Chandigarh, July 10 -- The Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) on Thursday constituted a three-member expert committee headed by a retired IAS officer to examine the bid of a 2025 incorporated private company, Eleven Power Private Limited, for a parallel electricity distribution licence in Gurugram and Nuh revenue districts. Eleven Power has petitioned the HERC seeking a grant of a parallel power distribution license under sections 14 and 15 of the Electricity Act, 2003, for the two districts. State-owned power distribution company, Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN), at present exclusively serves electricity consumers in the two districts. Sunil Sachdeva, the co-founder of Medanta - The Medicity, a leading chain of multi-super speciality hospitals, is the director of Eleven Power and chairman of Eleven Group. The commission, which held a hearing on the petition on July 8, reserved its order till the expert committee submits its findings. The committee will submit a reasoned report containing findings, analysis, recommendations and suggested licence conditions, the regulator said. "The committee shall examine the petition, the replies filed by the respondents, the comments, objections submitted by the interveners, and all other relevant material available on record, and shall submit a comprehensive report containing its clear, reasoned and unambiguous recommendations on whether the petitioner has complied with the requirements prescribed under the Electricity Act, 2003, the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (Transmission and Distribution Licensing) Regulations, 2004, as amended from time to time, the Distribution of Electricity Licence (Additional Requirements of Capital Adequacy, Creditworthiness and Code of Conduct) Rules, 2005, and the Distribution of Electricity Licence (Additional Requirements of Capital Adequacy, Creditworthiness and Code of Conduct) (Amendment) Rules, 2022, for the grant of a parallel distribution licence in the Nuh and Gurugram revenue districts. The committee shall function as an independent expert body, and its report shall be recommendatory in nature, which shall neither affect nor fetter the statutory powers of the commission to adjudicate in accordance with the Electricity Act, 2003, along with the rules framed therein,'' reads the regulator's July 9 order. As per the order, the committee will be headed by retired IAS officer Alok Nigam, who headed Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) for 10 months and Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam for two months. The other members are Ravinder Kumar Sharma, an engineer and former managing director of Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd and Bibhu Prasad Mahapatra, former director (finance) of power utilities in Uttar Pradesh and Odisha. In an interim order issued on Thursday, the commission said the proposed licence has far-reaching implications for Haryana's power sector and warrants an independent assessment before a final call is taken. It noted that the project could have a significant impact on consumers, the existing distribution companies, the transmission network and the state's overall regulatory framework. The committee has been given 15 days to examine whether Eleven Power satisfies the legal and regulatory requirements. The committee will assess the company's financial strength, technical capability, business plan and preparedness to build and operate a distribution network across the two districts....