He said that beyond powering its own
public facilities with the already established
independent power plants delivering a combined 47.5 MW, the state government intends to stimulate investment through this initiative with the generation of 3000MW of power through accelerated deployment of embedded or distributed power plants in strategic locations within three to five years to drive the economy and bring additional
electricity to millions of homes and businesses.
For the second time this year, a court has blocked efforts by the state
Public Service Commission to restrict energy sales by
independent marketers that sell
electricity and natural gas to residential customers.