Electricity Act, 2003
80. Central Advisory
Committee.
1. The Central
Commission may, by notification, establish with effect from such date as it may
specify in such notification, a Committee to be known as the Central Advisory
Committee.
2. The Central Advisory
Committee shall consist of not more than thirty-one members to represent the
interests of commerce, industry, transport, agriculture, labour, consumers,
non-governmental organisations and academic and research bodies in the
electricity sector.
3. The Chairperson of
the Central Commission shall be the ex-officio Chairperson of the Central
Advisory Committee and the Members of that Commission and Secretary to the
Government of India in charge of the Ministry or Department of the Central
Government dealing with Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution System shall
be the ex-officio Members of the Committee.