Power

Coal India Limited (CIL) is planning to introduce a new pricing policy for coal in line with global practices by April 2018. As per the policy, coal pricing will be based on a per unit […]

Power Finance Corporation Consulting Limited (PFCCL) has signed an MoU with PTC India Limited for exploring power procurement from coal-based plants to facilitate signing of power purchase agreements (PPAs) with discoms. As of now, the […]

NTPC Limited has commissioned the second 800 MW unit of the Kudgi supercritical power station in Karnataka. Karnataka as the host state will receive 400 MW while the remaining power will be shared among the […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has notified the Sharing of Inter-State Transmission Charges and Losses (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2017. As per the amendment, transmission charges/losses will be waived for solar power projects commissioned between July […]

The Telangana government has executed a scheme to supply 24-hour quality and uninterrupted power to the farm/agricultural sector across the state on a pilot basis. Initially, the scheme was undertaken for 14 days (November 6-20, […]

The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission has announced a hike in power tariffs. The average hike is 12 per cent for domestic consumers. While for urban domestic consumers tariffs have been raised by 9 per […]

The Solar Energy Corporation of India has floated a tender for setting up a 2 GW interstate transmission system (ISTS)-connected wind power capacity across the country. Proposals have been invited on a build-own-operate basis. The […]

The International Solar Alliance (ISA) has become the first treaty-based international organisation to be based in India, with 19 countries ratifying its framework. The ISA is an initiative that was jointly launched by India and […]

NTPC Limited has floated a tender to acquire stressed thermal assets across the country. As per the tender, only those coal-based power plants will be acquired which have been commissioned after April 1, 2014 and […]

The MoP is planning to impose penalties on distribution companies from April 1, 2019 for power cuts which are deemed avoidable. The move is a part of the government’s plan to provide reliable electricity supply […]

The central government has set up a panel to tackle the issue of stressed power assets in the country. The committee is headed by Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, and comprises secretaries from the Ministry […]

Mahindra Susten Private Limited, a part of the Mahindra & Mahindra Group, will set up the country‘s first utility-scale energy storage project in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The solar-powered project will have a capacity of […]

ITI Limited has quoted the lowest bid of Rs 2,503 per unit in the reverse auction conducted by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) for 5 million smart meters. The second and third lowest bidders were […]

Reliance Infrastructure Limited (RInfra) has secured an EPC contract for Units 3 and 4 of 1,000 MW each of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu. RInfra emerged as the lowest bidder with […]

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 […]