PATIALA : With the paddy season round the corner when the demand for electricity soars, a power crisis is looming in Punjab as the Rajpura thermal plant is likely to suspend operations of its 700 megawatt unit due to coal shortage after having shut the other unit of same capacity. The 1,400 MW plant having two units is run by Nabha Power Ltd (NPL), a subsidiary of Larsen and Toubro (L&T). If the plant does ...

Punjab Government today appointed  Baldev Singh Sran as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD)  of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL)  for a period of two years. His experience in thermal and power distribution played a major role in his selection. The state government has conducted an interview for the post apparently the first time. He had retired from  PSPCL after 34 years of ser...

NEW DELHI: State-run NLC India Ltd today said it has passed on the benefit of lower power tariff amounting to about Rs 683 crore to distribution firms following reduction in transfer price of lignite. NLC said it has been able to reduce Lignite Transfer Price for captive use by around Rs 300/tonne leading to lowering of power tariff ranging from Rs 0.35 to Rs 0.58 per Kwhr (unit) of electricity ...

The Punjab State Farmers’ and Farm Workers’ Commission wants free electricity to big farmers to go and power subsidy rationalised to reduce the unsustainable use of groundwater.      “Power subsidy will be strictly restricted to non-income tax payee farmers,” it has suggested in its draft ‘Punjab State Farmers’ Policy’.    It says that to ...

Once the old thermal projects are phased out, newer power projects in the private sector will become viable again, says Power Finance Corp. CMD Rajeev Sharma i: As power demand increases and old thermal plants are phased out, even stranded power projects with coal linkages will see a turnaround, a top official at Power Finance Corp. Ltd said.   At the end of FY18, only about 11% of Power Finance Co...

"We will issue notice inviting tender for main plant package worth around Rs 8,000 crore for 2X660 MW thermal power plant in Khurja in second half of this month. New Delhi: Foraying into thermal power segment, state-run THDC India will float Rs 8,000 crore tender this month for providing main package for its 1320 MW coal-based Khurja project, which entails an investment of Rs 12,676 crore....

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New environmental norms for coal-based power plants could have a bearing on your electricity bill. The Power Ministry has written to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) asking for thermal power plants to be allowed to pass on to consumers the cost of complying with the revised environmental standards. Earlier this year, Power Minister RK Singh had told the Rajya Sabha that the retrofitting of o...

In a major relief, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday put on hold action against the power sector under the RBI’s stressed assets framework. By its February 12 circular, the Reserve Bank of India had asked banks to scrap all debt restructuring mechanisms and begin the resolution process if a company delays payment even by a day. While this circular was meant for all companies, the Allahabad court decision ...

  Sources in the Power Department said that the two Discoms – UHBVN and DHBVN — supplied 1,802 lakh units of power to various categories of consumers on Thursday. Power cuts of 16.1 lakh units were imposed and unscheduled inter-charge (UI) of 12 lakh units was done from the Northern Grid.   The UI means overdrawing power from the grid over and above the state’s share.   ...