Power

The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has issued a notice to Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited (AEML) seeking an explanation on inflated bills received by consumers. The MERC had approved an average tariff of 0.24 per […]

The Gujarat government has issued an order to the state discoms to raise tariffs of the three imported coal-based power plants owned by Tata Power, Adani Power and Essar Power in Gujarat in line with […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has notified the Deviation Settlement Mechanism [DSM] and Related Matters (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2018. The regulations will come into force from January 1, 2019. The commission has revised the charges […]

An empowered high-level committee headed by the cabinet secretary has suggested measures for the revival of stressed assets in the power sector. The panel has suggested that banks can make direct payments to generators by […]

The National Green Tribunal has imposed penalties of up to Rs 50 million on thermal power plants (TPPs) that have not fully disposed of the fly ash generated by them. TPPs failing to comply with […]

The Ministry of Power has announced that households in another eight states have achieved 100 per cent electrification under Saubhagya. The states are Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Mizoram, Sikkim, Telangana and West […]

The Supreme Court has asked the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to review power purchase agreements (PPAs) of thermal power plants (TPPs) of Adani Power Limited, Tata Power Company Limited and Essar Power Limited in […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has announced a Rs 1 billion award for states that complete household electrification early under the Saubhagya scheme. Apart from the discoms, their employees too would collectively get an award […]

NTPC Limited has entered into a Rs 100 billion contract with Indian Railways (IR) for the transportation of coal from mines to all its power plants up to 2019-20. NTPC will pay the entire amount as […]

PTC India Limited has signed PPAs with four state distribution companies and has signed power supply agreements (PSAs) with seven independent power producers (IPPs) under the MoP’s pilot power procurement scheme. The PPAs have been […]

The Ministry of Coal has issued a tender for the allocation of coal mines to companies engaged in specific end-use sectors including iron and steel, cement, and captive power plants (CPPs). The successful allottees of […]

The Bihar government has completed 100 per cent electrification of all willing households in the state under the Saubhagya scheme, much ahead of the December 31, 2018 deadline. All 13.9 million households in rural as […]

Sterlite Power has commissioned Northern Region Strengthening Scheme 29, two months ahead of schedule. The scheme, with a project cost of Rs 30 billion, connects the northern grid to Jammu & Kashmir. The project is […]

The Ministry of Power has issued a directive to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to allow changes in any central or state government duties to be passed on to electricity tariffs to consumers post […]

The Allahabad High Court has refused interim relief beyond August 27, 2018, to private power companies against the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) circular on stressed assets thereby mandating the initiation of insolvency proceedings by […]

NTPC Limited has issued a tender for the import of 2.5 million tonnes of coal, to be utilised at the company’s coastal power projects in Simhadri, Kudgi and Farakka. The imports are estimated to cost […]

Coal India Limited’s (CIL) 1 billion tonne (bt) production target is likely to be pushed out to 2025 from the earlier deadline of 2020. Key issues for CIL in meeting the original target are logistical […]

Jharkhand is likely to be the country’s first state to roll out a pilot direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme for power subsidy. Under the DBT scheme, a subsidy amount against power consumption will be directly […]

Adani Power’s 4,620 MW Mundra TPP, Tata Power’s 4,000 MW Mundra ultra mega power project and Essar Power’s 1,200 MW Salaya TPP in Gujarat are likely to get relief as the state government is likely […]

GE Power India Limited has closed down operations at its Maneja (Vadodara) manufacturing plant in Gujarat with effect from August 27, 2018. Considering the current market situation wherein the company has more capacity than market […]