The South African Cabinet has approved the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM) for implementation, targeting energy security and broader industrial growth. The plan seeks to address challenges associated with local capacity, infrastructure and investment by providing a roadmap for developing renewable energy and battery storage technologies. For investors, the …
New Delhi: North Delhi power distribution company Tata Power Delhi proposes to levy a new “reliability charge” on commercial and industrial consumers who use more than 600 units in a month. According to the average revenue requirement (ARR) petition filed by the discom, the extra fee is in return for …
Power distribution company Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited is getting ready to implement a new initiative that will not only save the company money, but will also save the grid from collapsing when the demand rises exponentially and the frequency falls on account of heavy overdrawal. The company has got …
In a major relief to industries, the state power distribution utility, citing improved electricity supply, has rolled back the weekly power cut industries were facing. A senior energy department official said that the 16 hours of staggering (ie scheduled power cuts) which was in place for industries was withdrawn earlier …
Sterlite Grid, L&T;, Lanco Infratech, GMR Group, KEC in the race to bid. Power transmission firms are gearing up to bid for two much delayed transmission projects worth . 2,800 crore, which are likely to be awarded by March. After a lull of almost one year, activity in private-sector participation …
Distribution licensees will now have to procure short-term power (less than or equal to one year) through competitive bidding say the draft guidelines of the Power Finance Corporation (PFC). This is expected to reduce the overall cost of procurement of power. The short-term power market presently comprises 10 per cent …
Senior officials at the Ministry of Energy (MoE) have sought official position of the ruling UCPN (Maoist) on implementation of the Pancheshwar Multi Purpose Project, a part of Nepal-India Mahakali Treaty, ahead of the Nepal-India ministerial-level talks. During a preparatory meeting held on Wednesday in Energy Minister Post Bahadur Bogati’s …
As a step taken towards improving the power related problems in Madhya Pradesh, the State Government paid special attention to better maintenance of power plants, distribution, power transmission, power management among others besides prioritising increase in power generation capacity during the last years. Several important achievements have been registered in …
With the shutting down of six thermal units in four thermal power plants, the power crisis has aggravated, leading to unscheduled cuts ranging between three and eight hours daily. Sources said two 210-MW and 110-MW units at the Panipat thermal power station, one 600-MW unit at Khedar, two 300-MW units …
Additional power of 75,000 MW to be generated in five years Union Minister of State for Power K.C. Venugopal said here on Monday that work on the Mysore-Kozhikode transmission line would start soon as the project had secured the final environment clearance from the Union Ministry of Forests and Environment. …
Heavy snowfall experienced in the higher reaches of Uttarakhand has given cause for celebration to companies engaged in the power generation sector. Since the electricity demand hovers around 30.5468 MU (million units) against the generation of 8.6495 MU, excluding Central Pool share which is around 10.1872 MU, the power generating …
In a bid to give a much needed boost to distribution reforms, the power ministry has launched an ambitious action plan. It will revise Case I and Case II standard bid documents (SBDs), introduce a rating methodology of utilities to enable them get loans, provide a reform-linked interest subsidy to …
Distribution reforms in power sector should be accelerated for capacity addition to yield results. At a time when India has staked its claim to a seat at the high table alongside world powers, around 57% of rural households and 12% of urban households have no access to electricity. That partly …
AGARTALA: Tripura State Electricity Corporation Ltd (TSECL) has finally proposed to hike in the existing power tariff to tide over the financial constraint. The TSECL has been facing tough time following hike in the gas price, implementation of new pay structures for its employees and increase in operation and maintenance …
Provisional 5 per cent fuel price adjustment surcharge Consumers in the Capital will have to shell out more for power from this month with the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission on Thursday allowing a provisional 5 per cent fuel price adjustment surcharge for the power distribution companies BRPL, BYPL, TPDDL and …
Bhubaneswar: Anticipating power shortfall in the upcoming summer months, the Grid Corporation of Odisha (Gridco) is in the process of striking power banking deals with other states to ensure uninterrupted availability of power and tide over the deficit. From April 1, Odisha is set to get 200 MW from northern …
The Karnataka government has invoked Section 11 of the Electricity Act, 2003, prohibiting the open access and sale of exportable power by generators outside the state. The directive would come into effect from February 1 and would be in force till the end of this year. The tentative rate for …
With the enactment of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, U.S. President Obama made a public commitment to a new approach to energy production and transmission in the United States. It features installing smart meters and related technologies in residential homes, as part of transforming the current electrical grid …
Bhopal : Considerable reduction in transmission losses has been registered in the state during the last nine years. The percentage of transmission losses was 7.93 in the year 2002-03, which has come down to 3.74 in the year 2010-11. The Power Transmission Company has chalked out a comprehensive action plan …
In exercise of the powers conferred under Sections 61 (h), 62 (1) (a), and 86 (1) (e) of the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), guidelines of the National Electricity Policy, 2005, Tariff Policy, 2006 and all other powers enabling it on this behalf, the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (hereinafter …
NEW DELHI: An increase in electricity tariffs appears inevitable across the country as a result of the new coal-pricing regime implemented by state-run monopoly Coal India ( CIL), the power ministry has warned. In a letter to coal secretary Alok Perti, power secretary P Uma Shankar has warned that the …
