Consulting with the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the government has issued guidelines that introduce statutory obligations for power distribution companies by making them responsible to ensure sufficient electricity supply to meet demand in their area, Financial Express (FE) has reported.
Power minister RK Singh was quoted in the report as saying, “The guidelines will ensure that the practice of load shedding by discoms and occurrence of electricity supply crunch is avoided in future.” the minister added that these guidelines will act as a major reform and will ensure hassle-free, reliable power supply to citizens.
