EAS Sarma, former Power Secretary, in a letter written to the Punjab Chief Minister and Centre, said the Union Government should bear a portion of discom losses, instead of passing it on to consumers. Sarma has also urged the states to raise the concerns with the Ministry of Power over ‘unilateral diktats’ issued by the Centre that impose a huge cost burden on consumers.
VK Gupta , spokesperson of the All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF), said the Ministry of Power in its draft Electricity (Amendment) Rules, 2023, had asked the state governments to pass on the 50 per cent of the losses incurred by discoms to the consumers.
