All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider power sector employees as frontline workers amid the pandemic. The functioning of hospitals and testing laboratories is largely dependent upon the round the clock supply, and power engineers and technical staff of Discoms play a major role in the fight against COVID-19, it said. "All India Power Engineers Federa...

The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) on Thursday urged the government to put on hold the privatisation of electricity distribution entities. "Government must put on hold the privatisation of electricity distribution and stop entrusting the electricity departments of union territories to private enterprises," All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) said in a statement. The federation mention...

The last three decades have exposed the inefficiency of the central government’s reform programme in electricity planning, power sector financing, national tariff policy, and in developing an equitable national renewable energy policy. The complete privatisation of the power sector is no reform, said VK Gupta, spokesperson of the All-India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF), in an interview with Daily World. ...

  Raised Some Points Regarding The Amendment. The States Fear That It Will Affect Their Free Power Programs And Work Against The Interest Of Farmers And Poorer Sections Of The Society. Some Experts From The Private And Government Sector Think That The Transfer Of Cash Subsidy Directly To Farmers And Domestic Consumers’ Accounts May Not Be Practically Possible As Timely P...

The Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) has paid about ?800 crore as the first instalment of coal washing charges to private generators of thermal power at Rajpura and Talwandi Sabo, as per the directions of the Supreme Court. On March 9, the apex court had directed PSPCL to clear the arrears, along with interest, of the difference between the actual cost incurred by the two private generators and the ...

Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) may face constraints in meeting maximum power demand during paddy season due to low reservoir levels at Bhakra along with limits for importing power from the grid. The water level at Bhakra reservoir is 63 feet low this year as compared to last year's level.The reservoir level on March 31 was 1536 feet against last year's level of 1599 feet on a corresponding ...

The ministry proposes to introduce a bill in Parliament in the Budget session proposing amendments to the Electricity Act, 2003 to decentralise power distribution business. Besides, the Centre proposes a clause in the bill to restrict electricity despatch to discoms from power plants in favour of which the utilities have not opened bank guarantees. ...

The Ministry of Power had earlier issued the draft Electricity Amendment Bill 2020 on 17April 2020 for amending the Electricity Act 2003.  While  as many as 12 States had vehemently objected, the Ministry of Power kept the draft amendments pending and the status/position of the amendments is not known. While this exercise to amend Electricity Act 2003  was  stalled midway, ...

The Ministry of Power released the proposals for amendment of Electricity Act 2003,through Office Memorandum (OM) dated 05 Feb 2021 which was addressed to authorities in States power departments ( Annex 1 ), with direction to provide comments within two weeks of the  OM  dated 05 Feb, ie by 19 Feb 2021. The Ministry of Power did not put the details on the website. The Ministry of Power conducted a v...

Kerala has strongly opposed the move to de-license power distribution, stating that it scarcely is the way to achieve the objective of ensuring efficient and cost-effective electricity supply to the citizens. In a March 15 letter to the Union Power Ministry setting down its policy opinion on the amendments planned in the Electricity Act, 2003, the State Government argued that the proposal to open up the distributi...