According to Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), a three-member committee will conduct an inquiry into last week’s power outage which had plunged parts of the Mumbai into darkness for up to 14 hours.
The high-level committee has been given three months’ time to submit its report and can be extended if so sought by the panel. Â MERC had earlier sought statements from the stakeholders, including power generation and distribution companies, and put up a few additional questions to them and gave them time to reply. In addition, the commission has received a preliminary report about the grid failure from the Maharashtra State Load Dispatch Centre (MSLDC) explaining the antecedent conditions, sequence of events, affected load and status of recovery of the system.
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