The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), which has been non-operational for nearly two months now, will continue to remain so for at least four more weeks. This is because two of the regulator’s members had been asked by the Supreme Court to go on leave until the appointment of a member-law — a position which the Centre on Monday sought more time to fill.
The longer the CERC remains in a state of paralysis, with just its chairperson RK Pujari to hold the fort, the longer it will take for decisions in high-stake tariff matters to come out, according to a lawyer involved in the ongoing case. The regulator requires at least two members for hearings.
