In this paper, we quantify impacts the viability of the entire chain, and the non-compliance and examine possible causes struggling DisComs are also a risk for India’s and implications of the violations. [...] the prices right is critical not just for keeping the DisCom viable but also for maintaining the social- The two parts of the study are to examine the welfare redistribution equilibrium in balance while above objectives at each stage of the tariff process the underlying market, technology, and regulatory (further detailed subsequently): landscape is shifting. [...] For achieving the objective that the tariff the provisions of this Act, specify the terms and progressively reflects the cost of supply of conditions for the determination of tariff, and in electricity, the Appropriate Commission would doing so, shall be guided by the following, namely: notify a roadmap such that tariffs are brought within ±20% of the average cost of supply. [...] preference to any consumer of electricity but may differentiate according to the consumer’s load factor, power factor, voltage, total consumption of electricity during any specified period or the time at which the supply is required or the geographical position of any area, the nature of supply and the purpose for which the supply is required.” GETTING INDIA'S ELECTRICITY PRICES “RIGHT” 27 It’s Mo. [...] Figure 3 shows the DisCom-wise FY19 ex-ante The “Other” category is not shown, as it varies ACoS, the benchmark for cross-subsidies and the based on its underlying components and is small ABR; the ABR is both overall for the DisCom as in volume.