Power

The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) has notified a hike of 9.33 per cent in retail supply tariffs for 2017-18. The consolidated revenue gap (deficit) of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) was approved […]

The Union government is planning to introduce the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2016, in the winter session of Parliament. The proposed bill seeks to introduce competition in the distribution segment by giving an option to […]

BHEL has secured a Rs 204 billion engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order from Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited (TSGENCO) for the 4,000 MW Yadadri supercritical power project. The order entails the supply of […]

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited has completed and charged the 220 kV Leh-Khalsti line section of the 220 kV Alusteng (Srinagar)-Leh transmission line, along with 220/66 kV gas-insulated switchgear substations in Leh and Khalsti […]

NTPC Limited has shut down the 500 MW Unit 6 of its Unchahar coal-fired plant in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, after a boiler explosion on November 1, 2017, which affected over 100 people. The unit […]

Tata Power Company Limited has installed its first electric vehicle (EV) charging station at a receiving station in Mumbai. The move is to encourage the adoption of EVs by customers. The company has taken the […]

Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited’s tender for procurement of 1,000 MW of coal-based power witnessed no participation from private players owing to the low ceiling price of the tariff. As per the tender, independent power […]

Spot market power prices peaked at Rs 9.91 per unit on September 12, 2017, a three-year high in the sector. The average price on the IEX peaked at Rs 5 per unit. The sudden surge […]

Tata Motors Limited has won a contract for supplying 10,000 electric vehicles (EVs) to EESL. In the first phase, EESL will procure 500 EVs for various government departments. Tata Motors will deliver 350 EVs at […]

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has quoted the lowest bid of Rs 2,722 per single-phase smart meter for Energy Efficiency Services Limited’s (EESL) mega tender for the procurement of 5 million smart meters. The meters will […]

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited has commissioned the second 1,500 MW pole of the Champa-Kurukshetra high voltage direct current line in Chhattisgarh, which will improve power supplies to the northern region. The link will […]

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has launched the trading of energy saving certificates (ESCerts) under the Ministry of Power‘s Perform, Achieve and Trade scheme. ESCert trading will enable industry players to buy and sell […]

The first round of the coal linkage auction under the Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyla Transparently in India (SHAKTI) witnessed bidding by 10 independent power producers (IPPs) with a capacity totalling 9 GW. Players […]

The Solar Energy Corporation of India’s (SECI) second wind power auction of 1,000 MW conducted on October 4, 2017 witnessed a record low tariff of Rs 2.64 per unit. This is lower than the Rs […]

The prime minister has launched the Rs 163.2 billion Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana or the Saubhagya scheme with the motive of supplying electricity to all households by December 2018. About 60 per […]

As per the Solar Photovoltaics, Systems, Devices and Component Goods (Requirement for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2017, issued by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), solar equipment will be eligible for sale only if […]

MNRE’s new solar norms have barred unilateral termination or modification of power purchase agreements by state authorities. In addition, a minimum 50 per cent penalty of the tariff will be imposed on discoms that back […]

Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has issued a global tender for procuring 5 million smart meters for Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. EESL will be making the entire upfront investment as well as maintaining the whole […]

NTPC Limited has commissioned the 250 MW Mandsaur solar project in Madhya Pradesh. The project entails an investment of Rs 15.03 billion and consists of five solar plants with an installed capacity of 50 MW […]

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has upheld the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (OERC) order on the termination of licences for three state discoms because of poor performance and financial distress. OERC had cancelled the licences […]