For the first time, the UT Electricity Department has started an energy audit to assess actual technical and commercial losses.
The audit is being carried in compliance with the directions of the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC). A senior official of the department said the audit was being carried out by the Bureau of Energy Audit, an agency of the Government of India. He said the audit was started nearly a fortnight ago.
Expressing concern over non-submission of energy audit reports for previous years despite repeated directions, the commission had recently directed the department to complete the annual audit of Chandigarh on priority and submit the quarterly report of the action plan within a month.
