The Delhi Government is considering revoking the licences of BSES discoms due to their "dismal" performance. "The Government is considering revoking their licences due to dismal improvement in their performance despite repeated warnings," a source said. In a meeting with CEOs of the companies, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had warned that government will take strict action if their performance does not improve, the source said.
Power Minister Satyendar Jain had written to Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group chairman Anil Ambani, last week, over "atrocious" performance and the "unprecedented" power outages across the national capital. Jain also had asked him to come down to the city for a meeting, alleging that the discoms that supply power to nearly 70 per cent of the city have started "fudging" data to show improvement following stern warnings from the government. BSES entities BRPl (BSES Rajdhani Power limited) and BYPl (BSES Yamuna Power limited) supply electricity to around 12 lakh and 16 lakh customers respectively.