(1) The Commission may constitute an Appraisal Committee under the chairmanship of the Executive Director (Technical) of the Commission with General Manager (Projects), State Transmission Utility, Chief Engineer (System Planning) of Distribution Licensee, Sr. Accounts Officer of the Commission, as its members and the Superintending Engineer (HPSLDC) as its Member Secretary:
Provided that the Commission may nominate any other person not below the rank of Superintending Engineer as a Member of the Committee.
(2) (a) The Appraisal Committee shall carry out the techno-economic appraisal of the proposals submitted to it by the Nodal Agency, under clause (ii)(b) of sub-regulation 2 of regulation 5, keeping in view, the eligibility criteria as per regulation 3 of these regulations and shall finalize its findings/ recommendations on each scheme submitted to it. The schemes received by the Nodal Agency from the concerned Project Entity in a quarter shall be considered simultaneously;
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(b) The Member Secretary of the Appraisal Committee shall duly compile and process the recommendations of the Appraisal Committee and shall expedite the submission of the self-contained proposals by the nodal agency to the Commission in accordance with clause (iii) of sub-regulation 2 of regulation 5; and
(c) any other functions as may be specifically assigned to it by the Commission or Monitoring Committee or which may otherwise be required to discharge by it for smooth implementation of its role under these regulations.