Supporting Discoms in Implementing Amendments to the Electricity Act

The document describes a workshop convened by RMI India, Rocky Mountain Institute, and NITI Aayog on 11 June 2020, which brought together 16 civil society organizations to coordinate support for India's financially struggling electricity distribution companies (DISCOMs). It introduces the Discom Transformation Platform, a hub designed to organize decarbonization efforts and address institutional and regulatory barriers in the sector.

• Indian electricity distribution companies (DISCOMs) face significant financial and infrastructure challenges that existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and were worsened by it, threatening the stability of India's economy.
• The clean energy transition in India will be influenced by new enabling conditions, specifically liquidity boosts, amendments to the Electricity Act, and the privatization of DISCOMs within Union Territories.
• The Discom Transformation Platform, hosted by NITI Aayog and RMI, serves as both a virtual information hub for decarbonization projects and a physical mechanism to coordinate stakeholders in overcoming technical, business, regulatory, and institutional barriers.

APA

RMI (2020). Supporting Discoms in Implementing Amendments to the Electricity Act. https://rmi.org/resources/supporting-discoms-in-implementing-amendments-to-electricity-act/

Chicago

RMI. Supporting Discoms in Implementing Amendments to the Electricity Act. 2020. https://rmi.org/resources/supporting-discoms-in-implementing-amendments-to-electricity-act/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2020supporting, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{Supporting Discoms in Implementing Amendments to the Electricity Act}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2020}, month = jul, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/supporting-discoms-in-implementing-amendments-to-electricity-act/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }