The government has appointed former Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua as chairperson of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). Barua, a 1988-batch IAS officer, will succeed PK Pujari who demitted office in June 2022. He retired as Assam's chief secretary in August last year. CERC regulates and determines tariffs for inter-state transmission of electricity, among other functions.