Chandigarh, Feb. 20 -- Haryana secured 'A' grade with 88.5 marks out of 100 in the National Regulatory Performance Rankings of states and union territories for power sector.

As per a spokesperson of Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC), the report on regulatory performance was prepared by Power Foundation of India, a policy advocacy body under the aegis of Union ministry of power in collaboration with REC Limited. Haryana has thus emerged among the top-performing states in the country, securing the 8th position nationally, the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said in the category of reliability of power supply (resource adequacy), Haryana scored a perfect 32 out of 32. "Haryana also achieved full marks -- 5 out of 5 -- in...