Editorial

A recent ASSOCHAM study notes that the power sector has been one of the most highly stressed sectors in recent times, with 66 GW of projects facing financial stress. Of these, the largest portion, of […]

One significant trend in 2019 was the continuing effort to upgrade the T&D infrastructure. Work under the IPDS and DDUGJY programmes for the urban and rural areas respectively is also being completed in mission mode. […]

India is the world’s third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, after China and the US. With a massive installed portfolio of more than 196 GW, India’s coal-based power generation industry is a major source of […]

Over the past few decades, the story of the Indian power sector has been two steps forward, one step back. In some years, come election time, it has been the other way around – one […]

The transmission and distribution segments, which are fundamental to the power sector’s performance, are gearing up for growth and transformation. In the distribution segment, utilities are taking a host of new initiatives for revamping their […]

Energy efficiency is one of the bright spots in the otherwise gloomy power sector scenario. According to the World Bank, this market is estimated to be over $12 billion every year. At the central level, […]

The transmission segment is expected to witness a significant growth momentum over the next few years. As per CEA estimates, based on the capacity addition required for the inter-state and intra-state transmission systems, a huge […]

As the new government gets ready to take charge of its second term, industry watchers are taking stock of the challenges and issues that the power sector needs to address. A big worry for the […]

After the approval of the HLEC recommendations on stressed assets last month, more positive news came in for private power producers this month. The biggest reason for cheer for the sector was the Supreme Court […]

Reversing the trend of the past two years, the number of plants with critical or supercritical coal stocks has reduced to just one (as of March 24, 2019), as indicated by the CEA data. The […]

A key issue of stress for the power sector of late has been the staggering levels of outstanding dues of discoms to gencos. Latest government data shows that the outstanding amount (as per the PRAAPTI […]

Giving a big leg-up to the country’s ailing gas-based power generation segment of almost 25 GW, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy has presented a new report this month, recommending strong measures for reviving the […]

A newly released report by NITI Aayog has set forth a slew of recommendations on what more the power sector needs to do by 2022. The report, “Strategy for New India@75”, prepared with consultations and […]

In a major policy development this month, the high-level empowered committee headed by the cabinet secretary, set up in July this year to address the issue of stressed thermal assets, released its report. The report […]

The notification of the new emission standards in December 2015 was a key development for the coal-based power generation industry. To recall, for the first time, apart from primary pollutants like PM and also secondary […]

With this issue we celebrate our twenty-second anniversary. As before, we use this occasion to provide you with a view on the state of the sector, our own as well as that of leading sector […]

The power distribution segment in India has begun to see pockets of successes in the past year or so. Financially, discoms have become much stronger with UDAY. As per the latest government data, losses have […]

After almost a decade of decline,  the coal-based power industry’s plant load factor (PLF) is finally showing signs of improvement. In the last fiscal year ended 2017-18, overall coal PLFs rose by 95 basis points […]

Earlier, in January 2016, the government had initiated an exercise to review the Tariff Policy of 2006 and had issued several amendments to it. At the time, the biggest impact of the amendments was felt […]

The power sector’s stressed asset woes seem to be far from over. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, this month, rejected the power ministry’s plea for granting special dispensation to the power sector for […]