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All Discoms to Come Under Energy Conservation Act, Says Power Ministry
News 18The power ministry on Monday said it has mandated all electricity distribution utilities or discoms to comply with the Energy Conservation Act, 2001, which would reduce energy losses and bring in more transparency in the sector. Earlier, only discoms with annual energy losses equal to or above 1,000 MU, notified as designated consumers, used to come under the purview of the EC Act. After this notification, all discoms will be governed under various provisions of the EC Act, such as appointment of energy manager, energy accounting and auditing, identification of energy losses category-wise, and implementation of energy conservation and efficiency measures. This decision will facilitate energy accounting and auditing as mandatory activity for all the discoms, leading to the actions towards reducing losses and increase their profitability, the ministry said.
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