The World Bank’s “Ease of Doing Business” initiative ranks countries on 10 parameters. “Getting Electricity” is one of these. India’s rank improved to 24 on this parameter, in the recently released “Ease of Doing Business […]
The Supreme Court has asked the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to review the power purchase agreements (PPAs) of three thermal power plants (TPPs) of Adani Power Limited, Tata Power Company Limited and Essar Power […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has notified an amendment to the methodology for coal usage by states in private power generating stations under “Case-4: Flexibility of utilisation of coal in IPPs”. According to the original […]
A cabinet secretary-led high-level empowered committee is discussing a plan to work out a gas allocation mechanism for the power sector. The proposal entails pooling of 5.45 mmscmd of deep-sea gas supplied by the Oil […]
The MoP plans to launch the second round of 2,500 MW medium-term PPA auction to provide relief to stressed assets. The ministry is mulling to launch a formal scheme on the same lines as the […]
The Ministry of Coal has issued a tender for allocation of coal mines for companies engaged in specific end-use sectors, including iron and steel, cement, and captive power plants (CPPs). The successful allottees of the […]
NTPC Limited has entered into a Rs 100 billion contract with Indian Railways (IR) for the transportation of coal from mines to all its plants up to 2019-20. NTPC will pay the amount in three […]
NTPC plans to start biomass co-firing across all its coal-based thermal power stations. It plans to burn biomass like scrap lumber, forest debris, crop residue, manure and some types of waste residues along with coal […]
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned the fourth 30 MW unit of Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited’s 120 MW Pulichintala hydropower plant in Suryapet district, Telangana. With this, the plant stands fully commissioned. […]
The 220 MW Unit 1 of the Kaiga Atomic Power Station in Karnataka has set a world record among pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) by running continuously for 895 days. The power plant is operated […]
The Supreme Court’s hearing on stressed assets in the power sector owing to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) circular dated February 12, 2018 is likely to be delayed. The hearing was scheduled to commence […]
The Bihar government has completed 100 per cent electrification of all (willing) households in the state under the Saubhagya scheme, much ahead of the December 31, 2018 deadline. In all, 13.9 million households in rural […]
The Uttar Pradesh government has introduced a plan to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply as an incentive for districts with less than 15 per cent line losses. An account of power supply will be maintained at […]
The Maharashtra government has imposed an electricity surcharge of 10 paise per unit on industrial and commercial consumers to finance a scheme to provide 25,000 solar pumps to agricultural consumers. Under the solar pump scheme, […]
The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission has approved a fuel and power purchase price adjustment (FPPPA) for discoms for the quarter ended December 2018. Torrent Power commenced billing at the FPPPA rate of Rs 2.09 per […]
The New Delhi Municipal Corporation’s (NDMC) smart electricity meter project is soon likely to be completed. Currently, smart meters are being run in 30,000 households on a trial basis and all the households under the […]
Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited (HPSEBL) has decided to install electric cables beneath the Rohtang Tunnel to check power outages in Lahaul-Spiti during the winter months. The existing 33 kV transmission lines are damaged […]
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) plans to install pilot waste-to-energy (WtE) plants at two of its existing waste processing units. BBMP had entered into an agreement with several WtE companies including Nexus Novus, Satarem India and […]
Azure Power has received a letter of award from NTPC for a 300 MW solar power project won in an auction conducted by the latter. Under the project, Azure Power will provide power from the […]
The Essel Group has signed a pact with SB Energy, the domestic arm of Japan-based SoftBank Group, to jointly develop a 500 MW solar park in the country. The project will be developed by Essel […]
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