Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) has, by its order of October 19, 2026, granted Eleven Power Pvt Ltd a parallel distribution licence for the Gurugram and Nuh revenue districts of Haryana.
In a release, Eleven Power said that the licence, applicable for a period of 25 years has been granted by HERC, under Section 14 of the Electricity Act, 2003.
Implication
The region’s 8.3 lakh-plus electricity consumers, including households, farms, shops, industrial units and offices, will be able to choose between two distribution licensees as Eleven Power’s network reaches their area.
Existing consumers are not required to take any action. The existing distribution licensee, which is state discom Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitaran Nigam Ltd (DHBVN), will continue to supply its consumers across the region, and consumers will be able to choose to take supply from Eleven Power as its network reaches their area.
A first for Haryana
The order is a milestone for Haryana’s power sector: it is the first parallel distribution licence granted in the state, and one of only a handful granted anywhere in India under the Electricity Act, 2003. Section 14 of the Electricity Act permits more than one distribution licensee to operate in the same area, a framework already applied in Mumbai. The licence covers the Nuh and Gurugram revenue districts and all categories of consumers, giving households, farms and businesses in the region a choice of distributor.
Sharp rise in electricity demand
Electricity demand across Nuh and Gurugram, including Manesar and Sohna, is rising quickly: projections set out in Eleven Power’s petition, based on growth rates approved by the Commission, show annual electricity sales in the licence area rising from about 12,220 million kWh in FY25 to about 18,224 million kWh by FY31. Many commercial establishments, industrial units and high-rise residential buildings in the area continue to depend on diesel generators during outages. Across Haryana, nearly 1.3 lakh applications for new connections and load enhancement, involving over 2,400 MW of load, were pending as of October 2025, the release said.
Non-discriminatory supply
In its petition, Eleven Power has committed to supply electricity on a non-discriminatory basis to all categories of consumers, and to supply on request under Section 43 of the Act, releasing new connections within the timelines specified in the Commission’s Electricity Supply Code. The network will be built in phases over five years across all five divisions of the licence area (Gurugram Suburban, Gurugram City, Manesar, Sohna and Nuh), with Nuh included from the first phase itself. The Nuh district, it may be mentioned, has a high proportion of rural, agricultural and low-density consumers.
“We will deliver”
Sunil Sachdeva, Chairman, Eleven, said, “This is a proud day for us and a landmark moment for electricity consumers in Gurugram and Nuh, who will now have a choice of distributor. We thank the Commission for its order and for the care with which our petition has been examined through a detailed and public process. We will deliver on what we placed before the Commission: reliable supply to every category of consumer, timely new connections, and power drawn predominantly from renewable sources.”
Reliable network
The network has been designed around reliability: N-1 redundancy, a SCADA-enabled high-tension network with a distribution management system, ring-main configuration, underground cabling in Gurugram district and a mixed underground and overhead network in Nuh. Consumers will be served through smart meters, digital billing and customer relationship centres, in line with the service standards set out in the petition: reliable supply, transparent billing, fast grievance redressal, and a consumer interface that is digital, responsive and proactive.
RE supply to dominate
Eleven Power proposes to procure 80 per cent of its power from renewable sources, through Firm and Dispatchable Renewable Energy (FDRE) contracts, part of them from within Haryana, and the Green Day Ahead Market, and 20 per cent from thermal sources for base load reliability, in support of the State’s clean-energy objectives.
Capex plan: FY27 to FY31
The petition provides for a capital investment of Rs.4,717 crore over five years, to be deployed in phases between FY27 and FY31 under HERC’s regulatory oversight, with supply to consumers planned from FY28. Tariffs will be regulated by the Commission. Within 60 days, Eleven Power will submit to the Commission its detailed implementation plan for the first phase and a protocol for consumers who choose to switch.
According to the subject HERC order dated October 19, 2026, accessed by tndindia.com, Eleven Power has proposed capex of Rs.4,716.73 crore during the five-year period from FY27 to FY31 (April 2026 to March 2031). This includes Rs.4,650.37 crore for the “wire” business, which is the distribution infrastructure, and Rs.66.36 crore on the “supply” business, which is broadly the customer-related infrastructure – billing, customer service, etc.
By FY31, Eleven Power plans to install 2002.5 MVA of transformation capacity in its command area, which provides adequate planning margin, given that the projected requirement is 1067 MW.
Consortium partners
Eleven Power Pvt Ltd is part of “Eleven” (formerly SAS Group), a diversified Indian business group with interests across healthcare, financial services, consumer tech and clean energy. According to information available, Eleven Power Pvt Ltd has forged an alliance with experienced industrial players – Advait Energy Transitions Ltd, Vision India Services and HEC Infra Projects – so as to form a synergetic force for comprehensive power infrastructure development. For the Haryana parallel distribution licensee project, Vision India will provide day-to-day operational expertise, HEC will supply core technical engineering needed for building the high-voltage backbone, while Advait will provide heavy execution bandwidth needed for simultaneous construction and upgrade of distribution infrastructure across multiple areas of the command area.
Featured photograph (source: gmrl.org.in) capturing an overview of Gurugram city is for representation only