Taking steps to prevent cherry picking; states on board for discoms delicensing: Power Secy Alok Kumar
NEW DELHI: The government is taking steps to ensure level playing field for state-owned electricity distribution companies and dissuade cherry picking of supply areas by private companies when the sector is delicensed, power secretary Alok Kumar told ET in his first media interaction.
The government looks keen to table the Electricity Act Amendment Bill in the Budget session of Parliament to enable electricity connection portability for consumers. Power and renewable energy minister R K Singh, Kumar along with senior officials in the ministries held four zone-wise meetings with additional chief secretaries and principal energy secretaries of states on Wednesday.
