Power

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 […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has written to the states notifying the issue of coal shortages and asking them to import coal to meet demand. The coal shortage issue will be resolved once new mines […]

The MoP in consultation with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has notified the renewable purchase obligation (RPO) trajectory for all states and union territories from 2019-20 to 2021-22. Accordingly, the solar RPOs for […]

A total of eight companies have submitted bids for the MoP’s pilot scheme for the procurement of 2,500 MW of power from plants that lack power purchase agreements (PPAs). Bids were received for 2,200 MW against the […]

As per the MoP’s Sixth Annual Integrated Ratings for State Distribution Utilities, Gujarat’s state-owned discoms have received the highest rating of A+ for the sixth consecutive year. In addition, Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited also secured […]

The MoP has proposed changing the mandatory default setting for air conditioners (AC) to 24 ºC, from the current minimum setting of 18 ºC. The ministry has asked AC manufacturers to regulate default settings of […]

The central government is planning to set up a national electricity distribution company to ensure time-bound implementation of power schemes in the country. The decision has been taken considering the poor payment record of state-owned discoms […]

The Gujarat government has notified its Wind-Solar Hybrid Power Policy, 2018. The policy aims at the optimum utilisation of land and grid infrastructure and will remain in force for a period of five years. Under […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued a consultation paper on the terms and conditions of tariff regulations for the control period from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2024. The CERC has proposed […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued the draft Electricity (Amendment) Rules, 2018. As per the proposed amendments, the aggregate electricity generated by a captive power plant (CPP) will be computed as the difference between […]

The MoP has issued draft amendments to the Tariff Policy, 2016. As per the proposed amendments, any change in domestic duties, levies, charges, surcharges, cess and taxes after the award of bids which leads to […]

The MoP has launched a web portal and an app, Praapti (Payment Ratification and Analysis in Power Procurement for bringing Transparency in Involving of Generators), to bring transparency in power purchase transactions between generators and […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has notified the National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy which seeks to encourage new projects as well as the hybridisation of existing ones. The key objective of the policy is […]

The prime minister has inaugurated India’s first integrated greenfield smart city project at Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The integrated project has been executed by Schneider Electric along with consortium partner IL&FS Technologies Limited. The contract was […]