Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Official says energy saved is energy produced Kerala can achieve a 15 per cent overall saving in power consumption through a concerted effort involving utilities, consumers, and the government, said Pradeep Kumar, Secretary, Power, here on Monday. Presiding over the inaugural function of a special discussion meet with certified energy …
Essar Power (EPL) has moved the Supreme Court seeking to set aside the demand of around R400 crore raised by Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation (GETCO) for transmission and wheeling of electricity from Essar Steel’s (ESL) captive power plants to its steel and power plants. The issue before the court relates …
The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to depute a three member committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary K. Jayakumar to study the farmers’ suicides in Wayanad district. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told the media after the Cabinet meeting that a scientist from the Kerala Agriculture University and a professor from the …
Sterlite Energy, part of Sterlite Industries, has decided not to go ahead with an earlier plan to expand its Talwandi Sabo power plant in Punjab’s Bhatinda district. The project, bagged by the company in a competitive bid during 2008, originally had a project size of 1,980 Mw, with three units …
Bhopal : Madhya Administration’s new Electricity Board conducted a meeting at Hotel Palash on November 4th inviting all the investor, developers and manufacturers involved in the development of wind energy for discussing policies for the new Wind Energy projects in the Capital under the leadership of Unconventional Energy Minister Ajay …
More than two decades after the commissioning of 120 MW Bhabha hydel project, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today dedicated the 4.5 MW Bhabha Inauguration power project at Kafnoo in Kinnaur district, originally scheduled to be commissioned in 2005. By this time, the project’s cost has already gone up to …
Facing criticism for preferring pvt sector, the govt to set up project in public sector Patiala: In what may be termed as a desperate attempt to silence the critics on the contentious issue of new thermal power projects being awarded to private companies, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has given …
GUWAHATI, Oct 12 – The shortfall in State’s power supply is continuing, leading to scheduled load-shedding by the Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd (APDCL) all over the State, Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) sources said here today. According to the sources, the shortfall in power supply was 161 MW and …
Two days after it imposed planned load-shedding across the state, the Maharashtra State Electricity Board on Tuesday announced 16-hour power cuts for industries starting Wednesday. The load-shedding for industries will be imposed once a week — on different days in different areas — coinciding with days when plants observe their …
There is an enormous potential for exploiting hydroelectric power in Himachal Pradesh, but implementation needs political and administrative support NATURE has compensated hill states with vast hydropower potential in lieu of the sound agricultural system that is available in the plains. If Arabs have oil, Himalayan states in India have …
Distribution franchisees may be allowed to directly buy and sell power over next few yrs Unable to find solutions to the recurrent bankruptcy of state electricity boards, or SEBs, which is holding up the power sector, the government is working on marginalizing their role. Power distribution franchisees are likely to …
The coal ministry will award mining blocks to state-run NTPC for four of its upcoming projects and could also return licences that were revoked in June, putting the power plans of the company back on track. “We committed coal blocks to NTPC's four projects in Karnataka, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh,” …
Amid rising concerns about the poor financial health of power distribution companies, electricity tariffs are likely to go up in many states in coming months, says a report. Power distribution companies (discoms) are estimated to have incurred a whopping loss of . 70,000 crore last fiscal on account of the …
Ranchi, Sept. 15: The state’s power regulator has issued a showcause notice to Jharkhand Electricity Board for not complying with its directives on timely responses to consumer grievances and threatened to slap prescribed fines amounting to Rs 1 lakh or more. Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission (JSERC) has given JSEB …
After more than a decade of delays, the Koodunkulam Atomic Power Project will attain criticality in the next quarter. Speaking to The Hindu here on Tuesday, Power Secretary P. Uma Shankar said 1000 MWe would be added in the next quarter and another 1000 MWe in the last quarter of …
A cash-strapped Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL) has signed a one-year deal with a private power generator in Gujarat, routed through a private power trader in the western state, to buy some 600 MW at around Rs 4.70 a unit. The price is well above the average of less Rs …
Currently facing farmers’ firewall over land acquisition for the 1320-MW Mansa plant of Indiabulls, the Punjab government seems to be flouting the very policy it formed to allow power projects through the memorandum of understanding (MoU) route. Clause 10 of the Punjab Power Generation Policy 2010 — which lays down …
A combination of solar and hydroelectric power generation with pumped storage can provide a solution to the State's power woes and form the backbone of a sustainable energy system for Kerala, according to R.V.G. Menon, social activist and former director of the Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT). …
KSEB, environmental groups urged to put proposals in public domain With the consumption of energy in Kerala doubling every seven years, the State will have to go beyond the mere “tinkering” it is now doing with the dynamics of energy management to avoid a catastrophic situation in the near future, …
Tata BP Solar India, a joint venture of Tata Power and BP Solar, on Monday said it has commissioned its first 1 MW solar photovoltaic power plant in Orissa under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). The project, owned and developed by S N Mohanty at Cuttack in Orissa, …
