The background of constitution of CESU, the electricity distribution licensee covering central Odisha indicates poor governance & is the cause of #Unsustainableelectricity These facts have been noted carefully at clause no. 4.36 in the draft public interest Petition perused before Honble Chief Justice Odisha High Court dt. 5th Sep-14 & sent then to Appropriate Authorities consequent upon advice of Honble Court for necessary Orders & actions. Pl. follow below: 4.36 That Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC), Opposite No.3 vide its order dated 31.03.1999 passed in Case No.2/99, under the provisions of the Odisha Electricity Reform Act, 1995, had issued License to Central Electricity Supply Company of Odisha Ltd. (CESCO) Registered Office: 2nd Floor, IDCO Tower, Janpath, Bhubaneswar-751022, Dist: Khurda, Odisha, to carry out the business of Distribution & Retail Supply of electricity in nine districts of central Odisha such as Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Anugul, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Puri, Nayagarh, Khurda & some parts of Jajpur as mentioned in the said license. Consequent upon disputes arose in functioning of AES (American Electricity Supply), OERC revoked the license of CESCO with effect from 01.04.2005. On dated 18.04.2005, OERC appointed a Chief Executive Officer and Administrator (CEO & A) to discharge the licensed activity of Central Zone Electricity Distribution and Supply Utility (CZEDSU). Later, vide order dt.08.09.2006, the Commission in exercise of power u/s 22 of the Electricity Act,2003 has formulated a Scheme named “ Central Electricity Supply Utility of Odisha ( Operation and Management ) Scheme , 2006 for operation and management of the Utility. The said Scheme shall remain in force for a period of 2 years which may be extended by the Commission in public interest. Under the provisions of said Scheme, all assets, liabilities, rights, proceedings and manpower as well as the license for distribution and supply of electricity held by CESCO has been developed and vested on Central Electricity Supply Utility of Odisha (CESU) and it has been authorized to carry out the business of distribution of electricity in accordance with license conditions in respect of area assigned to CESCO under revoked license has to abide by the directions of the Commission issued from time to time. The period of the Scheme is further extended for a period of one year w.e.f. 08.09.2010 to 07.09.2011.As per provision of last amendment on 6th Sept, 2008 for the general / overall management of CESU, the Commission has also constituted a Management Board and one Utility Advisory Committee for development of customers services. The scheme was again amended in 2012, 2013 and extended upto 07.09.2014. Under the aforesaid Scheme, the CESU has to comply with the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003 and other relevant statutory provisions and license conditions with regard to distribution of electricity in its area of supply. Chairman and CEO of CESU are the full time members of the Board.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 07:23:36 +0000
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