The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) on Thursday said electrical engineers and employees have held state-level conventions to protest against the proposed Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021. '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 ...

The Bill is a rehashed version of one the central government has been trying to pass in Parliament since 2014   The Electricity (amendment) Bill, 2021 will be introduced and is likely to be pushed for passage in the monsoon session of Parliament that concludes on August 13, 2021. This is being considered as a panacea for the power sector by many. Electricity distribution is at the cutting edge of the ...

The water level in the Bhakra, Pong, and Ranjit Sagar reservoirs may not achieve their target filling by the end of filling season on September 20 despite improved inflows. Widespread rain in Himachal Pradesh has improved the storage level at Bhakra Dam, Pong Dam, and Ranjit Sagar Dam (RSD)Dam but it is still below last year's water level on a corresponding day. The water level in Bhakra Dam is 1575.2 feet, a...

All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged the Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir to look into the matter of suspension and victimisation of senior engineers and technical staff of Power Development Department (PDD) to avoid the confrontation between employees and management. V K Gupta Spokesperson AIPef said that the PDD management has suspended these officials on account of feeder losses, grid disturb...

Private company given the work order says it was unable to make the unit operational due to some snagThe Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) incurred losses to the tune of ?100 core due to delay in overhauling work at a 157 megawatt (MW) power generation unit of the Bhakra dam project and has started a probe into the negligence. The board has admitted to have faced a daily loss of ?70 lakh as the unit nu...

Power engineers and employees across the country today joined the two hour peaceful protest meetings at the utility headquarters and generating stations in all the states across the country to oppose the proposed Electricity (amendment ) Bill 2021 and against the privatization process of electricity distribution in Union Territories and other states on the opening day of the Parliament session, said V K Gupta Spokes...

ower engineers and employees will boycott work for a day on August 10 to protest against the proposed Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021, AIPEF said on Wednesday. The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) in a statement said the Bill listed for Monsoon session of Parliament should not be rushed through and instead should be referred to the standing committee on energy. The Federation alleged that Electric...

Amid an all-time high demand for power, Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) managed to supply only around 12,500MW daily against a demand of 15,500MW Amid an all-time high demand for power, Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) managed to supply only around 12,500MW daily against a demand of 15,500MW. The PSPCL is now relying on monsoon as rains will decrease the demand by about 3,000MW and the generat...

All three units of Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL) thermal plant were shut on Friday as the last operational unit of the electricity generation unit also tripped due to a technical snag. The unit was already running on half-load capacity for two days. A unit of TSPL has been shut since March this year, whereas the second unit was shut on Sunday due to technical problems. With all ...

The power crisis in Punjab worsened after the closure of the 1,980 MW Talwandi Sabo thermal plant on Friday. After running at half load for two days, the plant’s only operational unit — out of the three — also tripped around 4pm. One of the units had broken down on March 8, and another went out of operation on July 4. Already under pressure to meet the rising power demand for paddy sowing, Pun...