ABSTRACT
India is one of the few countries in the world which benefits from the fact that there is no lack of political will regarding clean energy transition at its topmost level. There are new rules and amendments to existing acts being introduced to ensure that the nationally committed targets are achieved. However, this process has recently experienced push-back from the state governments. Particularly because the state governments see it as an attempt to reimagine the concurrent nature of power sector rule-making and decision making. Not only that, setting such national targets often overlooks the priorities of the states.
The chapter would therefore bring forth the important mismatches that are taking place in priorities between states and centre, which percolates into the process of making rules and proposals of Acts, setting separate targets at the state and national levels, which does not add up to the total and finally the issue of administering the DISCOMS and their management which are important to distribute the generated power to the people affordably.
