01310pab a2200169 454500008004000000100002000040245006200060260000900122300001600131362001000147520079800157650001900955773003400974909001001008999001701018952010501035180718b2002   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aGodbole, Madhav  aElectricity Regulatory Commissions: the jury is still out  c2002  ap.2195-220.  a8 Jun  aRationalisation of tariffs is perhaps the most important prerequisite of viability of the power sector.  An important step was taken in this behalf in 1998 by enactment of a legislation for the setting up of the electricity regulatory commissions (ERCs) at the centre and in the states.  But the experience of the functioning of the ERCs so far is far from satisfactory.  It is now imperative that ERCs take a strong position and refuse to entertain the submissions of SEBs and licensees for tariff revisions till their reasonable directives are compiled with.  It is time the ERCs made full use of the penal powers available under the concerned legislation.  For what is at stake is not only the viability and the future of the power sector but also the credibility of the ERCs. - Reproduced.  aPower industry  aEconomic and Political Weekly  a52611  c52611d52611  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 37, Issue no: 23pAR53041r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR