The Regional Conference for the Western Region States was held recently, in Mumbai in presence of Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister, Maharashtra and Manohar Lal, Union Minister of Power and Housing & Urban Affairs. Other dignitaries present in the meeting were Shripad Naik, Union Minister of State for Power and MNRE; Ramkrishna alias Sudin Dhavalikar, Minister of Power, Goa; Kanubhai Mohanlal Desai, Minister of Energy, Gujarat; Pradyuman Singh Tomar Energy Minister, Madhya Pradesh, through VC; and Meghana Sakore Bordikar, Minister of State for Energy, Maharashtra.
In the meeting, Fadnavis mentioned about the proposed plan of the state for reducing the AT&C losses – and thus reducing the cost of power supply. Lal stressed on ensuring resource adequacy and necessary power purchase tie-ups.
