The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged the chief ministers of all states and Union Territories to oppose the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 and seek more time from the Central government for submission of comments on the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
"The AIPEF has urged all the chief ministers and Lt Governors to seek at least six months' time from the Central government for the submission of comments and suggestions by all the stakeholders, particularly electricity employees and consumers, on the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 after putting the draft in the public domain," AIPEF Chairman Shailendra Dubey said here on Tuesday.
Dubey has written to the chief ministers of all states and to take up the issue with the Central government. He has also urged that the issue be taken up during the scheduled virtual meeting of Power Minister RK Singh with all states on February 17 to discuss the proposed amendments to the Electricity Act, 2003.
He said the most important stakeholders were consumers and power employees and engineers of state discoms who had been completely ignored.