Adani Group to supply electricity to Gurugram:Applies for grant of licence

For the first time in Haryana, the path for a major private sector entry into Gurugram’s electricity distribution system appears to be opening up. The Adani Group’s electricity distribution company has filed a formal petition for Grant of Licence to supply electricity in Gurugram. This application has been filed with the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) under Section 15 (Procedure for Grant of License) of the Electricity Act 2003. After the hearing, the commission has put its decision on hold. Additionally, another company, Eleven, has stated that they also have plans to invest ₹4,716.73 crore in this project in Gurugram and Nuh. Now the final decision has to be taken by the commission. It may be noted that Gautam Adani’s main electricity distribution and transmission company is named Adani Energy Solutions Limited. Besides this, electricity distribution work in Mumbai is carried out by their subsidiary company Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited. In this regard, an attempt was made to know the side of Haryana’s Energy Minister Anil Vij, but he did not receive the call. He also did not respond to the SMS. Adani and the other company’s proposals: What do the licence rules say and what will be the impact? Sampat Singh also made a claim Former Finance Minister of Haryana Government and INLD leader Sampat Singh said that he attended the public hearing of Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC). I have presented my side before the commission. The government wants to allow entry of private companies in Haryana’s power sector. He claimed that the company of the country’s big industrialist Gautam Shantilal Adani has also applied for power supply in Gurugram. We will oppose this. What the association officials said? Haryana Engineering Officers Association President Puneet Kumar Kundu said that we have not received its notice yet. He said that today in the commission’s hearing, we opposed the entry of private companies in the power sector. We will continue to oppose this in future as well.