New Delhi: Former Chief Secretary of Assam Jishnu Baruah took oath of the office as new Chairman of Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), the regulator of power sector in India.
Union Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy RK Singh administered the oath of office to Jishnu Baruah as the new CERC Chairman at Shram Shakti Bhawan on Thursday.
Barua is a 1988-batch retired Indian Administrative Service (Retd. IAS) officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Prior to his retirement in August 2022, he was Chief Secretary of Assam.
He had worked in various capacities in the Assam and the Central Governments. Post retirement, Barua held the charge of Chairperson of Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL). Jishnu Barua holds M Phil degree in Defence and Strategic Studies, PG (History) Degree and Graduation (Philosphy) degree.
With this, Barua has succeeded PK Pujari, whose extended tenure in the Commission got over in June 2022.
The CERC is a statutory body of the Central Government. It is responsible for regulating and determining tariffs for inter-state transmission of electricity, issuing licences to persons to function as transmission licensee and electricity trader with respect to their inter-state operations.
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