The central Electricity Authority (CEA) is a statutory" organization constituted under section 3(1) of the Electricity (supply) Act, 1948. It was established as a part-time body in 195 1 and made a full-time body in 1975. It is an attached office of the Ministry of Power. The Ministry of Power is assisted by the CEA in all technical, financial and economic matters. CEA is responsible for technical coordination an supervision of programmes and is also entrusted with a number of statutory functions.The CEA is particularly charged with the functions of developing a sound, adequate and uniform national power policy, formulate short-term and perspective plans for power development. It coordinates the activities of planning agencies in relation to the control and utilization of national power resources, technical and commercial appraisal of power schemes, collection of data, evaluation of financial performance of SEBs, analysis of tariff structure in the power industry, training of personnel and promotion of research in power-related matters
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