The country is at risk of losing more than 6,000 megawatts (MW) of power supply in a year because of the inability of the Energy Regulatory Commission to approve applications of power generation facilities to operate amid the suspension of ERC officials, ERC Chairman Agnes Devanadera said on Wednesday.
In a congressional hearing on the bill seeking the abolition of the ERC, Devanadera noted that without a fully staffed ERC Board, the body cannot take action on pending approval of the applications of the power generation facilities for certificate of compliance (CoC), the requirement needed for them to be in operation.
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