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Section 35 of the Karnataka Electricity Reforms Act, 1999,
provides that the Commission may, after consultation with the
Commission Advisory Committee, holders of Supply Licence and other
persons or bodies appearing to the Commission to be representative
of persons and categories of persons likely to be affected make
regulations specifying the circumstances in which such Licensees
are to inform customers of their rights.
The Commission had accordingly prepared a draft of the Karnataka
Electricity Regulatory Commission (Consumers Right to Information)
Regulations in June 2000 and had circulated the same to the Supply
Licensee (KPTCL) and also other persons such as Consumer Groups,
eminent Engineers, etc. After receiving responses from these
persons, a Workshop was conducted on 11.7.2000 with KPTCL,
Consumer Groups and eminent Engineers. The draft was also
published in the Website of KERC for comments. The draft was
modified in the light of the discussions at the Workshop.
The final draft of the above as modified after the consultation
process described above was sent to KPTCL on 2.4.2001 to consider
this draft and to submit the same with whatever modifications are
considered necessary to the Commission for approval as
contemplated under Condition 23.3 of the Licence already issued to
KPTCL for carrying on the business of supply of Electrical energy.
Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited has furnished the
modifications on the above draft vide their letter No.KPTCL/B36/5716/687
Dated: 29-6-2001.
The modified draft was also discussed in the Commission Advisory
Committee Meeting held on 23.2.01 and 30.7.2001.
The Commission thereafter discussed the above on 27.6.2001 and
10.8.2001 in detail with special reference to the modifications
sought by K.P.T.C.L. The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory
Commission has approved the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory
Commission (Consumers Right to Information) Regulations, 2001 and
has ordered that the same be published in the official gazette of
Karnataka for information of all the concerned. |
