The Ministry of Power issued an Office Memorandum  on 05 Feb 2021 , circulating the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021 to a limited group of State and UT Power Secretaries , with comments to be sent in two weeks. As  per this OM the comments could be sent by 19 Feb . The draft bill was not put on the website of Power Ministry.  Even before the two weeks period, on 10 Feb the Ministry i...

Dr. Pramod Deo, Ex-Chairman CERC in an article of Financial Express at 10/2/2020 has analyzed the system of multiple licensees in prime and creamy area of Mumbai, and whether the multiple licensees have succeeded in ensuring competition and multiple supply choice of consumers.The article concludes that provision of consumer choice has failed in Mumbai and that the proposed amendment of Electricity Bill 2021 will not ...

The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged chief ministers (CMs) to seek more time from the central government for the 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 com...

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 and suggestions by all the stakeholder...

 You are aware that Ministry of Power Govt of India is pushing  Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021 and the process is accelerated as Power Minister is holding VC on 17th February of all ACP / PS Energy of all State Governments / Union Territories and CMD's of DISCOMS / Power Corporations all States / UT's with the intention to get through the approval of Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021. 2. AIPEF...

1.         Putting Draft Amendments in public domain for all stakeholders.             In case of earlier Amendment, the Draft Electricity (Amendmen) Bill -2020 it was put on the Ministry of Power website on 17/04/2020 with 3 weeks to file comment, later extended to 5th June 2020. All stakeholders were fre...

There have been reports that the power ministry has circulated a draft Electricity Amendment Bill proposing changes to the Electricity Act, 2003. The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has demanded that the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 must be put in the public domain before starting a discussion on the same. The AIPEF shot off a letter to the Prime Minister on Friday last week and pushed ...

The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has demanded that the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 must be put in the public domain before starting a discussion on the same. The AIPEF shot off a letter to the Prime Minister on Friday last week and pushed for placing the bill in public domain for stakeholders’ comments. The draft bill is not available on the power ministry website, AIPEF Spoke...

The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) is getting feedback from several unofficial sources that the Ministry of Power has circulated the  Electricity (Amendment) Bill-2021. We further learn that this Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021 has not been put on the website of the Ministry of Power. It may be noted that in case of the earlier Draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill-2020 the same was put on the ...

 All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has demanded that the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 must be put in the public domain before starting the discussion on the same. AIPEF spokesperson V K Gupta in a statement here said that the draft bill is not available on the Power Ministry Website. He said Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021 is included in the list of 20 new bills to be placed in the curr...