The Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (HPERC) has notified the retail tariff supply schedule for HPSEB Limited for 2018-19. As per the revised schedule, there is an average increase of 1.5 per cent in tariff […]
The power minister has laid the foundation stone for the underground cabling project at Kumbh in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The project, which will be implemented under the Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), will result in reduced […]
The Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) has invited expressions of interest from companies and consortiums willing to take part in the development of solar projects aggregating 500 MW in the state. The solar PV […]
The Bihar government plans to commence cable replacement work across 38 districts, replacing the old ones with new aerial bunched cables. The government has sanctioned Rs 28.27 billion for the project, of which Rs 15.2 […]
Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited is planning to set up two thermal power units of 800 MW each at Umred. The units would be set up at Gokul and Piraya, considering their proximity to […]
The Tamil Nadu government has allowed private power companies in the state to sell over 1 MW power directly to industrial consumers. The decision has been taken owing to the surplus availability of power in […]
Meghalaya has joined Saubhagya, which aims to electrify all unelectrified households in the country by March 31, 2019. Meghalaya has become the fifth state after Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, and Jammu & Kashmir to join […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has declined the Ministry of Power’s (MoP) request to relax the guidelines on the resolution of stressed assets for power companies. In a written communication to the MoP, the […]
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has notified the National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy, which seeks to encourage new projects as well as the hybridisation of the existing ones. The key objective of the policy […]
The unio government has finalised the methodology for rationalisation of coal linkages for independent power producers (IPPs) based on the recommendations of the inter-ministerial task force. As per the new methodology, an IPP can procure […]
The union government has scrapped the 7.5 per cent import duty levied on solar modules. Various solar module consignments worth over $150 million were stuck at ports for over three months after the customs department […]
CERC has issued a consultation paper on terms and conditions of tariff regulations for the control period from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2024. CERC has proposed to introduce a ‘three-part tariff’ structure to […]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued a detailed procedure for grant of long-and medium-term transmission access to renewable energy projects that have acquired at least half of the land that is required and […]
The union government has proposed to set up charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) at every 3 km in cities and every 50 km on national highways. Further, the government is expected to offer fiscal […]
The CEA has notified the Measures Relating to the Safety and Electric Supply Amendment Regulations, 2018. These are amendments to the original regulations published in 2010. The new regulations have provisions on the testing of […]
The central government has completed the electrification of Leisang village in Manipur, the last unelectrified village under the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana. With this, the government has completed the electrification of all 597,464 census […]
The union government has proposed to make an amendment to the Electricity Act, 2003 in order to ensure that discoms sign adequate power purchase agreements (PPAs) for uninterrupted power supply to consumers. For instance, if […]
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has issued guidelines asking companies seeking environmental clearance to set aside up to 2 per cent of their capital investment for corporate environment responsibility (CER). While brownfield […]
Tariffs at NTPC Limited’s auction for 750 MW of solar PV capacity at the Ananthapuram solar park in Andhra Pradesh were discovered in the range of Rs 2.72-Rs 2.73 per unit. Each of the three […]
CIL expects to introduce the new gross calorific value-based coal pricing mechanism by July 2018. Earlier, the company had proposed to release the new pricing mechanism in April 2018. As per CIL, the new system […]
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