New Delhi, April 2 -- The Supreme Court has underscored that India's transition to non-fossil fuel energy is not merely a matter of policy choice but a "fundamental necessity" tied to environmental protection, even as it emphasised that electricity regulators must exercise their powers in a coordinated and purposive manner aligned with broader statutory and policy objectives. A bench of justices PS Narasimha and Atul S Chandurkar laid down the contours of regulatory power under the Electricity Act, stressing that tariff determination, while the exclusive domain of electricity regulatory commissions, cannot be undertaken in isolation from national energy and environmental goals. At the heart of the ruling was a clear message that regulatory ...