All India Power Engineers Federation has demanded an immediate meeting of the Forum of Regulators to curb black marketing of electricity by Independent Power Producers (IPP) at the energy exchange. The AIPEF alleged that the private sector was making a killing during the power crisis triggered by the coal shortage.
In a letter to Union Power Minister RK Singh, AIPEF chairman Shailendra Dubey said that the subject of putting a cap on profiteering by IPPs be placed before the Forum of Regulators to stop black marketing in energy exchange mostly by private operators during the crisis. He said that the coal shortage was recognised as a major factor leading to spurt in power tariff.
