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How dud Discoms can be energised Making ‘reliability index’ mandatory will help Discoms become sustainable and financially viable Sanjay BangaToday, India has an installed generation capacity of 370 GW, which is almost double the peak demand requirement of the nation, and a well-integrated national grid with no major bottlenecks obstructing the free flow of power across the country. However, despite this, 24x7 ‘power supply for all’ is a distant dream. Consumers hardly get uninterrupted quality power despite paying for it. The series of announcements made by the Ministry of Power in the last few months like timely release of tariff, avoidance of build-up of regulatory assets, rights of consumers, and mandatory third-party energy audit by Discoms aim to re-energise the ailing distribution sector, wherein even State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs), which are supposed to be the beacon of light, have become mere flickering lamps with ineffective monitoring mec

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