No political meddling in power sector's functioning in UP:

The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) today said that political interference in the functioning of power corporations has come to an end after the Yogi Adityanath-led government assumed power in the state.
"Ever since Yogi Adityanath has taken over as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, he has left the fate of power sector in the state to its corporation and that there is no political intervention in functioning of the power corporation," UPERC chairman Suresh Kumar Agarwal was quoted as saying in a statement issued by industry body PHDCCI.
He further said that with the new administration at the helm in the state, the corporation authorities are taking punitive actions to recover power dues, and this is the perceptible change one can notice in the power sector of UP.

Addressing a National Energy Conclave organised by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) here, Agarwal said that in the forthcoming mega investment summit, the UP government would showcase its power strength to investors by way of declaration about plans to set up solar plants of 1,000 MW across the state, permission for open access to power consumers in industrial sector and inter-state open access.
Even after launch of UDAY, the overall conditions of discoms have hardly improved as these continue to struggle on financial front and that these still suffer financial losses that they have hardly any money to improve upon their infrastructure, he said.

Agarwal also called for an introspection of policy decisions taken in the last one decade and sought improvements in the Union power ministry's recent guidelines saying that bidding process and power purchase agreements need a complete overhaul to enable generators of power to produce power and sell it appropriately.
The overhaul in the bidding documents and PPAs (power purchase agreements) would also channelise generators and power producers to solve their past problems and even court related disputes, said Agarwal adding that currently 30,000 to 40,000 MW of power is lying idle on account of inefficient infrastructure.