Ezine Archive
May Issue 2020
May Issue 2020
Month: May 2020
Infocus
Set for Growth: Policy initiatives to accelerate hydro project development
Hydropower plants offer flexible power generation, quick ramping capability and part-load operations. All this makes them ideal for maintaining grid stability. Notably, hydropower played a pivotal role in ensuring grid stability during the pan-India lights-off […]
Forum
Interview with K.V.S. Baba: “The lights-off event was unique, insightful and highly challenging”
The national grid operator, Power System Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO), has accomplished significant tasks in the recent past, from successfully managing the pan-India “lights-off” event on April 5, 2020 to efficiently handling the grid during […]
Forum
Right of Way: A nemesis to transmission line construction in India
Suresh Namjoshi, Technical Director, Amiand Consulting Private Limited Transmission networks in India today are critical and pose a bottleneck in certain regions, like in many other countries. Planning adequate infrastructure for power transmission has always […]
Uncategorised
Interview with K.V.S. Baba: “The lights-off event was unique, insightful and highly challenging”
The national grid operator, Power System Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO), has accomplished significant tasks in the recent past, from successfully managing the pan-India “lights-off” event on April 5, 2020 to efficiently handling the grid during […]
Smart grids
Prime Enabler: Smart meters key to reviving the power sector
Shoeb Momin, Consultant, Industrial Practice, Frost & Sullivan What the internet is for e-commerce today, smart meters will be for discoms tomorrow. This highlights the importance of smart meters for the Indian power sector. Today, […]
Regulation
Ensuring Power Quality: Implementing reserves and ancillary services at the intra-state level
The Indian power sector has, so far, witnessed the deployment of various reserves and ancillary services such as reserve regulation ancillary services, fast response ancillary services, pilot project on automatic generation control and pilot project […]
Forum
Power Blueprint: Experts review key provisions in the draft Electricity Amendment Bill, 2020
Last month, the draft Electricity Amendment Bill, 2020, which pitches for some significant changes in the power sector, was made public by the Ministry of Power (MoP) for inviting comments from stakeholders. Power Line invited […]
Finance
Lending Support: ADB approves loan for MSEDCL’s HVDS programme
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has recently secured financing for its $703.1 million high voltage distribution system (HVDS) project. On April 29, 2020, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $346 million loan […]
Companies
Tata Power: Expanding its operations across the power value chain
Tata Power Company Limited is India’s largest integrated power company with a presence across the entire power value chain – generation, transmission and distribution, trading, and coal and freight logistics. The over 103-year-old company, which […]
Specials
Bailout Bid: Liquidity infusion to help resolve the sector’s cash flow problems
Last month, the government unveiled a series of economic measures as part of a mega Rs 20 trillion stimulus package, Atma Nirbhar Abhiyaan, to revive the economy hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Of the 15 […]
Finance
Recent Financing: India and overseas
REC raises $500 million through an overseas bond issue (India) REC Limited has raised $500 million through the issue of overseas bonds. These bonds are direct, unconditional and unsecured obligations of the issuer and will […]
Specials
Sizeable Savings: Impact of energy efficiency measures during 2018-19
In order to reduce its emission intensity, India submitted its nationally determined contribution (NDC) target to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Energy efficiency plays a critical role in complying with those […]
Companies
CSPDCL: Initiatives to modernise the network and improve performance
Established in January 2009 following the unbundling of the Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board, Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited (CSPDCL) is the sole distribution licensee in Chhattisgarh. It is responsible for the development and management […]
Specials
Powering Up: NIP outlines capex and reforms for the sector
The power sector’s progress is crucial to the country’s target of becoming a $5 trillion economy. The sector accounts for the largest share in infrastructure investments. Between 2012-13 and 2018-19, the share of power sector […]
Specials
Smart Metering Experience: MPPKVVCL’s recent initiatives and future plans
The Covid-19 crisis has brought in sharp focus the metering practices of distribution companies and the benefits that they can derive from smart meters. Some of the smart meter features that are proving to be […]
Specials
Revised Norms: MoEFCC issues notification on use of unwashed coal
In one of the key developments impacting the coal-based power generation segment, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) recently issued a notification allowing the use of unwashed coal at thermal power plants […]
Infocus
Reviving Stranded Plants: Plummeting global LNG prices provide a lifeline to gas-based generation
More than half of India’s capacity to generate power from natural gas is not being used due to lack of gas, putting plants on the verge of becoming non-performing assets. As of March 2020, the […]
Infocus
Few and Far Between: Nuclear project development remains slow
Nuclear power contributes roughly around 3 per cent of India’s total power generation and less than 2 per cent of installed capacity. Despite starting operations in 1969, the nuclear power segment has failed to take […]