Senate energy tax package price soars to $18 billion
An unexpected increase in projected use of tax credits for wind, solar, and other "green" electricity sources have raised the cost of energy tax breaks approved by the Senate to about $18 billion
An unexpected increase in projected use of tax credits for wind, solar, and other "green" electricity sources have raised the cost of energy tax breaks approved by the Senate to about $18 billion
The Gujarat Finance Minister, Mr Vajubhai Vala, on Thursday proposed a slew of tax reliefs totalling Rs 264.28 crore, including total exemption from five per cent duty on electricity used by farmers
The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to split the state power board into five companies on June 1. Of the five companies, three will be electricity distribution firms, one power generation and
State governments will have to foot the bill for providing subsidies to state electricity boards (SEBs) and to different sections of consumers from their respective budgets. Power minister P M
The state power supply regulator Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has ordered provate electicity companies to install generation as in an 'SOS measure' ib residensial areas hit hard by
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission has pulled up the power distribution company BSES for the deteriorating power situation in areas under its control for the past two years including South,
The decision by Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to provide free power to the agricultural sector and waive off farmers electricity dues has raised alarms in the power sector. The decision by the two
The 50 per cent cut in power tariffs announced by the Maharashtra government in the budget presented last week for farmers paying electricity bills regularly shows that the Congress-led government is
West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission's tariff order for the RP Goenka-controlled CESC Ltd for 2004-05 has evoked a mixed reaction. About one lakh industrial, commercial, private hospitals,
Tapping the vast unused sources of non-conventional energy, the Government is aiming at providing electricity to about 25,000 villages identified by the Planning Commission. Due to geographical
The Tata Power Company would contest the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission's (MERC) order asking it to refund Rs 322 crore to Reliance Energy Limited for the excess payment of standby
The consumers in Greater Mumbai would have a bonanza as the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) reduced the average tariff of Tata Power Company (TPC) by 9.5 per cent. The revised
The Uttar Pradesh government has deferred the formation of a power trading company, the only way it could have achieved the objectives of the Electricity Bill, 2003. AK Misra, chairman of Uttar
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) (Sri Lanka) is planning to set up a 200 MW medium term thermal power plant next year, CEB sources said. They said that the long term generation expansion plan of
As much as 253 MW of electricity will be generated from plant waste at a cost of about Rs 750 crore, if the plan devised by the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Corporation is anything to go by. As per
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) plans to generate power at Rs 2.5 to Rs 3 per unit utilising its gas resources even as the current going rate for electricity distribution is Rs 4 per unit.
The West Bengal State electricity regulatory commissions (SERCs) are now planning to make it mandatory for utilities meet a certain part of their power purchase requirements from non-conventional
After free power and waiver of electricity dues to farmers, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, hinted at reducing the power tariff for domestic and industrial sectors, and
To revamp reform electricity network in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, the government recently approved a Rs 27.28 crore project "Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme" (APDRP)
IF things work out as now proposed, the public sector power utility Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) could put up the 1,000-MW Jayamkondam project. About two months ago, the Tamil Nadu Electricity