Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) is planning to launch a smart meter project by the end of 2017-18. The utility has constituted a five-member expert committee to look into aspects like implementation and costs. […]
Punjab State Power Corporation Limited is considering to shut down Stage I of the 440 MW Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant at Bathinda and the 1,260 MW Guru Gobind Singh Thermal Plant at Ropar. The […]
The Tamil Nadu government has announced the setting up of a 500 MW solar park in Ramanathapuram at an investment of Rs 23.5 billion. The solar park will be developed by TANGEDCO on an engineering, […]
Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has launched the Sugam Sanyojan scheme with the aim to simplify the procedure for obtaining residential electricity connections up to 5 kW of load. Under the scheme, an applicant […]
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission has finalised the Supply Code and Performance Standards Regulations, 2017 and the same will come into effect from September 1, 2017. According to the regulations, a compensation of Rs 10 […]
The deadline for NTPC’s takeover of Rajasthan’s 1,660 MW Chhabra power plant has been extended from May 2017 to September 2017. This was owing to disagreement on tariffs between NTPC and Rajasthan utilities. NTPC has […]
The Maharashtra government has exempted Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited from paying value added tax, central sales tax and transmission charges for the next five years starting April 1, 2017. The decision has been […]
The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has issued a letter to 15 solar power project developers, asking them to lower solar tariffs in the earlier signed contracts. After the New Energy Development Agency, the […]
GUVNL has floated two separate tenders for the procurement of 1,000 MW of power from wind and solar power projects through competitive bidding. The tenders have been floated for 500 MW of wind power projects […]
The Odisha government has decided to hike the electricity duty from Re 0.30 per unit to Re 0.55 per unit. The move has been heavily criticised by the industry. As per the industry estimates, the […]
The Punjab government has announced a tariff rate of Rs 5 per unit for the existing and new industries in the state. The move is expected to boost power demand in the industrial sector. The […]
The Uttar Pradesh government has cancelled PPAs for seven coal-based power plants aggregating 7,040 MW of capacity. These projects were awarded to Lanco, Bajaj Energy, Welspun Energy, Unitech Machines, etc. in 2011 and they have […]
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has restricted the state discoms from signing power purchase agreements (PPAs) with wind power developers till further notice. The regulator noted that the state discoms have already signed enough […]
In a bid to boost the implementation of the Haryana Solar Policy, the Haryana government has exempted solar devices from the levy of value added tax (VAT). The move is expected to encourage entrepreneurs to […]
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has notified an average tariff hike of 8 per cent for retail supply tariffs for 2017-18. This is significantly lower than the 25 per cent hike sought by the […]
The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC)Â has approved a tariff hike of 55 per cent for 2017-18 for various categories of power consumers in the state. The new charges have come into effect from April 1, […]
Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) will be implementing the country’s first rural LED street lighting project under the central government’s Street Lighting National Project (SLNP) in Andhra Pradesh. Under the project, EESL will retrofit 1 […]
In a bid to boost the implementation of the Haryana Solar Policy, the Haryana government has exempted solar devices from the levy of value added tax (VAT). The move is expected to encourage entrepreneurs to […]
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has notified an average tariff hike of 8 per cent for retail supply tariffs for 2017-18. This is significantly lower than the 25 per cent hike sought by the […]
The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC)Â has approved a tariff hike of 55 per cent for 2017-18 for various categories of power consumers in the state. The new charges have come into effect from April 1, […]
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