Chandigarh, July 23 -- The Power Reforms Forum, an association of serving and retired power engineers, has urged the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) to reject the petition of Eleven Power Private Limited seeking a parallel electricity distribution licence in Gurugram and Nuh, contending that it involved fundamental changes in the power distribution framework with implications extending beyond Haryana.

In a representation to commission chairman Nand Lal Sharma, forum president Bhupinder Singh said the ownership of the electricity distribution network has historically remained with a single entity and distribution companies have largely been state government-owned entities created under the Electricity Act, 1948, while pri...