Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajaram Vs State of Haryana dated 27/05/2025. By the execution application, the applicant was seeking compliance of the NGT order July 5, 2024 passed in OA No. 735/2024. In the OA, the applicant has raised the grievance in respect of …
Blaming the unscheduled interchange scheme, which is only an accounting procedure, cannot be the remedy. This scheme has to work within a modified grid code. Adopting the one put forth in the Electricity Act is an essential step forward There was a grid collapse in 2000. The government appointed a …
Coal India Ltd has slipped to production levels of last year raising concerns about its ability to push its output by 9 per cent after two years of flat production. The public sector company has loaded only 155 rakes per day in August, because of which coal stocks at several …
The state government has directed Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited (APGenco) to expedite power projects so that 4,000-Mw additional capacity be added by 2014, besides requesting Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) to complete connectivity between the southern, northern and western grid by 2013. Minnie Mathew, chief secretary, …
New Delhi The Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday directed the power and coal ministries to complete the process of signing fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with power developers by November 15. As per an earlier directive, Coal India Limited (CIL) has to sign about 80 FSAs with power producers for projects …
New Delhi The government proposes to constitute an empowered group of officials along the lines of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) as a single-window mechanism for granting statutory clearances to coal mining projects. The purpose is to facilitate and expedite approval process and step up coal production in the …
NHPC, pre-dominantly focussed on hydro power generation, has decided to explore the possibility of a tie-up with public sector power utilities such as Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and NTPC to make a foray into thermal power generation, including bidding jointly for a future ultra mega power project (UMPP). Sources …
New Delhi The shortage of domestic coal is finally beginning to affect development of new power projects in the country with the government proposing to stop acceptance of companies’ applications for fresh coal linkages for a period of three years. It may also restrict provision of long-term coal linkage to …
To kickstart bidding process for the Orissa project before the end of current calendar year. The government will kickstart the bidding process for the 4,000-mw Orissa ultra-mega power project (UMPP) before the end of the current calendar year, maintaining the positive momentum the sector has got recently with the clearance …
More than 90 per cent investments in the wind power sector come from private sector which indicates that we have adequate capacity and desire to harness wind energy. however, we need a stable regulatory and policy framework and better incentive mechanisms to achieve the target of the 12th Plan period …
Cabinet approves Rs. 1.90-lakh crore turnaround package Consumers nationwide should brace themselves for higher electricity tariffs, with the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Monday approving a Rs. 1.90-lakh crore debt restructuring package for the State Electricity Boards to facilitate a turnaround of the State distribution companies (discoms). The …
Mandatory pvt participation, annual tariff hikes, conforming to FRBM limits seen difficult The Union government may be planning to kick-start the next tranche of reform measures by announcing a financial restructuring scheme for power distributors this week, but all states are not enthused. Madhya Pradesh has already successfully restructured the …
Agency seeks details of the period when Sushilkumar Shinde headed the ministry After proceeding against a number of private companies given coal blocks, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is now questioning the power ministry. It has sent questionnaires to the ministry, to know the basis on which it had …
Competitive bidding for coal blocks may begin early next year Moving a step closer towards transparency and clarity, the Coal Ministry has invited the comments of coal producing States on rules for auction of assets through competitive bidding. Allocation of coal blocks to companies for specified end use other than …
Union power minister Veerappa Moily assured the Maharashtra government he would consider their plea on adequate allocation of gas for the Dabhol and Uran power projects. As far as Dabhol project is concerned, he assured that he would seek Prime Minister’s intervention so that the gas supply would be supplied …
Then power minister Sushilkumar Shinde pushed for Bhushan Energy getting 50% of the reserves Naveen Jindal-promoted Jindal Steel and Power Ltd and Gagan Sponge Iron got the Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in 2007, despite Sushilkumar Shinde, then power minister, pushing the case of Bhushan Energy for the right to 50 …
Shillong: The traditional chiefs of Meghalaya have called upon Union Power minister, M Veerappa Moily, to accelerate the process of complete electrification in Meghalaya. In a memorandum submitted to the Union Power Minister during his visit to the city on Monday, the chairman of the traditional chiefs of Meghalaya, JF …
The committee is expected to give its report in mid-October Ahead of the B K Chaturvedi committee's assessment on the impact of hydel projects on the Ganga river, the Uttarakhand government is expecting a positive report on the issue. It has also started lobbying for the allocation of coal blocks. …
New Delhi The power ministry has framed new bidding guidelines to prevent private firms with cheap captive coal mines selling power at steep rates in the open market and reaping windfall profits. Speaking at the Idea Exchange programme of the Express group, power minister Veerappa Moily said the guidelines would …
The fate of 17 coal blocks is on line as the inter-Ministerial group (IMG), headed by Zohra Chatterjee, is likely to recommend de-allocation for not only their failure to develop the mining assets within the given timeframe but also indulging in misrepresentation of facts, supplying fraudulent documents and giving misleading …
Consumers with contract demand of 1 Mw and above have been allowed open access in Rajasthan from April 1, 2008 A power regulator’s movecould stop open access plans for consumers having load in excess of 1 Mw. Contrary to the stand taken by the Union power ministry after seeking the …
