Power

Coal India Limited has removed part of the levies on the supply of higher grades of coal – G2-G5 grades – with a gross calorific value between 6,100 kCal per kg and 6,700 kCal per […]

Uttarakhand and Kerala have undertaken the procurement of 150 MW of power each, on a short-term basis, through the Discovery of Efficient Electricity Price (DEEP) e-bidding and e-reverse auction portal launched by the Ministry of […]

The cabinet has allowed flexibility in the utilisation of domestic coal. Long-term coal linkages of individual state generating stations and individual central generating stations will be clubbed and assigned to states or the state-nominated agency […]

NTPC Limited, through its subsidiary NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited, has supplied unrequisitioned surplus power from the 840 MW Dadri Stage I thermal power plant (TPP) in Uttar Pradesh to Gujarat Urja Vitaran Nigam Limited […]

NHPC Limited has commissioned the second 40 MW unit of the 160 MW Teesta Low Dam hydroelectric plant (HEP) Stage IV at Darjeeling in West Bengal. The first unit of the HEP was commissioned in […]

Hindustan Powerprojects Private Limited (HPPPL) has commissioned the second 600 MW unit at its 2,520 MW coal-based Anuppur power plant in Madhya Pradesh. With this, the 1,200 MW Phase I of the plant stands fully […]

Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MSPGCL) has commissioned the fifth 500 MW unit at the 3,340 MW Chandrapur superthermal  power plant (STPP) in Maharashtra. With this, the TPP stands fully commissioned. The commissioned unit […]

Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MSPGCL) has commissioned the fifth 500 MW unit of the 3,340 MW Chandrapur super TTP in Maharashtra. With the commissioning of the unit, which is part of the 1,000 […]

GVK Power & Infrastructure Limited has commissioned the second 270 MW unit of the 540 MW Goindwal Sahib coal-based plant at Tarn Taran in Punjab. With this, the TPP stands fully commissioned. BHEL was the […]

Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has commissioned a 600 MW unit of the 1,200 MW coal-based Singareni TPP at Adilabad in Telangana. With this, SCCL has diversified into the power generation business. Bharat Heavy Electricals […]

The Rajasthan government has signed a Program Implementing Entity Agreement with the World Bank for a $250 million credit line from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the First Programmatic Electricity Distribution Reform […]

The MoP has launched two new schemes – the National Energy Efficient Agriculture Pumps Programme (NEEAPP) and the National Energy Efficient Fan Programme (NEEFP). These schemes will be implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited. Under […]

The Ministry of Coal (MoC) had accorded permission to SPL to augment coal production from its Moher and Moher Amlohri extension coal mines to 17.2 mtpa during 2015-16. Earlier, in June 2015, the MoC had […]

The MoP has issued guidelines for the procurement of power by distribution licensees for the short term – a period of over one day to one year. The guidelines aim to facilitate transparency and fairness […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has concluded the third round of reverse e-auction for the allocation of regasified liquefied natural gas (R-LNG) to gas-based power plants under the Scheme for Utilisation of Stranded Gas-based Generation […]

APTEL has upheld Sasan Power Limited’s (SPL) (a subsidiary of Reliance Power Limited [RPower]) appeal against the CERC’s order regarding the commercial operating date (COD) of the 3,960 MW Sasan UMPP in Madhya Pradesh. APTEL […]

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has referred the compensatory tariff case of Adani Power Limited (APL) and Tata Power Company Limited back to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). APTEL has asked the CERC […]

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change’s (MoEFCC) Expert Appraisal Committee has accorded approval for the setting up of the 624 MW Kiru hydroelectric project (HEP) on the Chenab river at Kishtwar, Jammu & […]

North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) has fully commissioned the 101 MW Monarchak gas-based combined cycle power plant in Tripura, with the commissioning of a 35.6 MW steam turbine. Earlier, in March 2015, 65.4 […]

The CERC has upheld Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited’s (TPDDCL) petition seeking directions to NTPC Limited and Damodar Valley Corporation Limited in the matter of grade slippage between the coal billed by CIL and the […]