Power engineers of PSPCL and PSTCL under the banner of PSEB Engineers’ Association protested against the Electricity (Amendment ) Bill 2018. The meeting of power engineers from Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited was addressed by president Sanjeev Sood, general secretary Devinder Goyal, senior vice-president Harjinder Singh Bansal and p...

PSPCL and PSTCL engineers under the banner of  PSEB Engineers’ Association  held  protest meetings in different parts  of  the state including Patiala and thermal plants  against the Electricity (Amendment ) Bill 2018. The meeting at Patiala was addressed by  Sanjeev  Sood, President,  Devinder Goyal, General Secretary,  Harjinder Singh...

Members of the Punjab State Electricity Board Engineers’ Association (PSEBEA) on Tuesday staged a protest at Faridkot to register their opposition to the unilateral amendment in the Electricity Act 2003. The engineers in the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) alleged that the Central government was unilaterally resorting to amend the Electricity Act-2003, thereby pushing the sector undertakings i...

With $100 billion of existing and proposed thermal power plants in financial distress and low cost but variable renewable energy capacity best able to meet targets, India has an opportune moment to transform its electricity sector by introducing day-ahead market pric...

Power engineers today started nationwide work boycott against the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2018 and privatization policies of the Governments. The protest of power engineers has been reported from different cities of Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana, Uttrakhand, Bihar, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Karnatka  and Orissa. Shaliender Dubey ...

Power engineers & Employees today started Two Day nationwide work boycott against the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2018 and privatization policies of the Governments. The protest of power engineers and employees has been reported from different cities of Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana, Uttrakhand, Bihar, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Karn...

Members of the Haryana Power Engineers Association (HPEA) have decided to resort to a two-day work boycott on January 8 and 9 against the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2018 as decided by the All-India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF). VK Gupta, spokesperson, AIPEF, said the Bill would divide the unbundled electricity industry as the distribution company would carry the electricity to the point of consumption and ...

Public sector power utility employees across the country, including engineers, will start a two-day nationwide strike on January 8 to voice their demands and highlight alleged privatisation attempts. The strike call, given by the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE), is against the proposed Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2018 and the alleged privatisation pol...

In December, the French company Électricité de France (EDF) submitted a “techno-commercial proposal” to the Indian government for the Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra. The idea of importing six nuclear European Pressurised Reactors (EPRs) was initiated by the United Progressive Alliance government more than a decade ago, but the project had made little...

National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE) has decided to go ahead with work boycott protest & strike  on 08 & 09 January 2019 across the country ignoring the suggestion  of Ministry of Power. Ministry of Power in a letter to Prasanta Chowhury Convener NCCOEEE has informed the present status of amendment bill and has termed the proposed...