West Bengal serves cease and desist order to state power regulator

The West Bengal government has directed the State Electricity Regulatory Commission not to pass any order on any matter till mid-November on a row between the regulator and Kolkata-based power utility CESC Ltd.
The commission has been directed “not to proceed with issuance/ publication of any draft regulation/ final regulation/ amendment to existing regulation and/ or any other order for a period of 60 days” under section 108 of the Electricity Act 2003, according to the cease-and-desist order dated 17 September passed by the department of power of the West Bengal government.

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