Govt to Set Up National Power Committee

New Delhi: Aiming to ensure stricter grid disciplines among the states and to penalize the ones overdrawing electricity from the grid, the Ministry of Power plans to set up a National Power Committee

(prHWY.com) March 19, 2013 - Mumbai, India -- New Delhi: Aiming to ensure stricter grid disciplines among the states and to penalize the ones overdrawing electricity from the grid, the Ministry of Power plans to set up a National Power Committee. Confirming the issue, a senior official from the ministry said, "Power sector regulator Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) and sectoral planning body Central Electricity Authority (CEA) will be consulted while constituting this Committee, the official added."

"The issue is that the penalty is very negligible, (there is) need for stringent penalty, it would be part of the amendment to the Electricity Act 2003 mainly for grid," the official said, adding that the proposal is at an advanced stage.

This comes in the wake of the country witnessing its worst-ever power crisis last year, which left a large part of India powerless and crippled essential services for several hours.

EPC News Bureau

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