(1) The Appropriate Commission may, on being satisfied that a licensee has failed to comply with any of the conditions of licence or a generating company or a licensee has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder, at any time, by order in writing, direct any person (hereafter in this section referred to as "Investigating Authority") specified in the order to investigate the affairs of any generating company or licensee and to report to the Appropriate Commission on any investigation made by such Investigating Authority.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 128
Section 128 of the Act empowers the Appropriate Commission to direct an Investigating Authority to conduct an inquiry and investigation into the affairs of any generating company or licensee where it has failed to comply with statutory provisions or directions.
In industrial disputes alleging that a distribution licensee manipulated open-access transmission capacity allocations, petition the Commission under Section 128 for the appointment of an independent technical auditor to examine SLDC load dispatch logs.