The claim of providing choice of multiple service providers to power consumers in the Electricity Amendment Bill 2022, is “misleading” and will make state-run discoms loss making entities, according to AIPEF Chairman Shailendra Dubey.
The Electricity Amendment Bill 2022 is scheduled to be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has demanded that the bill be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy for wider consultation.
When asked about the government’s claim of providing consumers choice like mobile phone sim cards in the name of multiple distribution licensees, Dubey told PTI, “the very claim is misleading”.