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 …
The recent Presidential directive that makes it mandatory for Coal India Ltd to enter into fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with new power plants seems all set to address their concerns. But it is doubtful whether any available stocks will be given to the old power plants, particularly in the public …
The Power Ministry has said on Tuesday that it will set up two more Ultra Mega Power Projects in Odisha, even as the final bids for the Bedabahal project in the State are yet to be invited. “We have almost finalised the site for another ultra mega power project, which …
BHUBANESWAR: A joint official team from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and the Power Finance Corporation (PFC) will visit the State next week scouting for sites for establishment of two more ultra mega power projects (UMPPs). The Centre has given in principle approval for three ultra mega power projects for …
Orissa is set to get power allocation of up to 50 per cent from the second and third Ultra Mega Power Plants (UMPPs) proposed in the state, Union minister for power Sushilkumar Shinde said here. The minister, however, ruled out possibility of allocation of 50 per cent power for the …
New Delhi In what can be seen as a clear rebuff to the recent leaked CAG draft report, the coal ministry has expressed its helplessness in giving the exact cost of production of coal from different blocks in the country. It has cited the presence of several variable factors, which …
Govt officials say national auditor’s no. based on assumptions. India’s first auction of coal blocks will bring out sharp differences between calculations of the government and the national auditor, whose draft report estimated that companies which were allotted blocks free of cost received a benefit of . 10.67 lakh crore. …
In a move that will intensify the turf war between the power and coal ministries, Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde has suggested that the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) be allowed to discharge functions of the proposed coal regulator, that has been in the limbo for three years now. In a …
New Delhi The government proposes to offer deallocated captive coal blocks of private sector companies to Coal India in a bid to accelerate coal production. This would enable the PSU to meet all its fuel commitments to the power sector. The coal ministry, which has so far cancelled allocation of …
At a time when the government is under pressure to explain its position on allocation of captive coal blocks, the power ministry has recommended cancellation of allocations to power companies not selling electricity through rate-based bidding. In a letter to the coal ministry, it has made a case for such …
To tide over the power crisis, the Centre has allotted 50 MW of additional power to the state, Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said here on Sunday. Speaking after inaugurating the 400/220 KV substation of the Power Grid Corporation at Ellapully here, Shinde said that it was only three …
Imported coal prices are up, private power producers want a tariff hike. Will the government blink? It is not often that Anil Sardana and J.P. Chalasani find themselves agreeing with each other on any subject. Sardana is the managing director of Tata Power Company (TPC), the electricity production and distribution …
The solution is to learn how to keep consumption below eight units a day With power charges hitting the roof, all that the domestic consumers in the State would have to think of at present is how to restrict their consumption below 500 units. Beyond that level, there is not …
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) has opposed the Madhya Pradesh government's move to fill up the Maheshwar dam up to a height of 154 metres and has warned of a “ jal satyagraha” if the government goes ahead with the decision. The State government, along with the Maheshwar project promoter …
Draft Central Electricity Authority (Technical Standards for Connectivity of the Distributed Generation Resources) Regulation 2010. For distributed generation resources already connected to the electricity system on the date of commencement of these regulations, the generating company and the licensee of the electricity system to which the generating station is connected …
PowerGrid's southern region transmission system-II has been conferred with the national award for meritorious performance in power transmission ‘system availability.' The award has been instituted by the Union Ministry of Power for the year 2010-11. Mr R.N. Nayak, CMD, PowerGrid, and Mr Bharat Bhushan, Executive Director PowerGrid-SRTS-II, received the award …
Boosted largely by a strong private sector performance, the Power Ministry announced Thursday that a record capacity addition of 54,000 MW is expected in the Eleventh Plan (2007-12). This has been possible mainly on account of a cumulative 19,459 MW of generation capacity that has been added in the final …
With just about 54,000 MW capacity being added in the 11th Plan so far, the power sector is set to miss the revised capacity addition target of 62,000 MW in the current Plan period (2007-12). “We have so far added 53,922 MW capacity in the 11th Plan period as on …
State-controlled NTPC has frozen expansion of its gas-based projects due to non-availability of the fuel, according to a company official. The latest move also comes against the backdrop of Power Ministry advising power producers not to plan any gas-based projects till 2015-16 on account of gas shortage. "There is no …
Does not commit assured supply directed by govt The country’s largest coal producer, Coal India Ltd (CIL), has turned down a government directive asking it to ensure supply of 80 per cent of the committed quantity to power companies. After it went through the clauses of a draft fuel supply …
Lucknow Uttar Pradesh’s bleeding power sector can breathe a sigh of relief from the never-ending saga of resource crunch, pressure from financial institutions and day-to-day exercise of managing funds for virtually everything, thanks to the Centre’s approval in principle for a R15,000-crore financial restructuring plan spanned over a period of …
