Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday said the state government has evolved a foolproof mechanism to ensure uninterrupted power supply to farmers during the paddy sowing season.      He said the state government is firmly committed to ensure uninterrupted power supply to farmers during the paddy sowing period.      Mann on Tuesday chaired a meeting with the off...

The power sector was the third highest consumer at the exchange in FY24 at 7% share, with CGD, and refineries, accounting for 27% and 11%, respectively. Sources said, that power sector’s share, is likely to surpass 10% in FY25 Indian Gas Exchange (IGX) traded 4.92 million mBtu (million British thermal units), or around 124 million standard cubic meters (MSCM), natural gas in May 2024, a growth of 99 per cent...

A storm that hit various parts of Punjab on Wednesday night caused losses worth over Rs 15 crore to the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), impacting the power transmission and distribution infrastructure. As a result, many areas, both rural and urban, remained without power for hours across the state. The supply was, however, restored in majority of the area by Thursday afternoon. As per sources, m...

Residents of the affected areas had a sleepless night as the storm raged on, uprooting trees and damaging boundary walls, vehicles, and electricity poles. The power outage left more than half of Zirakpur, Mohali, Kharar, and Nayagaon without electricity. According to Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) officials, the power supply to several areas in Zirakpur, including Bhabat, Lohgarh, VIP Road,...

Two days after poll results, the UT electricity department has proposed an average increase of nearly 19.44% in the existing power tariff for the financial year 2024-25. Through a petition, the department has requested the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) to approve the revised tariff (see box) which is expected to generate a revenue of ?1,059.03 crore. Last year, JERC rejected the administ...

Sweltering heat and policy measures are fuelling a surge in the use of gas-fired power in India, with imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) forecast to rise sharply over the next two years, industry officials and experts say. The country's gas-fired power generation doubled in April and May to 8.9 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) compared with the same period last year, data from Grid India showed, eating into th...

After the Lok Sabha poll results, the AAP government in Punjab faces another litmus test when it starts with free power for paddy fields, beginning Monday. The power demand is likely to touch a new high with paddy sowing set to begin on June 10. Farmers will be supplied power for eight hours a day, as has been done in the past seasons. While Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) says it has geared up to m...

All India Power Engineers' Federation (AIPEF) has demanded that the heat wave be declared a national calamity in view of rapidly increasing demand for electricity in the current conditions of extreme heat, Shailendra Dubey, AIPEF Chairman has written a letter to the Prime Minister . V K Gupta spokesperson AIPEF said that the extreme heat particularly in northern India has triggered the peak power demand in nor...

The intense heatwave has pushed up power demand in North India. On May 30, the region recorded an all-time high power demand of 86.7 gigawatt (GW). During May, the maximum power demand in a single day crossed 14,000 MW in Punjab, 12,000 MW in Haryana, 29,000 MW in Uttar Pradesh, 17,000 MW in Rajasthan, and 8,300 MW in Delhi, said the All India Power Engineers’ Federation (AIPEF). Due to the risi...

People in cities and villages have been facing power cuts following a long spell of intense heatwave since May. Consumers buying devices, including ACs, and not enhancing electricity load also adds to the power woes. While Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) says that they have managed to meet the high power demand, residents in many towns and villages complain of frequent and long power cuts. They rue ...