Committee to submit report in a month on its study The AP Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has constituted an expert committee to study and prepare a report on the methodology to be followed for approval/ratification of short-term power procurement so that the overall power purchase costs are reduced to the extent possible and the consumers derived the benefit from it in the form of reasonable tariffs and at the same time the interests of discoms are protected. APERC secretary C. Ramakrishna stated in a press release that the committee, which consists of Usha Ramachandra, Professor & Director of the Centre for Energy Studies, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, N. Sree Kumar from Prayas Energy Group and M. Sivarami Reddy, retired chief engineer of APSEB, will submit their report in a month.