The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) in its tariff order, dated May 28, for the 2021-22 financial year said: “PSPCL has failed to bring down losses to the desired level despite huge capital investments allowed by the commission. PSPCL is again directed to identify high-loss feeders and areas and take corrective measures to achieve distribution loss trajectory.” For example, agains...

All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) on Friday said as many as 1,000 power sector employees have succumbed to COVID-19 and more than 15,000 have been infected from the virus. In Maharashtra, a total of more than 7,100 power employees are COVID positive and about 210 have died. While, in Uttar Pradesh, more than 4,000 power sector employees are suffering from coronavirus and there have been 140 casualties. ...

The National Electricity Policy  is proposed to be revised/overhauled, the first such exercise since Feb 2005.  For this a period of 21 days was given, later extended by 7 days to 25 May 2021. Considering the vast spectrum of subjects covered and considering the present conditions of pandemic our request for 6 months extension was wholly justified .         Only re...

UP Power Corporation Ltd’s (UPPCL) proposal seeking levy of regulatory surcharge on consumers to make up for its deficit met a stiff opposition in the public hearing held here on Monday by UP Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) to know various stakeholders’ views on the corporation’s annual revenue requirement (ARR) petition before announcing the tariff order for 2021-2  2 UP Power Cor...

1.         Preliminary comments             The National Electricity Policy of February 2005 is proposed to be overhauled and replaced by the new Draft National Electricity Policy 2021 as there have been substantial changes during the period 2005-2021. 1. 1        The National Electricity Poli...

All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has pointed out serious flaws in the bidding process of privatization of power distribution in union territories and has demanded that the ongoing bidding process be scrapped in the absence of central government clear cut approved guidelines. Privatization for the sake of privatization should not be carried out. Spokesperson AIPEF, V K Gupta, said th...

A Union government’s June 3 directive allowing diversion of coal meant to run state-owned plants to private thermal plants can come as a breather for Punjab as it can bring down the power generation cost by up to 75 paise per unit. ...

The consultation for Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 has been done and the draft Bill has been sent to the Cabinet Secretary for further consideration, said Power Minister RK Singh on Friday, after his meeting with the top officials of the Ministry and heads of DISCOMS of all States/UTs on Friday. “Consultation for the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 has been done and sent to the Cabinet Secretary for ...

In terms of money, the agreements provide for the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited to bear fixed costs of power generation for three years, before it can terminate the contract; legally, the agreements are loaded in the favour of the private companies, say experts Patiala The Punjab government’s direction to the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to revise/cancel Power Purchase Agreements (...

State-level conventions were held on Thursday in different states by power sector engineers and employees to protest against the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021 and the indifferent attitude of the central government towards them. In Varanasi, UP power employees held a convention in the Prime Minister’s constituency in Varanasi and submitted a memorandum in his office. The conventions were also held in Bengalu...