More teeth for state power boards likely
29 Aug 2012
The government proposes to give more powers to the state electricity regulators through an amendment in the Electricity Act likely to be introduced during the next Parliament session.
"There is a need to provide more power, more teeth to the State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs). They should be given more liberty so that grid discipline is enforced by them," Power Minister Veerappa Moily told reporters in New Delhi.
He was speaking after holding a meeting with the State Electricity Regulatory Commissions to look into the proposed amendments to the Electricity Act.
The ministry has already appointed a task force headed by the chairman of the Central Electricity Authority, which is consulting various stakeholders in this regard.
"Within two months the Task Force should give the report and in the meantime I have asked all the state regulators to work on the proposed amendment, and evolve them with a holistic approach.
"We want the new (amended) Act to be more reforms based, more principle based and I also propose to introduce that in the winter session of Parliament," Moily said.
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