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The Committee on Policy Related Matters has been constituted to serve as a dedicated platform for addressing policy-level challenges and concerns faced by distribution utilities. Its primary mandate is to proactively identify and deliberate on key policy issues, including those arising from draft regulations, policy proposals, and amendments circulated by the Ministry of Power (MoP), Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), Central Electricity Authority (CEA), and other relevant authorities. The Committee will play a key role in policy advocacy by consolidating inputs from member Discoms and representing their concerns, suggestions, and feedback. AIDA, if required in collaboration with other reputed institutions, will carry out in-depth study on various matters impacting Discoms. The study reports shall be discussed in the committee members before forming an opinion.

The Committee is expected to meet at least once every two months, with additional meetings if required, based on the urgency or importance of emerging policy issues.

List of the Members

Convenor

Satyendra Nath Kalita

Director (Regulatory Affairs)

All India Discoms Association (AIDA)

Member

Dr. Nilesh Kane

Tata Power (T&D)

Deepak Raizada

Chief Engineer (PPA)

Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd.

(UPPCL)

Shishir Singh

Director (Commercial)

Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd.

(PuVVNL), Varanasi

Paresh Bhagwat

ED (B&R)

Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd.

(MSEDCL)

D. Rajendra Prasad

CGM/PP/APPCC

Eastern Power Distribution Co. of AP Ltd.

(APEPDCL) – Visakhapatnam

Girja Shankar Niranjan

Add. Vice President

BSES Yamuna Power Ltd. (BYPL) & BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd.

(BRPL)

P.C. Patel

ACE (RA & C)

Madhya Gujarat Vij Co. Ltd.

(PGVCL) – Vadodra

P.J. Mehta

CE (Tech)

Paschim Gujarat Vij Co. Ltd.

(PGVCL) – Rajkot

Suranjit Mishra

CFO

Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd.

(TPDDL)

Special Invitee

Reena Suri

Executive Director

India Smart Grid Forum