Union Power Minister release a report on Key Regulatory Parameters of Power Utilities

What is the News?

The Union Power Minister has released a report on Key Regulatory Parameters of Power Utilities.

Report on Key Regulatory Parameters of Power Utilities:

• The report captures key regulatory information of DISCOMs apart from state-owned transmission and generation utilities.
• The report also facilitates meaningful comparison of their performance and brings forth actionable insights for relevant power sector stakeholders including policy makers and regulators.

Schemes Mentioned in the Article:

About Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana(DDUGJY):

• DDUGJY is designed to provide continuous power supply to the entire rural India.
• The erstwhile Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana(RGGVY) scheme was subsumed in the DDUGJY scheme.
• Objectives of the Scheme:
  • To provide electrification to all villages
  • Feeder separation to ensure sufficient power to farmers and regular supply to other consumers
  • Improvement of Sub-transmission and distribution network to improve the quality and reliability of the supply
  • Metering to reduce the losses
• Implementing Agency: Rural Electrification Corporation(REC) is the Nodal Agency for implementation of DDUGJY.
• Achievements: Under the DDUGJY scheme, the country has achieved 100% electrification of villages.

About Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA):

• GRIHA is an independent, not-for-profit society jointly setup by The Energy and Resources Institute(TERI) and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE).
• Purpose: GRIHA is a rating tool that helps people assess the performance of their building against certain nationally acceptable benchmarks.
• It evaluates the environmental performance of a building holistically over its entire life cycle, thereby providing a definitive standard for what constitutes a ‘green building’.