Kashmir
Parliamentary Committee on subordinate legislation completes Kashmir visit
Srinagar/IBNS: The Parliamentary committee on subordinate legislation headed by its Chairman Sardar Pratap Singh Bajwa on Thursday completed their four-day visit to Kashmir after meeting the electricity stakeholders of the country.
Those who were present include Joint Secretary, Power, GoI; Principal Secretary JKPDD; Secretary Central Electricity Regulatory Commission; representatives of the PSUs namely National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Power Finance Corporation (PFC), Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) Limited, Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) Limited and J&K Power Development Corporation.
As per an official statement, the committee members had a threadbare discussion on certain rules/regulations governing the power sector of the nation and enquired, while sorting clarifications about certain issues from the officers and management of the power sector in both government and PSUs.
Defining the purpose behind the constitution of this committee the Chairman said, “This Committee has been constituted to scrutinize and report to the Rajya Sabha whether the powers to make rules, regulations, bye-laws, etc conferred by the Constitution or delegated by Parliament, are being properly exercised by the executive authorities or not."
The Committee took up for discussion the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Procedure, Terms and Conditions for grant of trading license and other related matters) Regulation 2020 with the stakeholders.
It further sought clarifications on several points including the background or framing of the regulations, the objectives to be achieved through them, and the infrastructure set up by the Ministry to ensure compliance of the Regulations.
The officials were encouraged to share their experiences in the implementation of the regulations at ground level and what are the practical problems being faced by the stakeholders and how those are being sorted out.
The Joint Secretary, Power, GoI, elaborated that the central government is working on one nation, one grid and one frequency. He said that a number of schemes are in vogue to ensure power supply to all the habitations in India.
The Principal Secretary, JKPDD informed the meeting that J&K is on the path of providing a reliable power supply to its customers at reasonable rates. He added that he represents customers and appreciates the liberal policy of power purchase.
The Secretary CERC briefed the committee that CERC was constituted under the erstwhile Electricity Regulatory Commissions Act (ERC), 1998 with the primary responsibility of tariff fixation.
The appointed commission is entrusted with the function to fix the trading margin in the inter-State trading of electricity. He further said that currently there is a Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Procedure, Terms and Conditions for grant of trading licence and other related matters) Regulation 2020 governing the trade.
The Committee consists of 15 Members representing different political parties and walks of life.
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