REL won’t snap power nor recover deposit till supply code is framed

Reliance Energy Ltd (REL), in view of a large-scale protests from various political parties and consumer organisations, on Monday preferred to maintain status quo and not to recover additional security deposit and disconnect power supply of its over 20 lakh Mumbai suburban consumers. REL took this decision to go in line with the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (MERC) observation for deferring its move till the formulation of Electricity Supply Code under section 50 of the Electricity Act 2003. The Mumbai Grahak Panchayat had taken a serious objection to REL’s move and filed a petition challenging it. REL had initially indicated that it would disconnect the power supply of those consume.....