Government amends Electricity Rules to strengthen captive power framework and support industrial competitiveness

• Electricity (Amendment) Rules, 2026 notified by Ministry of Power, amending Rule 3 of Electricity Rules, 2005 governing Captive Generating Plants (CGPs).
• Aim: remove interpretational ambiguities, ease of doing business, align captive power with energy transition and industrial competitiveness.
• UPSC relevance: bridges GS-III (energy/infrastructure), Electricity Act 2003 architecture, and ease-of-doing-business reforms — a recurring Mains theme.