Impact Analysis of Odisha Electricity Sector before and after Reforms

Authors

  • Mr. Swakantik Mishra, Dr. Abhinna Chandra Biswal

Abstract

Odisha electricity Sector has gone through a sea change in last couple of decades. It had been highly centralized sector with control of Government of Odisha and there had been less option in investment and operation. With change in load, demand and supply system reliability, efficiency and effectiveness became an issue. So, to bring in consistency, efficacy and usefulness the state government decided to decentralize the state power sector through reforms. By segmenting each technical and commercial center to separate business units the reforms had beenrealized. In this article the authors focus on the impact and issues in Odisha electricity sector after reforms and gave an after effect of reforms with comparative analysis.

Keywords: Decentralization, deregulation, electricity regulation, market segmentation.

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Published

2020-05-18

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