Appendix – 2018 Draft EA2003 Amendments Line Item comments and suggestions Rahul Tongia and Geetika Gupta, Brookings India No. 42/6/2011-R&R (Vol-Vlll) Government of India Ministry of Power *** Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, th New Delhi, 7 September , 2018 To 1. Chairperson , Central Electricity Authority, New Delhi. 2. Principal Secretary/Secretary(Energy) , All State Governments/UTs. 3. Registrar, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, New Delhi. 4. Secretary, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, New Delhi. 5. Secretaries, All SERCs/JERCs. 6. Chairman/CMDs for all PSUs under administrative control of Ministry of Power. 7. CMDs/MDs of DISCOMs/GENCOs/TRANSCOs of all State Governments . 8. DG, Association of Power Producers, New Delhi. 9. President, FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi. 10. Head, Prayas (Energy Group), Pune. Subject: Proposed amendment to Electricity Act, 2003 - regarding. Sir/Madam , I am directed to say that the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 19.12.2014. The Bill was subsequently referred to the Standing Committee on Energy for examination and report. The Committee had submitted its report on 7.5.2015 . Based on the observations/recommendations of the Standing Committee, further consultation with State Governments/UTs held in September, 2015 and deliberations at different levels thereafter some more amendments have been proposed. 2. A revised proposal for amendment in Electricity Act, 2003 is enclosed with the request to provide your comments , if any, to this Ministry within 45 days from the date of this letter. The comments may also be emailed at sandeep
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