Supreme Court To Frame Standard For Conduct Of Public Hearings Before Electricity Regulatory Commissions

The Supreme Court recently indicated that it will examine and declare a standard by which public hearings could be conducted by Electricity Regulatory Commissions across the country.

A bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar made the observation in an appeal by the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission against the Kerala High Court's direction to hold hybrid public hearings instead of online hearings alone while revising the Renewable Energy Regulations.

“ We will examine and perhaps declare a standard by which the public hearing could be conducted by various Electricity Regulatory Commissions across the country ”, the Court stated.

The Court issued notice in the matter and directed that the Forum of Regulators constituted under Section