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Centre plans national panel to select members of all state electricity commissions


NEW DELHI: The government is planning a national-level selection committee for appointing chairpersons and members in all state electricity regulatory commissions to set the bodies free from political intervention, helping them take correct decisions, power and renewable energy minister RK Singh said.

The selection committee will not have representation from the state for which electricity regulators or members are being appointed, he told ET in an exclusive interview.

Industry experts have over the years questioned the said independence of power regulatory commissions for not allowing tariff hikes and not taking action against discoms for not filing timely petitions. Regulators have also been creating regulatory assets (deferred tariff hikes) in favour of distribution companies, which are piling up. The ministry of power has recently written to the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity to exercise powers to address the situation at state regulators level.

At the same time, the commissions impose unfair charges on industrial consumers to refrain them from purchasing power from sources other than distribution companies.





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