Allowing pvt franchisees in power will spur cherry picking: Tamil Nadu CM

Says the move will affect the discoms and, consequently, public interest as well

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami said today that the Central Government's proposal to allow private franchisees/sub-licencees in the power sector would only lead to cherry picking of remunerative areas by such parties, and will affect the discoms and, consequently, public interest as well.

In a letter to R K Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New & Reweable Energy, Palaniswami said some of the provisions in the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020 are detrimental to the state government/state utilities.

“The State discoms will be left serving social sector obligations and rural areas which will result