The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) is learnt to have held discussions with power distributors in this regard. The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) is learnt to have held discussions with power distributors in this regard. “Even if power production is cut by thermal power plants, the gap could be filled by renewable energy sources,” said a CAQM member. The emergency ...

The all India peak power demand in the period between April-August 2021 stood at 203,014 MW, as compared to 171,510 MW in the same period last yearIndia's power demand, a barometer of economic activity and progress, is growing at a historic pace in the current financial year. The trend, a result of a multitude of factors boosting industrial and residential load, is likely to continue for some time, say ...

Deccan Herald: Privatising power distribution: A hoax. https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/in-perspective/privatising-power-distribution-a-hoax-1031104.html                      It cannot happen because political parties need discoms to run their populist schemes of subsidised power     ...

Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut has urged consumers, especially in the agriculture sector, to clear their dues in order to facilitate uninterrupted power supply. The state power department is facing a huge challenge as overall dues has reached Rs 7,3879 crore. Of this, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has a cumulative loan amount of Rs 45,440 crore. “The recovery...

Union power and new and renewable energy minister Raj Kumar Singh on Monday upped the ante for West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee over her opposition to the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 that entails de-licensing the power distribution business and making the sector more competitive. In a communication dated 13 September to Banerjee reviewed by Mint, Singh wrote, “One of the proposals in th...

Patiala Financial diligence, reduction in cost of money and improvement in operational efficiency have led the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to report a profit of ?1,446 crore for 2020-21 for the first time in five years. In 2019-20, the utility had reported a loss of ?1,158 crore. Transmission and distribution losses also came down slightly. Elaborating, chairman and managing director A...

Coal crisis hits for the second time in months, with all Punjab power plants at a distance of over 1,000km from mines Patiala The coal crisis for power plants in Punjab has assumed alarming proportions for the second time in recent months with no power plant having sufficient stock of the raw material. In the private sector, the coal stock at Rajpura Thermal plant will last only 4 days and 20 hours; the Talwand...

Alleging that the union Power Ministry had initiated a move to formulate fresh recruitment rules and contemplating open advertisement for the post of whole-time members in the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), the All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has opposed the move and urged the Chief Ministers of Punjab and Haryana to take up the matter seriously as it was also against the past practice of...

  The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) has pulled up the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) for purchasing power at high cost from some power generators, by citing it against the interest of the consumers. With this decision, a reiteration of the previous verdict delivered in February 2021, 850MW power purchase has been disallowed. The PSERC ruling cam...

Power losses in Jammu and Kashmir have alarmingly mounted to Rs 4000 crore per year prompting Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to direct the Power Development Department to reduce deficit by 10 percent within the next three months. “The Jammu and Kashmir is suffering heavy losses due to gap between electricity purchase bill and revenue generation,”  reported a newspaper quoting official sources ...