Proposed amendments in Electricity Act to power up demand, ease supply

At a time when the power sector has been struggling with sluggish power demand, proposed amendments in the Electricity Act could boost demand and also ease supply.
 
Moving away from dated laws, the Act includes renewable sources of energy in every regulation governing supply, payment and penalty.
 
Along the same lines of widening its boundaries, the Act provides Metro Rail networks to be eligible for distribution licence. Along with railways, a Metro rail network can now also purchase electricity from any generator directly, through open access. Till yet, it had to sign power purchase agreement (PPA) with power