Punjab’s power supply rose by around 9.66 percent to 45950 lakh units in April as compared to last year's supply of 41900 lakh units in April 2023 as per Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) reports, mainly due to a rise in temperatures. The daily average supply in April increased from 1396 LU to 1532 LU this year. The highest supply in a day (peak power demand) also rose to 10061 MW in April 2024...

India's power consumption rose around 11 per cent to 144.25 billion units (BU) in April as compared to the year-ago period, mainly due increase in temperatures. In April 2023, the power consumption stood at 130.08 BU, a government data showed. The highest supply in a day (peak power demand) also rose to 224.18 GW in April 2024 as against to 215.88 GW in April 2023. The power ministry has estimated around...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan for the third term involves some bold moves, including a radical blueprint to enable free electricity to all powered by solar panels in every household, a plan, when executed on scale, can dramatically lower India’s over-dependence on imported energy and polluting fossil fuels. There is also an important subtext in the focus on solar energy: Increasing self-reli...

Due to scorching heat and the addition of new power connections people want to keep the consumption under 300 units per month — the power demand has for the first time exceeded 10,000 MW in April. The demand went past this figure on Friday. On April 26, 2023, the demand touched 7,500 MW whereas in April 2022, the demand was 9,986 MW the same day. The average power supply till April 26 has also increas...

Water levels in India’s 150 major reservoirs fell to 30% of their total storage capacity, with eastern and southern India seeing levels depleting rapidly owing to the severe heatwave. While 26 reservoirs have 50% of normal water storage capacity, the level in reservoirs of eastern and southern regions has dropped to as low as 39% and 17%, respectively, as per the bulletin released by the Central Water Commissio...

World's largest coal producer Coal India may be staring at a massive demand shortfall going forward, according to an internal assessment report prepared by the Coal Ministry, which has been seen by CNBC-Awaaz. Assessment report has pegged the demand for coal from existing buyers to sharply drop by as much as 20 to 58 percent after 2 years, as the captive coal blocks with buyers begin production. Commenting on the...

The power crisis has deepened further. Subsequently, the frequency of scheduled and unscheduled power cuts has increased, causing lot of inconvenience to the consumers. Usually, this time of the year in past, the power scenario used to improve. But this year rather than improvement there is deterioration. The concerned officials say the widening gap between demand and supply is leading to extra power cuts. There i...

All-India power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged voters to seek candidates’ views on privatisation of power sector when they approach them for votes. Following a meeting AIPEF Chairman Shailendra Dubey urged people to seek the views of candidates on power sector before voting. Dubey said the Electricity (Amendment) Bill was a plot to hand over the entire power sector to corporate houses. “The ...

The people must seek the views of the candidates of different political parties relating to  the power sector before voting, as to get electricity is their right, said Shailendra Dubey Chairman of of  India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF)  in his address at the online meeting held on Sunday evening to discuss the role of workers and peasants during current Lok Sabha elections. Dubey said tha...

The cumulative outstanding dues of the power sector to Coal India (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Company (SCCL), which account for over 90 percent of India’s coal production, rose 42 percent y-o-y to ?24,392 crore at the end of FY24. The outstanding dues payable by thermal power plants (TPPs) to the mining behemoth CIL rose 13 percent y-o-y to ?15,715 crore in March 2024, while those of SCCL more than doubled o...