Last week, on November 8, the power ministry said that India had a massive peak power deficit of -16.6% in 2007-08. Even in 2011-12, it was -10.6 %, it said. “Through the multi pronged, comprehensive and aggressive interventions of the government, this deficit is near about wiped out, consistently over the last 3 years,” the ministry has said in a statement. This was apparently in response to a twee...

Please ensure to vote first to Er Suneel Grover as Council Member of  IEI in Electrical Division. Last date is 26 November. If not voted yet, pl do it at topmost priority.        Er Suneel Grover needs no introduction amongst Power Engineers & Power Sector. He is a valiant fighter and crusader of Power Sector known as POWER MAN in Himachal Pradesh. Er Suneel Grover has a glorious recor...

The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has demanded that the central government should rollback the draft Electricity Amendment Bill 2021 and withdraw its decision to privatize power distribution in all the union territories. The privatization process started in Chandigarh and Dadra Nagar Haveli should also be rolled back. VK Gupta, Spokesperson of the AIPEF, said that the real objective of the Electrici...

All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) on Monday  demanded that the central government  should  take back  the draft Electricity Amendment (EA) Bill 2021 and withdraw its  decision to privatize power distribution in all the union territories. The privatization process started in Chandigarh and Dadra Nagar Haveli should also be rolled back. AIPEF Spokesperson V K Gupta  said ...

  Electricity shortages this summer in Punjab forced activities to come to stand still at homes, in commercial and industrial establishments. It is the responsibility of the distribution licensee, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), to make arrangements for providing round the clock electricity to consumers as per Sections 42(1) and 43(1) of the Electricity Act, 2003.Does the...

  Government To Table 26 New Bills In Winter Session Of Parliament   The government will introduce for consideration and passage bills on cryptocurrency regulation, enabling bank privatisation and repealing farm laws among 26 legislations, during the winter session of parliament starting Nov. 29.    The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 Agenda: The proposed amendments entail d...

  The union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the formation of a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to privatise electricity distribution business in the union territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, also approved the sale of equity shares of the newly formed company to the highest bidder and formation of trust(s) fo...

  Haryana power engineers working in Haryana Vidhyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) today boycotted the online exam for assistant engineers and assistant executive engineers. More than 118 assistant engineers and assistant executive engineersworking in HVPN have made a joint representation against the online examination and have sent to the management through their respective superintendin...

It is learnt that Govt of India has listed Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021 for introduction and passing in the winter session of Parliament beginning from 29th November 2021. 2. In the context of the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021 due to be introduced in Parliament,  it is observed that the Govt of India had finalized and issued/circulated the Pre Legislative Consultation Policy(PLCP) ...

*Regulations yet to be framed, posts creation pending     JAMMU, Nov 25: Constituted more than one year back for regulation of power sector in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh and effective implementation of vital provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003, the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) has failed to do any substantial work till date. Moreover, th...