Mr Arvind Kejriwal,
CM, Delhi
Subject - Section 61 of the Electricity Act -
Competition & Safeguarding of Consumers interest
Dear Sir,
Section 61 of the Electricity Act talks about the competition as well Safeguarding of the Consumers interest, as below :
Section 61. (Tariff regulations): The Appropriate Commission shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, specify the terms and conditions for the determination of tariff, and in doing so, shall be guided by the following, namely:- (a) the principles and methodologies specified by the Central Commission for determination of the tariff applicable to generating companies and transmission licensees; (b) the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity are conducted on commercial principles; (c) the factors which would encourage competition, efficiency, economical use of the resources, good performance and optimum investments; (d) safeguarding of consumers' interest and at the same time, recovery of the cost of electricity in a reasonable manner; (e) the principles rewarding efficiency in performance; (f) multi year tariff principles; 1[(g) that the tariff progressively reflects the cost of supply of electricity and also, reduces cross-subsidies in the manner specified by the Appropriate Commission;] (h) the promotion of co-generation and generation of electricity from renewable sources of energy; (i) the National Electricity Policy and tariff policy: Provided that the terms and conditions for determination of tariff under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948, the Electricity Regulatory Commission Act, 1998 and the enactments specified in the Schedule as they stood immediately 1 Subs. by Act 26 of 2007, Sec. 10 [w.e.f. 15th June 2007]. The Electricity Act, 2003 before the appointed date, shall continue to apply for a period of one year or until the terms and conditions for tariff are specified under this section, whichever is earlier.
Sir, BYPL became operational in July 2002 and received a License for Distribution and Retail Supply of Electricity, issued by the Hon’ble Commission in March 2004, which is valid for 25 years. Similar is the case for BRPL & TPDDL.
Sir, Out of these 25 years, more than 50% of the time has already passed till March 2017. But till date we have not heard anything from DERC, about the COMPETITION amongst the DISCOMs, which was very primarily mentioned in section 61 of the Electricity Act, 2003, for safeguarding the interest of the consumers.
QUESTION 1 :
May we request you to please ask from DERC, that what has been done by DERC, to promote competition amongst the DISCOMs, in the Last 13 years ?
Looking forward for your valued reply. Rest of the 9 Questions will follow soon, one by one, covering various important issues on the Power Tariff, DISCOMs & DERC.
With best regards,
B S Vohra @RWABhagidari
Social Activist & President,
East Delhi RWAs Joint Front - Federation
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