The Haryana Power Engineers Association (HPEA) has decided to go on a day’s strike in December against the proposed Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014.   The decision was taken in the executive meeting of the association held here on Saturday. The association demanded rationalisation of workload norms in the system at sub-divisions.   The Bill wants to bifurcate the distr...

Fyi, Nainital: Taking note of a PIL that alleged financial irregularities in projects run by the Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency, including showing fake damages to demand funds for reconstruction after 2013 flash floods in Kedarnath, the Uttarakhand high court on Friday ordered registration of FIR against officials concerned of the agency. A public interest litigati...

PATIALA :Even as Coal India Limited (CIL), the supplier of coal to power plants, and L&T’s Nabha Power Limited continue to spar over coal shortage, Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh has written to the Centre to treat private plants like government plants for the supply of raw material. Notably, private power plants contribute almost half of power generation of the state. They also sell their ...

Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has clearly said it won’t charge farmers and other subsidised consumers of the state and instead approach the government for timely release of its pending amount. A week after the power regulator allowed PSPCL to charge the consumers who get subsidised power, PSPCL says it will write to the government.   Following repeated failures on part of the state g...

No.14 / NCCOEEE / 2018                       12 - 06 - 2018   All Office Bearers - A I P E F   Chairman / Secretary General - SIPEF / WIPEF / EIPEF / NIPEF   President / General Secretary - All AIPEF Constituents   Sub: Declaration and decisions taken by National Convention of NCCOEEE  held at Delhi on 08...

A bench of justices Rajeev Sharma and Lok Pal Singh gave the directions on a PIL filed by Himadri Jan Kalyan Sansthan which alleged that the debris from hydro projects was being dumped near the rivers, impeding their flow and causing damage to environment.PTI  |  Updated: June 12, 2018, 07:22 IST New Delhi: The Uttarakhand High Court has ordered a stay on construction of all hydro&nbs...

PATIALA: With the Punjab government failing to pay advance power subsidy in lieu of free power to farmers and subsidised power to the industry, Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) has directed Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to start charging from beneficiaries in case of default in disbursement of subsidy. The power regulator allowed the PSPCL to charge the applicable tariff from...

The regulator has allowed the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to charge full tariff from all categories of consumers, which are being provided subsidized power by the government, in case the government fails to clear the pending subsidy bill and ensure advance payment of all power subsidies.       However, the PSPCL is unlikely to bill subsidized categories with immediate eff...

Under Narendra Modi government’s rescue scheme, UDAY, now both Haryana power distribution companies have posted a profit after a gap of about 15 years. Both Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitaran Nigam (DHBVN) and Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) have posted a combined profit of Rs 115 crores, nearly two-and-a-half years after the ambitious Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) financial rescue scheme w...

New Delhi: Union Minister Piyush Goyal today said rapid rise in coal demand has led to a "feeling" that there are shortages, amid concerns about inadequate supply of the dry fuel.  Goyal, who holds the portfolios of coal and railways, also asserted that both ministries are working together to ensure that no power plant is shut on account of fuel shortages.  ...