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2. Electricity Governance in India

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dc.contributor.author Shankar Sharma
dc.date.accessioned 2016-07-23T07:33:22Z
dc.date.available 2016-07-23T07:33:22Z
dc.date.issued 2014-07
dc.identifier.issn 2277-9752
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2259/909
dc.description IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review 3(2) 109–122 © 2014 Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode en_US
dc.description.abstract Electricity governance and planning ought to have been two important areas of administration in India right since Independence, but unabated growth in demand, chronic power cuts, nature’s limits and global warming implications all have now made them critical to the all-round development of our communities on a sustainable basis. A rational analysis at how the Electricity sector in the country has performed since independence provides a disappointing picture: there is indifference to the consumers’ needs, inequity of access, financial mismanagement, lack of professionalism and frequent non-compliance with relevant laws. These conditions indicate the need for a paradigm shift in the way the sector is governed. Electricity planning seems to be based on archaic principles, insensitive to changing customer needs and the global warming context. This article recommends that both in governance and planning, effective stakeholder participation and regular consultations with the domain experts will help to address the major issues. System-wide measures such as efficiency improvement, demand side management (DSM), energy conservation and effective use of distributed renewable energy sources (REs), supported by micro grids and smart grids, should be the way forward. A number of national and international reports focusing on Power sector reforms have advocated this approach. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Sage Publications en_US
dc.subject Policy en_US
dc.subject Constitution en_US
dc.subject Environment en_US
dc.subject Efficiency en_US
dc.subject Conservation en_US
dc.subject Tariff en_US
dc.subject Resources en_US
dc.subject Micro grid en_US
dc.subject Smart grid en_US
dc.subject Costs and benefits en_US
dc.subject DSM en_US
dc.subject Global warming en_US
dc.subject Regulation en_US
dc.subject Cost-to-serve en_US
dc.subject Sustainability en_US
dc.title 2. Electricity Governance in India en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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    2014: Vol 3 (2): 109-201

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