Delhi Transco Limited
The position is that as per available records, the first diesel Power Station was established in Delhi in the year 1905 when a private English Company by name M/s.
The power situation in Delhi till a few years ago was yet another example of man's incapacity to handle another form of energy.
It was an integrated utility with the generation, transmission, and distribution functions serving all of Delhi except the NDMC and MES (Cantonment) areas to which it supplied power in bulk.
Its reputation continued to deteriorate and its poor commercial performance, the best-known thing about DVB perhaps being its high Transmission and Distribution (T&D) losses made it a drain on the public exchequer.
With T & D losses as high as 50% regular power cut for 10 to 15 hours and Delhi Vidyut Board accumulating liabilities of over Rs.
Delhi Electricity Board Regulatory Commission (DERC) was constituted in May 1999 whose prime responsibility was to look into the entire gamut of existing activity and search for various ways of power sector reforms.
The DERC is even today a fully functional body that has since issued tariff orders for annual revenue requirements.
Delhi Electricity Reform Ordinance, 2000 was a body that was promulgated in October 2000 and notified in the form of an Act in March 2001.
It mainly provides for the constitution of an Electricity Regulatory Commission, unbundling of DVB into separate generation, transmission, and distribution companies, and increasing avenues for the participation of the private sector.
This was followed by a Tripartite Agreement which was signed by the Government of Delhi, DVB employees to ensure the cooperation of stakeholders in this reform process.
The tripartite agreement sent off very positive vibes to the people in general as well as to the investor community about the sincere and hassle-free objectives of power reforms.
The bidders were selected on the basis of reduction of total Aggregate Technical and Commercial losses (AT & C) a unique feature of the power sector reforms in Delhi.
The bidders were required to bid on the basis of efficiency improvement like the reduction of AT & C losses that they achieve year-wise over a period of five years.
DTL is also introducing Energy Conservation Building Code in Delhi to maximize the use of natural resources and minimize the use, of electricity.
Department of Power, Government of NCT of Delhi has established Public Grievance Cell http://www.biljipgr.gov.in[permanent dead link] to look into the complaints of electricity consumers.
