Some of the answers given by the power minister Piyush Goyal in the Parliament to the questions raised by the Members of both the Houses have been reproduced herein for our readers.
Open Access
Open Access is one of key features of the Electricity Act, 2003. Open Access is defined in the Electricity Act, 2003 as the “Non-Discriminatory provision for the use of transmission lines or distribution system or associated facilities with such lines or system by any licensee or consumer or a person engaged in generation in accordance with the regulations specified by the Appropriate Commission.”