In the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021, there were four provisions— direct benefit transfer (DBT), de-licensing of the electricity distribution business, creation of the Electricity Contract Enforcement Authority (ECEA) for adjudication of contract disputes, and a single choice committee for appointment of chairman and members of state and central tariff regulators. Reported...

Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy Shri R.K. Singh on Monday dedicated Automatic Generation Control (AGC) to the nation which will facilitate the target of achieving the government’s ambitious target of 500 GW non-fossil fuel-based generation capacity by 2030. The AGC is being operated by Power System Operation Corporation (POSOCO) through National Load Despatch Centre.    Whi...

The year 2021 has been a year of ups and downs for the Power Sector and Employees/Engineers organizations. At the end of the year, the way in which the Central Government had to kneel in front of the farmers' movement which lasted for a year is certainly an unmatched story of struggle. Revolutionary salutations to farmers historical struggle.            &n...

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) has approached the state electricity regulatory commission for permission to procure an additional 1,500 MW of electricity through the central utility, Power Trading Corporation to meet the surging demand in the summer. The state’s average daily demand is expected to jump up to 17,000 MW in summer, up from around 14,000 MW now. It is necessary to tie...

  Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission has, suo motu, taken up several issues and summoned top officials of UHBVN and DHBVN In Gurugram, societies lacking adequate electrical infrastructure have been given power connections without even submitting requisite bank guarantee Officials have also been chargesheeted for issuing wrong bills to consumers Action against several others has been...

Electricity costs are a substantial component of manufacturing expenses, and any reduction will help the government’s Make in India push, being rolled out through the PLI scheme The power ministry has told the finance ministry it favours bringing electricity under the goods and services tax, two government officials aware of the development said, outlining a proposal that could help reduce electricity tari...

We wish to express our outrage and deep concern about the recent notification issued by the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) in the Union Finance Ministry, which sets “guidelines” for the new policy for public enterprises in the “non-strategic” sectors. The “guidelines”, issued on December 13, which give effect to the new policy, announced earlier this year, at the height ...

The privatisation of the public sector and monetisation of assets are not good for India and disinvestment in public enterprises over the years has led to the concentration of economic power, says a report “Privatisation: An Affront to the Indian Constitution” by Peoples’ Commission on Public Sector and Public Service headed by Thomas Isaac, former finance minister, Kerala, and EAS Sarma, forme...

  The privatisation of the public sector and monetisation of assets are not good for India and disinvestment in public enterprises over the years has led to the concentration of economic power, a trend that is disturbingly on the rise taking us towards an oligopoly, says a report "Privatisation: An Affront to the Indian Constitution" by Peoples’ Commission ...

  Indians like to be verbose. We like to pack in as much as possible lest we realise later that something has been left out that can create ambiguity. Conveying as much as possible with minimum words is an art and requires some amount of ingenuity and command over the language. Our policy documents suffer from the same malaise, at least some of them. Policy documents should be pithy and cris...