PATIALA: A National Convention of Electricity Employees and Engineers will be held against enactment of Electricity (Amendment) Bill of 2014 and exploitation of power sector workers in New Delhi on June 8.

The power sector engineers and employees are opposed to privatisation of the power sector through multiple licensees.

All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) spokesperson VK Gupta said that the Electricity Act of 2003 made the subject more Centre-specific, thus curtailing the powers of the state governments.

“Regulation is done through an independent regulator, bypassing the government and the legislator. But experience has shown that the regulators are far from being independent, they are regulated by powerful people’s interests,” he said.

He added that in the name of reforms, government will bifurcate wire and content. This is simply a process to privatise the profits of licensee and nationalise the losses of distribution companies.

The National Convention is being organised by the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE).

They will decide the date for work boycott by power employees and engineers across country, after discussion.