OERC slaps case on Tata Power over lapses in services

THE Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) has initiated a suo motu case against Tata Power-managed power distribution companies (discoms) over alleged deficiencies in consumer services in the state.

- HEMANT KUMAR ROUT @Bhubaneswar

The hearing on the matter has been scheduled for July 15.

Citing a series of lapses by the four Tata Power-operated discoms - TPCODL, TPWODL, TPSODL and TPNODL - director (regulatory affairs of OERC) Priyabrat Patnaik has accused them of failing to uphold their licence obligations under the Electricity Act, 2003 and various OERC regulations, including the OERC (Condition of Supply) Code, 2019 and OERC (Standard of Performance) Regulation, 2004.