He even warned them of strict action including possible cancellation of licenses for using various tactics to put pressure on government to to get financial assistance.
BYPL has informed Delhi Government that areas under its jurisdiction may face eight to 10 hours of power cuts from Saturday as the company was facing serious fund crunch to buy electricity.
The announcement of the power tariff hike climaxed bickerings between the Kejriwal government and power distribution companies like BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd, BSES Yamuna Power Ltd and Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd in recent days over demands for hike in power rates.
The discoms have threatened that there would be powercuts up to 10 hours in East and Central Delhi if the government fails to do so.
Claiming that it was short of funds, the BYPL had also sought an extension of today's deadline for the payment of approx Rs 180 crore to NTPC which the PSU has indicated it may do.
Another area of confrontation between Kejriwal government and the power companies was former's decision to order a CAG audit of their accounts which the companies opposed.
