Programme Overview
and Objective |
The power sector is moving through a critical phase in the wake of reforms initiated at the central and state levels. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has been set up at the central level and State Electricity Regulatory Commissions have been set up in most of the states. Regulatory mechanism has been introduced with the main objective of regulating tariff for supply of electricity in a transparent manner and to promote competition & efficiency and performance improvement in the sector. Elimination of cross subsidies, tariff to reflect cost of power and open access to transmission and distribution system / power trading are expected to result in operation of the power sector on a commercial basis.
The programme aims at providing the participants an in-depth knowledge about the regulatory mechanism, key issues with regard to the regulatory mechanism, the Electricity Act 2003, capacity addition and resource requirements, reform initiatives of the Government, regulatory mechanism in other countries and emerging market trends in the Indian power market.
At the end of the programme, the participants shall be able to understand the functions / role of the regulatory commission, implementation of the guidelines with regard to improving the performance of power sector and bring customer satisfaction. |
