Public comments invited on the draft CEA (Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations, 2022 till 28th July, 2022
The Central Electricity Authority (“CEA”) has published the draft of the Central Electricity Authority (Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations, 2022 (“Draft Regulations”), which is proposed to replace the Central Electricity Authority (Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations, 2010. The Draft Regulations shall be applicable to all electrical installation, including electrical plant and electric lines, and persons engaged in generation or transmission or distribution or trading or supply or use of electricity.
The Draft Regulations are available on the CEA Website at www.cea.nic.in. All the Stakeholders including the public may send their comments on the Draft Regulations to Chief Engineer (Legal), Sewa Bhawan (North Wing), Room No. 622, 6th Floor, R. K. Puram, New Delhi-110066 by post or through e-mail (celegal-cea@gov.in) latest by 28th July, 2022.
Key Highlights-
The Draft Regulations prescribe provisions for the following:
• in connection with general safety requirements;
• with regard to general conditions relating to supply and use of electricity;
• safety requirements for overhead lines, underground cables, substations and generating stations;
• additional safety in connection to requirements for Generating Stations;
• additional safety provided for provisions in connection to requirements for solar installations;
• additional safety has provided for provisions in connection to requirements for wind installations;
A copy of the Public Notice is attached herewith for ease of reference.
Source: Central Electricity Authority
