A delegation of 15 MlAs cutting across party lines recently met Speaker Niranjan Pujari and urged him to set up a sub-committee on renewable energy under the House Committee of Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution.
The delegation comprising Amar Satpathy, KV Singh Deo, Tara Prasad Bahinipati, Chiranjib Biswal, Debasis Nayak, Bhagirathi Badjena, Sashi Bhusan Behera, laxman Munda, Dr Ramesh Chandra Chaupattnaik, Prafulla Majhi, Jogesh Kumar Singh, Sanjeev Kumar Sahoo, Devendra Sharma, Rajani Kanta Singh, Chandrasekhar Majhi and Prasant Muduli met the Speaker last week and submitted a memorandum to this effect.
Climate Parliament Network, Odisha, a body of legislators working worldwide to combat climate change, has been highlighting the need for setting up a Sub-Committee on renewable energy in the State Assembly.
This Sub-Committee shall have a focus on the long-term plans, policies and initiatives on renewable energy to give it a required direction and momentum that can upscale renewable energy deployment. The MlAs in the memorandum highlighted that the Sub-Committee shall have a focus on the long-term plans, policies and initiatives on renewable energy to give it a required direction and momentum that can upscale renewable energy deployment in the State.
“Such a step will lead to an increased focus on tapping the vast renewable energy potential and to support the required institutional development for carrying out inclusive development in Odisha,” the memorandum stated.
The delegation under the leadership of Amar Prasad Satpathy also submitted a report titled ‘RE-Energising Odisha: An Assessment of Renewable Energy Policies, Challenges and Opportunities,’ prepared jointly by an expert group and Climate Parliament, for the purpose of acceleration of renewable energy utilisation in the State, to ensure energy access, energy security and sustainable growth.