Hyderabad: Telangana Joint Action Committee convener Prof. M. Kodandaram on Friday urged Electricity Regulatory Commission chairman Ismail Ali Khan to reconsider its letter that restricted participation of power utility employees in its public hearings.
Based on the letter, Transco had issued a memo cautioned its employees of departmental action if the commission? advisory was not followed.
Sources said Transco had issued the memo mainly to silence its senior employee K. Raghu, TS Electricity Employees Union leader, as he has been questioning the loopholes in the power purchase agreements and the higher cost at which power was being purchased by TS discoms.
In his letter to Mr Khan, Prof. Kodandaram said employees do not have any avenue to express their opinions on the policy. “Denying an opportunity to such a group would be a loss to society at large and power utilities in particular,” he said.
