'Issuer not cooperating' is assigned without any management interaction with the issuer entity or any data / information from the entity. Sometimes this non co-operation by a rated entity may be due to a result of deterioration in the credit risk profile of the entity. Therefore, Acuité cautions lenders and investors regarding the use of such information, on which the indicative credit rating is based.

Rating Sensitivities

No information provided by the issuer / available for Acuite to comment upon.

Liquidity Position

No information provided by the issuer / available for Acuite to comment upon.

Outlook: Not applicable

Other Factors affecting Rating

None

Key Financials

Particulars	Unit	FY 24 (Provisional)	FY 23 (Actual)
Operating Income	Rs. Cr.	67.59	138.29
PAT	Rs. Cr.	(7.17)	37.62
PAT Margin	(%)	(10.61)	27.20
Total Debt/Tangible Net Worth	Times	0.41	0.46
PBDIT/Interest	Times	1.30	2.52

Status of non-cooperation with previous CRA

Not applicable

Any other information

None

Applicable Criteria

• Application Of Financial Ratios And Adjustments: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-53.htm
• Consolidation Of Companies: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-60.htm
• Default Recognition: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-52.htm
• Infrastructure Sector: https://www.acuite.in/view-rating-criteria-51.htm

Note on complexity levels of the rated instrument

In order to inform the investors about complexity of instruments, Acuité has categorized such instruments in three levels: Simple, Complex and Highly Complex. Acuite’s categorisation of the instruments across the three categories is based on factors like variability of the returns to the investors, uncertainty in cash flow patterns, number of counterparties and general understanding of the instrument by the market. It has to be understood that complexity is different from credit risk and even an instrument categorized as 'Simple' can carry high levels of risk. For more details, please refer Rating Criteria “Complexity Level Of Financial Instruments” on www.acuite.in.

Rating History

Date	Name of Instruments/Facilities	Term	Amount (Rs. Cr)	Rating/Outlook
02 Aug 2024	Term Loan	Long Term	159.73	ACUITE BBB- \| Stable (Downgraded from ACUITE BBB)
02 Aug 2024	Term Loan	Long Term	20.00	ACUITE BBB- \| Stable (Downgraded from ACUITE BBB)
15 Mar 2024	Term Loan	Long Term	159.73	ACUITE BBB (Reaffirmed)
15 Mar 2024	Term Loan	Long Term	20.00	ACUITE BBB (Reaffirmed)
07 Sep 2023	Term Loan	Long Term	159.73	ACUITE BBB \| Stable (Reaffirmed)
	Term Loan	Long Term	10.27	ACUITE BBB \| Stable (Reaffirmed)
	Term Loan	Long Term	9.73	ACUITE BBB \| Stable (Assigned)
11 Oct 2022	Term Loan	Long Term	170.00	ACUITE BBB \| Stable (Assigned)

Annexure - Details of instruments rated

Lender’s Name	ISIN	Facilities	Date Of Issuance	Coupon Rate	Maturity Date	Quantum (Rs. Cr.)	Complexity Level	Rating
Not Applicable	Not avl. / Not appl.	Proposed Long Term Bank Facility	Not avl. / Not appl.	Not avl. / Not appl.	Not avl. / Not appl.	18.70	Simple	ACUITE BB+ \| Downgraded \| Issuer not co-operating* ( from ACUITE BBB- )
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA)	Not avl. / Not appl.	Term Loan	Not avl. / Not appl.	Not avl. / Not appl.	30 Sep 2033	141.03	Simple	ACUITE BB+ \| Downgraded \| Issuer not co-operating* ( from ACUITE BBB- )
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA)	Not avl. / Not appl.	Term Loan	Not avl. / Not appl.	Not avl. / Not appl.	31 Mar 2029	20.00	Simple	ACUITE BB+ \| Downgraded \| Issuer not co-operating* ( from ACUITE BBB- )

* The issuer did not co-operate; based on best available information.

*Annexure 2 - List of Entities (applicable for Consolidation or Parent / Group / Govt. Support)

Sr.No	Name of the company
1	PIONEER GENCO LIMITED
2	PIONEER POWER CORPORATION LIMITED

Disclosure of list of non-cooperative issuers

• Listed :- https://www.acuite.in/Non-Cooperative_Issuer_Listed.php
• Unlisted :- https://www.acuite.in/Non-Cooperative_Issuer_Unlisted.php

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Katta Akhil
Senior Analyst - Rating Operations

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