Report of Indian Institute of Public Administration ... - Ministry of Power

Maharashtra
The progress in regard to some specific provisions of the EA, 2003 is given as under:
Section 172 Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company is the State
transmission utility carved out of the erstwhile MSEB.
Section 42(5) Consumer grievance redressal forums have been formed by MSEDCL
at each zonal centre as per the regulations of MERC.
Section 55 Supply of electricity through metering. In MSEDCL, only agricultural
consumers have yet remained to be provided with meters. MSEDCL
have requested MERC to extend the time period for installing these
meters till March 2008.
Section 135 State amendments have been carried out to allow Police to investigate.
The State has not established any special courts or Police Stations
for this purpose so far.
Business Plan/Investment Plan
MSEDCL have formulated a business plan and a corresponding investment plan. The
efficiency improvement assumptions as well as assumptions of expenses in
formulating these plans and loss statement have been in the draft stage. These
documents are currently awaiting approval of the Board and are given below only for
reference:
Assumptions in preparing Business Plan, Business and Investment Plan (Preliminary)
Distribution loss reduction assumed at three per cent per annum till 2008-09 and
thereafter by one per cent as given below:
Particulars 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008- 09 2009-10
Distribution Loss (%) 28 25 22 19 18
Collection efficiency taken to 98 per cent by 2010-11 as noted below:
Particulars 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
Collection efficiency (%) 90 92 94 96 98
10.51