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
State government rules out franchisee system in power sector
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Penalty to be imposed on State govts. if targets are not met
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Penalty to be imposed on State govts. if targets are not met
The Telangana government has ruled out implementing franchisee system in power sector proposed as part of a larger privatisation move in distribution companies (DISCOMS) in the The Electricity Act 2003 (Amendment) Bill
The government informed a video conference organised by Union Minister for Power Raj Kumar Singh with chairmen and managing directors of DISCOMS on Wednesday that the State Assembly had already adopted a resolution opposing the Bill and, therefore, the government is committed to it.
AIPEF urges chief ministers to seek more time for comments on draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill
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Last Updated: Feb 16, 2021, 04:46 PM IST
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AIPEF Chairman Shailendra Dubey has written a letter to all the chief ministers with a copy to the principal secretaries (power) of all states and chairpersons of state discoms to take up the issue of (unnecessarily) rushing through the bill .
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According to the statement, at present, the bill has been circulated only to principal secretaries of states and CMDs of state discoms, and therefore lacks transparency as required under the Electricity Act 2003.
New Delhi: The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged chief ministers to seek more time from the central government for submission of comments on the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021. AIPEF has urged all the Chief Ministers and Lt. Governors to seek at least three months time from the central government for the submission of comments a
True empowerment of the electricity consumer
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Without strong accountability provisions, the consumer protection rules will not guarantee better power supply quality
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Without strong accountability provisions, the consumer protection rules will not guarantee better power supply quality
Did electricity consumers truly get “empowered” this December? This was the claim of the Union Power Ministry as the Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020 was promulgated in December, almost two years since the declaration of universal electrification.
Issue of supply quality
Many States have not been able to provide quality supply, especially to rural and small electricity consumers. The enactment of consumer-centric rules does spark public debate that brings the rights of consumers to the fore. In this vein, the Rules lay an emphasis on national minimum standards for the performance parameters of electricity distribution companies (DISCOMs), without ur
Consumers across the country will now have the right to a minimum standard of service for supply of electricity. This will also include the right to round-the-clock electricity supplies, unless stated otherwise for a specific category, such as an agricultural connection. Announcing the notification of the Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New and Renewable Energy R K Singh said, “Power distribution companies (discoms) across the country are monopolies whether government or private and the consumer has no alternative. Therefore, it was necessary that consumer rights be laid down in rules and a system for enforcement of these rights be put in place.”