Eyebrows are  being raised over the grant of 13%  free power to Himachal Pradesh  from proposed 40 MW  Baggi Power Plant by the Bhakra  Beas Management Board (BBMB). BBMB in its board meeting held on March 5 held at New Delhi has agreed to the provision of 13% free power to Himachal Pradesh. Only 5 out of 9 board members were present in the meeting.  Dr. Gulab Singh Narwal&nb...

ALL INDIA POWER ENGINEERS FEDERATION   No. 15 - 2020/AIPEF/ Martyrs Day 23 March                      23-03-2020                   23 MARCH 1931 - BALIDAN DIWAS  Today is 23rd March Martyr's Day. 89 years ago Shahid e Azam Bhagat Singh - Rajguru - Sukhdev were hanged by Britishers on...

On 23rd March 1931, three Indian Marxist revolutionaries, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivram Hari Rajguru, were hanged by the British for waging a war against the colonial state. Sukhdev was a central committee member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army (HSRA), formed on 8 September 1928 by anti-colonial revolutionaries of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajputana (now Rajasthan), and its organisatio...

Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Power 17 MAR 2020 5:43PM by PIB Delhi UDAY 2.0 Scheme Electricity is a concurrent subject, and the distribution of electricity is handled by the states and state distribution utilities.  In the Budget speech of year 2020-21, Government have informed Parliament that it would take measures to improve the viability of ...

 Power and renewable energy minister R K Singh said the country needs coal-based plants for now and he is not in favour of shutting them down immediately. He also said that the much-awaited tariff policy could soon be finalised with home minister Amit Shah-led group of ministers agreeing to most of the recommendations at its first meeting on Friday. "If you tell me to shut down coal based-plants tom...

Draft paper ‘blames’ SAD for mess in Power Dept Over-capacity in power generation, lack of proper linkage for coal to be used in private power plants and high fixed cost of power purchased from three private producers are the highlights of the draft White Paper on Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). Former CM Parkash Singh Badal and former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who held the Power ...

Chief Justice of India SA Bobde on Friday said he wanted all thermal plants in the country shut to prevent further environmental pollution. “All thermal plants must be shut,” he said. It’s impossible to breathe in a city that has a thermal power plant, he said referring to a personal experience. Bobde was dealing with a case from Uttarakhand where many such projects had come under th...

ALL INDIA POWER ENGINEERS FEDERATION   No. 14 - 2020 / Bihar                      01-03-2020 All Office Bearers - AIPEF Chairman / Secretary General - SIPEF/WIPEF/EIPEF/NIPEF President / General Secretary - All AIPEF Constituents Sub: Bihar Energy Minister's letter against privatisation You are aware that after intervention of...

All India Power Engineers Federation ( AIPEF) demanded that the climate change criterion should not be made the sole basis for shutting down or retiring the state thermal unit capacity. AIPEF in its executive meeting held on Sunday discussed the problems faced by the power sector particularly shutting down of thermal units and proposals regarding smart metering and consumer the choice to pave way for the complet...

ALL INDIA POWER ENGINEERS FEDERATION   No. 13 - 2020 / Budget                      07-02-2020 All Office Bearers - AIPEF Chairman / Secretary General - SIPEF/WIPEF/EIPEF/NIPEF President / General Secretary - All AIPEF Constituents Sub: Budget proposals   Budget proposals on Power Sector and closing of thermal power stations along ...