With the state cabinet giving nod to 18-month extension to nine power projects, proposed to be set up through the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) route, the ball is now in the court of Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) which will hear the case on December 26. The commission has invited objections from interested parties and stakeholders by December 18 when a hearing will be held.
On Monday, the commission started receiving petitions and objections into granting of extension to nine power projects. The UP Rajya Vidyut Upbhogta Parishad in its petition has challenged the extension given to the projects for the second time.
The parishad said even though the commission is scrutinising the first extension given in June 2012, the state government went ahead to give the second extension. "This proves that the state government has nothing to do with the commission. The second extension is contempt of commission,'' said parishad president AK Verma.
In January 2011, the Centre had stopped setting up of power plants under the MoU route saying that the cost of power from these plants would be high as compared to those proposed to be set up through competitive bidding.
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