Planning Commission has constituted a Working Group on Power

Planning Commission has constituted a Working Group on Power in the context of preparation of Twelfth Five Year Plan under the chairmanship of Secretary (Power) and members from vanous Ministries/Departments/PSUs and private sector representatives vide order dated 4th March,  2011.

Further, in order to assist the Working Group in its task separate Sub­ Groups on specific aspects have been constituted. The Sub-Group 4 on 'Legislative   and  Policy  Issues  - Formulation,  Implementation  and Feedback'     has    been    constituted    under    the     chairmanship    of Sh. Ashok Lavasa, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power. Study groups within Sub group IV have been constituted with members from various Ministries/ Departments/ PSUs/ Power Utilities/ Private sector and Elite Educational Institutions.

 The Terms of Reference ofthe Sub-Group will be as under:-

i)   Review status of various Policies notified under Electricity Act, 2003 and identify steps to realize objectives of Act.
ii)    Recommend Industry Structure to:

a.   Enhance number of players b.   Promote competition

c.   Provide  consistent  &  transparent  pncmg  regime  and  raise conversion, transmission, distribution and end use efficiency.

d.   Improve efficiency

iii)       Review of ongoing Reform process undertaken by States in the Power Sector with special emphasis on financial health of distribution utilities.

In this regard, Suggestions/ Feed back/ Comments are invited from all the stake holders/ general public at subgroup4policy@googlegroups.com and subgroup4policy@gmail.com.