DECISIONS TAKEN UNANIMOUSLY BY NCCOEEE  MEETING ON 20.8.05 

 1.              Ministry of Power to be reminded about the promise made to study the experience of reforms and the review.

2.               NCCOEEE will issue a “boycott work and demonstration call” on 29^th September’05 on the following demands:

a)      Expedite review of Electricity Act: 2003

b)      Stop privatization of SEBs

c)      Restore the unbundled SEBs

3.              Supportive action on Bihar SEB  unbundling agitation:

i)        A rally will be taken at in Patna on 5^th September’05 in which National Leaders of NCCOEEE will participate.

ii)       NCCOEEE will fully support the proposed strike action by Bihar NCCOEEE unit on the day of issue of notification for restructuring of BSEB and demonstrations will be held all over India on the very next day the strike materializes.

iii)       A letter urging to stop unbundling of Bihar SEB will be submitted to Bihar Governor.

4.              NCCOEEE cannot associate with PSI as co-sponsors for the  Asia Pacific Conference and all concerned shall be intimated accordingly.

5.              Campaigns for mobilizing workers for the boycott call on 29^th September;2005 will be carried out by all the constituent unions/federations of NCCOEEE.

 

DECISIONS TAKEN BY THE WORKING COMMITTEE OF EEFI ON 22ND JULY,05:

 

1.              For providing details of Power Sector reforms, states were categorized and the responsibilities were entrusted to comrade’s as mentioned below.  The information required in questionnaire provided and any further details required by the experts committee should be collected and processed under the leadership of these comrades, within a week’s time on receipt of this circular, with which questionnaire is enclosed.

Name of State            Name & Telephone No.s of Incharge Comrades

A       (Unbundled  SEBs) :

(i)          Orissa :Com. Murari Bose (033-2359128®/098301-37992 )Acharya (06802271587/09437091851) Haryana:  Com.R.C.Jagga(09812052 BhagmalRana( 9815160242)Karnataka:Com. Satya Premkumar (09844029195)K.R. Unnithan (09846010501)Andhra Pradesh      Com. Pancharatnam ( 09844068817) Sudha Bhaskar (09849859378/040-55165546)

(v)     Uttar Pradesh:  Com. Bhagwan Mishra (0512-2582574) Uttaranchal:            Com. S.K. Pandey:         Rajasthan: Com. G.S.Bhadhoria (09314273249)                     B.L. Jat (  09828433469) Delhi: Com. B. Puria (09811593437)                     Pradeep Dahiya ( 09811068119)

 

B (Recently unbundled SEBs ) :

(i)     Madhya Pradesh     Com. B.S. Meel (9871259933) Vinay Pande (09425152512):Chattisgarh              Com. Meel (09414036713) ;   Vyas:

Gujrat:Com. Baldev Patel (09824065285), L.A. Gadvi ( 09825097460):

Assam:Com. Kumud Sharma (0361-2303650),A. Haloi

Maharastra: Com. Ranjit Desmukh (09422114721),Mohan Sharma

( 09823019531),  Sunil Jagatap (09822195632)

C (Existing SEBs) :

(i)     Tamilnadu:   Com. Pancharatnam ( 09840068817):Kerala                                Com. Pradeep (09846110501 &0471-2743695):

West Bengal:Com. P.N. Choudhry (9830264170), Kedar Mukharjee (033-25762599),       Bihar: Com Amarendra Mishra (0612-2345570, 09431221527)

Sidharth Sengupta ( 09830245705)

Jarkhand :Com. R. Kumar (DVC) (06540-294567)

H.P: Com. Kuldip Singh (01722-2697713), A.S. Sodhi ( 09814716787

C.S. Mandyal(09818006540)

Sunil Grover (09816096666)

 Punjab: Com. Harbhajan Singh (09814148435), A.S. Sodhi ( 09814716787)

Meghalaya: Com. D.K. Saha (09864068963);  Durgeswar Barua (09954009414)

D. EDs ( Electrical Departments) :               

J & K: Com. Maqbool Gunai (094191182774)Goa :Com. D. Golandaz.

Mizoram; Arunachal : Nagaland, Manipur, Sikkim: Com. H.M. Talukdar ,P. Talukdar (0361-222566) Com. H.M. Talukdar ,P. Talukdar (0361-222566) Pondicherry:  Com. Panchratnam ( 09840068817), Tripura:Com. Arun Choudhary (0381-225101)

E       (Union Territories) :

U. T. Chandigarh    Com. Bhagmal Rana  (09815160242):Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu: A&N Islands : Lakshadweep                                    

2.      It was felt that by conservative estimate an expenditure of Rs. 3.00 lakhs will be incurred for this study against which following amount was sponsored by the participants.

          a)         T.S.U.                                                                   Rs.   25,000/-

          b)         U.T. P/U.T Chandigarh                                        Rs.     2,000/-

          c)         U.P.B.B.E.U.                                                       Rs.      3000/-

          d)         R.S.E.B. E/A                                                        Rs.   20,000/-

          e)         W.B.S.E.B. W/U                                                 Rs.   20,000/-

          f)         Cottee                                                                  Rs.   25,000/-

          g)         U.E.E.U. Hyderabad                                            Rs.     5,000/-

          h)         K.S.E.B. O/A                                                       Rs.   15,000/-

Note:             a)        The remaining affiliates of EEFI has to indicate and render the amount after receipt of this circular.

                       b)        The quota sponsored against struggle fund in last working committee meeting on April 12, 2005 at Delhi be remitted at the earliest where ever it is due.

4)       In case NCCOEEE fails to participate, it was decided that EEFI, roping in other federations should strive hard through joint campaigns, to make 29th September 2005, Strike a grand success in Power Sector.  About 15 to 20 days before the day of strike, Dharna’s should be conducted in  State capitals which shall be synchronized as far as  possible to enable EEFI leaders from adjoining state to address the participants at Dharna.

5)       It was also decided unanimously to participate in the proposed 48 hours strike against Electricity Act 2003 by the end of November 2005, the date of which will be confirmed in September 2005, by NCCOEEE.

6)       General Secretary of EEFI will be the Member Secretary of the Expert’s Study Committee on Power Reforms.

 

7)                             In case U.P. Government is moving again towards the privatization of ANPARA-C and if a strike takes place, leaders of EEFI  should go to the important centres of U.P. to address the struggling electricity employees to raise their morale.

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ELECTRICITY EMPLOYEES FEDERATION OF INDIA

B.T.RANADIVE BHAWAN, 13-A, ROUSE AVENUE,

NEW DELHI -110 002, Tel. Nos.011- 23219670 & 011-23219704

 

                                                                                                Dated: 22.7.2005

                       

Experts Committee constituted to  to scientifically study, the GOI policy of reforming/restructuring/unbundling of SEBs.

 A high level committee had been constituted by the Electricity Employees Federation of India in the working committee meeting at Alappuzha, Kerala on 22^nd July 2005 consisting of the following and shall be assisted by the state committees :

1)    Prof. Dr. Sankar Sen ( Former Power Minister, WB) 

2)          Dr. M.R. Srinivasan (Former Member Planning Commisison & Ex. Chairman AEC)

3)          Prof. Prabhat Patnaik ( Economics – JNU)

4)    Prof. Chrandrasekhar (Economics – JNU)

5)   Dr. K. K. Govil ( Former CE, CEA and Director PFC)

6)    Er. Prabir Purkayastha (Delhi Science Forum)

7)  Dr. Sudha Mahalingam 

8)    Mr.Sunil Goyal – (Vice President, Chartered Accountant’s Association of SAARC Countries)   

9)    Er. B.S. Meel – Member Secretary         

Power sector reforms and private participation in the Electricity sector were initiated by the GOI during year 1991 to reduce the subsidy burden on the SEBs and to attract more investments for growth and development.

Finally the reforms culminated in the Electricity Act-2003, which prescribed unbundling of SEBs, their privatization, separation of Generation and Distribution from Transmission, Electricity Regulatory Commission in each state, provisions of open access in transmission to costumers and reduction in subsidies.

Electricity industry has been given new structure and new law in the hope of bringing overall growth and development and to meet aspirations of the people.

A High level committee constituted to scientifically study and analyse the prescription and implementation of the reforms in the power sector using feedback from selected states, to suggest revisions if any in the new law (EA-2003) and approach to Reforms.  The Terms of Reference (TOR) of the committee are :

(i)                           To conduct studies in selected states/SEBs to measure impact of re-organisation/restructuring of SEBs on the growth and development of power sector to match the national economy.

(ii)                         Extend the study in the same States/SEBs to measure the impact of change in the legal framework with reforms to the Electricity (Supply) Act 1948.

(iii)                      Measure the impact of reforms in selected states/SEBs from point of view of :

a)    Technical and commercial losses in distribution

b)    Efficiency of revenue collection

c)     Theft of Electricity

d)    Growth in Electricity availability to consumers

e)    Affordable prices of Electricity

f)      Growth in generation capacity

g)    Level of subsidies provided to the Electricity Industry

h)    Financial Health of SEBs Vs The new entities created/existing entities.

i)      Growth of long term loans firm State Govt. to SEB.

j)      Role of Regulators in meeting Aspirations of all stake holders.

k)    Value additions made by involved institutions/Govt and private owned entities

-   Payment of admissible subsidies by state Govt. to SEBs

-        Extent of gross Subsidisation among consumers.

-        Any others

(iv)          The extent to which policy objectives are laid down and implemented.

(v)            The extent of clarity and understanding created with the new law and policies.

(vi)          The role of organized sources and institutions in meeting economic and social objectives of the GOI. 

Decisions taken by the high level committee on its first meeting at B.T.R BHAWAN, New Delhi  on 22nd August, 2005  As the commission cannot bring out a detailed study report within September 30th , an interim report will be prepared with the wisdom and data available  with the committee before the stipulated date and  demand GOI to extend  the last date now fixed for restructuring  the SEBs for a further period of six months. At the same time maximum required data may be collected by EEFI for the purpose of the more detailed study.  The committee members will circulate a brief outline of the proposed interim report amongst themselves focusing on the following major issues: Unbundling, rural electrification, cost of power, preserving expertise and improving the professionalisation of the SEBs.