The Telangana government has launched 24×7 free power supply to 2.3 million farmers in the state. Earlier, power was supplied to them for nine hours. The free power supply will be available to 2.3 million […]
The Andhra Pradesh government has issued an order allowing Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Company Limited (APGENCO) to execute the 960 MW Polavaram HEP, subject to certain conditions. The conditions state that APGENCO will have to […]
Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEBL) has commenced operations of its 500 kW floating solar plant at the Banasura Sagar reservoir in Wayanad, Kerala. It is the largest ever floating solar plant in the country. […]
The Jharkhand government has transferred over 174.84 acres of land in Godda district to Adani Power Limited for its upcoming 1,600 MW coal-based power plant in the state. About 25 per cent of electricity from […]
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has finally initiated the approval of existing PPAs with wind energy developers. KERC has settled a month-long dispute with the state government by endorsing at least one wind power […]
The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has announced a hike in power tariffs for consumers for 2017-18. The average hike is 12 per cent for domestic consumers. For urban domestic consumers, the tariffs have […]
The union government has decided to allocate an additional 792 MW of power from the central pool to Jammu & Kashmir to meet the high power demand during winters. The peak demand in Jammu & […]
The Bihar government has approved four schemes worth Rs 79.29 billion for strengthening the state’s power transmission and distribution system in order to meet the growing electricity demand by 2021-22. Of the total amount, Rs […]
NITI Aayog has released a proposal for developing electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in Delhi. The proposal entails the setting up of 135 charging stations across 55 locations within a specified timeline, with first installation […]
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has recently disconnected several power connections across the domestic, commercial and industrial consumer categories on account of payment defaults. There were around 36,166 consumers that had defaulted on […]
The Kargil Renewable Energy Development Agency has commissioned the 1.5 MW Biaras small-hydro project in Jammu & Kashmir under the Prime Minister’s Ladakh Renewable Energy Initiative. The project entails a cost of Rs 170 million […]
PaschimanchalVidyutVitran Nigam Limited has commissioned two 400 kV substations with a capacity of 1,000 MVA each at Indirapuram and AtorNagla in Uttar Pradesh. The new substations are a part of a Rs 10 billion project […]
The Telangana government has launched a scheme to supply 24-hour quality and uninterrupted power to the agricultural sector across the state on a pilot basis. Initially, the scheme was continued for about 14 days, during […]
Punjab has fixed the industrial power tariff rate at Rs 5 per unit for five years with effect from November 1, 2017, as part of the new Industrial and Business Development Policy, 2017. The move […]
The MNRE has asked the Tamil Nadu government to prevent the backing down of solar plants in the state. Several petitions have been filed by various developers as the arbitrary backdowns by the state utility […]
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has stated that the power purchase agreements (PPAs) between discoms and wind energy developers, which were signed earlier, will be approved only at new tariffs. The KERC passed an […]
TANGEDCO has cancelled the 500 MW solar auction that was held in January-February 2017. The utility has not signed PPAs with the winning bidders as the discovered tariff of Rs 4.40 per kWh is now […]
Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has shut down its oldest coal-based power plant, the 640 MW Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant in Bhatinda, due to the plant’s inability to meet environmental and emission norms. […]
The Siang Indigenous Farmers’ Forum (SIFF) has opposed NITI Aayog’s proposal for the construction of a single, multi-purpose, river valley project of 10,000 MW instead of two separate hydro projects over the Siang river in […]
Solar power developers that secured projects in the 1,200 MW mega auction in Jharkhand in March 2016 have agreed to reduce tariffs after an 18-month-long negotiation with the Jharkhand government. The tariffs have been reduced […]
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