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 …
With increase in power demand from the agriculture sector and lower water level in the Bhakra and Pong Dam reservoirs, there has been a sudden power crisis in Punjab. According to Punjab State Electricity Board officials, unscheduled power cuts are unavoidable because of the regulatory steps taken by the board …
Pointing out that the average power tariff charged from the consumers in India was one of the highest in the world, the Planning Commission has lashed out at the distribution utilities for their poor power procurement planning and portfolio optimisation skills. In its Mid Term Review (MTR) of the 11 …
New Delhi: In a judgment that could make power tariff more consumer friendly, the Supreme Court has green lighted the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission's authority to cap profit margin on trading of electricity. A five-judge constitution Bench held that power traders can no longer rush to the Electricity Tribunals every …
A group of experts from the World Bank is to meet state government officials and review reforms in departments such as municipal administration, power, public distribution system and irrigation projects. The World Bank
More than 2 lakh small and medium industries in the state will have shorter power cuts from Monday. The four hour cut between 6 pm and 10 pm has been withdrawn with immediate affect. Acting on a report carried by this newspaper, the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, asked energy …
Mumbai: You may no longer have to wait in long queues to pay your electricity bills thanks to the prepaid energy cards the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Ltd (MSEDCL) plans to introduce. The MSEDCL has submitted a proposal to the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (Merc) to introduce prepaid meters for …
Power cuts plagued the city and its fringes for the sixth day on the trot as the shortage in high-quality coal crippled generation by the state utility and restricted CESC
Mumbai: After implementing the zero load-shedding (ZLS) model at the headquarters of revenue divisions, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL) now wants to extend the model to even the district headquarters. MSEDCL has submitted to the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) a petition to the effect, which the commission …
Jharkhand High Court today asked the Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) to clarify whether it is capable of providing uninterrupted power supply in the capital during the approaching summer. A division bench of the high court posed the question in the light of a similar undertaking given by the Delhi …
G.K. Nair Ever-increasing demand for power without corresponding expansion in hydel power generation capacity in the State is gradually pushing up the state's dependence on thermal power with the ratio to touch 70:30 in the very near future, according senior sources in the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB). With the …
Zero transmission access charge for inter-State system mooted. The CERC is also expected to come out with new tariff rates for electricity generation from solar thermal and solar photovoltaic energy systems. Anil Sasi Richa Mishra To incentivise wheeling of power from large-sized solar projects, the electricity regulator has proposed zero …
Maharashtra’s target is to generate 33,000 MW from 47 new thermal power plants. This is a measure for its power-starved western part; some of it would go to the Nor-thern Grid. Vidarbha, in eastern Maha-rashtra, is power surplus; the region produces 67 per cent of the total power in the …
Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide, in first tranche, a sum of $60.3 million to the Union Government for funding Assam Power Sector Enhancement Programme, according to a release issued by Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB). The agreement on the loan, being provided under ADB's Multitranche Financing Facility, was …
The State government will buy 850 MW of power for two months from March 1 to mitigate the power shortage in the State, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa announced in Bangalore on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference, Yeddyurappa said the gap between the demand and supply of power exceeded nine …
The power shortage owing to the increase in demand triggered by the soaring summer temperatures has assumed serious proportions in Karnataka with the gap between the demand and supply of power exceeding 1,200 MW. In terms of energy, the shortage is said to be more than 20 million units (mu) …
