OERC reforms power plan

The Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) has amended and extended the Central Electricity Supply Utility of Orissa (Operation & Management) Scheme , 2006 on August 8, 2008 for a period of two years from September 8, 2008 to September 7, 2010.

The management board of Central Electricity Supply Utility of Orissa (Cesu) was restructured to make it more broad based by inducting professionals and experts on various aspects of the power sector.

A utility advisory committee (UAC) was also constituted by the commission to associate a wide spectrum of stake holders, including various consumer groups in the operation of Cesu with a view to develop the utility as a consumer friendly organisation.

OERC reviewed the working of the scheme and the performance of the utility in the last two years. The scheme facilitated induction of professionals at the top management level by the commission.

The management has taken effective steps for opening up promotional avenues for career advancement of service personnel and it has inducted nearly 200 executives from technical, financial and other disciplines for strengthening the human resource base.

It has also improved the condition of certain employees hired on contract basis at the non- executive level which includes trained technicians, computer assistants, and data entry operators. There has been considerable improvement in loss reduction, collection efficiency and improvement in revenue of the utility as a result of these moves.

The commission decided to extend the period of the scheme for two years for sustained improvement of the utility to turn Cesu into a dynamic, efficient and consumer centric organisation.

The new management board of Cesu would consist of 12 permanent members including the commissioner cum secretary of the Orissa government’s energy department, police commissioners of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, the chairman and managing director of GRIDCO, experts from the power sector and top executives of the utility.