Power crisis in Punjab has further deepened with one unit of the state-run thermal plant at Ropar also shutting down on Wednesday night whereas already two units of a private thermal plant, TSPL, are shut following technical problems and the remaining third unit is running on half capacity following technical snag. The closing down of one unit in Ropar and reduction to half load of the remaining one unit o...

Haryana on Wednesday supplied a record 2661 lakh units with record maximum demand of 12039 MW in the state.With hot weather and a delayed monsoon, the power demand in Haryana has shot up due to hot weather conditions prevailing in the State and the sowing of paddy , Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) and Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam have supplied an all-time record of 2661 lakh units (LU) of power with ...

Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday unleashed another series of tweets — this time claiming that the power minister cannot do much as most of the authority rests with the chief minister. The former Cabinet minister, who is currently embroiled in a feud with Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, added that he spent two years preparing the Punjab Model. “Now, the big question — Can Minister for Power...

All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) in a letter to the Prime Minister has stressed that the proposed electricity amendment bill 2021 should not be rushed to the Parliament during the pandemic period and before detailed discussion with power sector engineers and employees. V K Gupta spokesperson of AIPEF said that the Ministry of Power circulated the Draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021 on February 5 on...

V K Gupta, an AIPEF spokesperson, said in the statement that the Ministry of Power circulated the Draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 on February 5 only to the state secretaries of energy for comments to be sent within two weeks, which was totally inadequate. Gupta said that the government is trying to rush through amendments to the Electricity Act 2003, which would cause far-reaching harm resulting...

As per the statement of Sh. R.K. Singh Minister I/C, Power published in Economic Times 30/06/2021 it appears that Govt. of India intends to introduce the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021 in the forthcoming monsoon session of parliament. On this subject the All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) representing  power engineers of the country seeks to bring the following urgent issues to your kind notice...

The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is imposing cuts of 6-8 hours in rural areas of the state and up to 3 hours in all major cities as it is unable to meet the rising demand due to less electricity generation amid the ongoing paddy sowing season and soaring temperatures. Whereas the rural belts have been witnessing major outages for the last four days, unscheduled cuts were put in place in urban poc...

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved a Reforms-based and Results-linked, Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme.  The Scheme seeks to improve the operational efficiencies and financial sustainability of all DISCOMs/ Power Departments excluding Private Sector DISCOMs by providing conditional financial assistance to DISCOMs for strengthening of supply infrastructure. The a...

The All India Power Engineers' Federation (AIPEF) on Monday urged the government to scrap the bidding for privatisation of electricity distribution in Chandigarh. "All India Power Engineers' Federation (AIPEF) has demanded to scrap the bidding for privatisation of electricity in UT Chandigarh in view of the interim order of Punjab and Haryana High Court which puts brakes on priva...

The representative of the Ministry of Home had emphasised the criticality of safeguarding the interest of employees in the privatisation process in the meeting of the High-Level Steering Committee held on September 17, it added.Further, the Ministry of Power has proposed that the assets of UT Chandigarh may be transferred to the private party at a nominal cost of Re one where the cost data is not available in the ass...