1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Electricity Act, 2003 (the "Electricity
Act") was enacted to consolidate the electricity laws
in India. While the Electricity Act facilitated significant private
investments, market development, and adoption of transparent tariff
mechanism etc., the power sector has been facing various
developmental hurdles for some time. Consequently, to address
various issues which have been highlighted by the industry and to
further reform the power sector, the Ministry of Power
("MoP"), Government of India, released
the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020 (the
"Amendment Bill") on April 17, 2020 to
amend the Electricity Act. The MoP has requested the stakeholders
to provide their comments and suggestions on the Amendment Bill
within 21 (twenty one) days from the date of release of the
Amendment Bill (i.e. by or before 8 May, 2020).
