Srikanth, R
(2017)
Why India needs a National Electricity Council.
Current Science, 113 (7).
pp. 1233-1241.
ISSN 0011-3891
| Abstract: |
India is the third largest electricity generator in the world after China and USA. India has already
committed to its Nationally Determined Contributions submitted to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change for the period 2021–2030, which inter alia, includes a commitment,
to achieve about 40% cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based
energy resources by 2030 with the help of technology transfer and low-cost international finance.
However, India’s power sector is facing several major challenges as it makes a transition to a more
environment-friendly energy mix. Since electricity is a concurrent subject as per the Constitution of
India, there is an urgent need to create an empowered National Electricity Council (NEC)
with pooled sovereignty to realize the goal – ‘One Nation-One Grid-One Price’. The proposed NEC
will facilitate the evolution of a vibrant and self-sustaining power sector in India in a timely
manner. |
| Item Type: |
Journal Paper
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| Additional Information: |
Copyright belongs to the Publisher |
| Keywords: |
Coal power plants, Electricity (Amendment) Bill, energy and environment, optimal energy mix, stressed
assets. |
| Subjects: |
School of Natural and Engineering Sciences > Energy
Programmes > Energy and Environment Programme |
| Divisions: |
Schools > Natural Sciences and Engineering |
| Date Deposited: |
09 Oct 2017 07:43 |
| Last Modified: |
09 Oct 2017 07:43 |
| Official URL: |
http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/113/07/123... |
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| URI: |
http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/1356 |
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