Govt plans higher penalties to curb power overdrawal from grid

To ensure smooth functioning of electricity grids, the government is planning higher penalties and quicker punishments for entities that overdraw power. The Power Ministry is looking at ways to amend the Electricity Act so as to implement new rules as part of efforts to prevent grid failures.
‘We are also looking into the scheme of how the Electricity Act can be amended to ensure that the penalties for overdrawal are increased, penalties are recovered in a faster way and the actual punishment to the offender is done very quickly,’ the ministry has said in a recent submission to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy.