Many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Faridabad region of Haryana, who are members of the Faridabad Small Industries Association (FSIA), are joining hands and eyeing an arrangement for collective power purchase from a private electricity distribution company. SMEs in Faridabad are faced with bleak power situations that hurt their efficiency,
FSIA members said this could be the countryÂ’s first example of an SME cluster buying power from a private electricity distributor. Rajiv Chawla, President of the FSIA, said that units with power requirements of one MW or more have the option of going in for the open access system. However, SMEs with electricity connections of less than one MW are can not do so individually. Hence, FSIA has persuaded those of its members with power requirements of less than one mw to come together, and is exploring an opportunity to tie up with a private sector electricity distribution licensee company.
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