Haryana power sector employees and engineers jointly held a protest gate meeting on Thursday at the circle office in Power complex on Gohana road. The meeting was held on a call given by the National Co-ordination Committee for Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE) at all circles. The protesters also submitted a memorandum against the Electricity Amendment Bill, 2018. The members submitted the memorandum t...

New Delhi: While the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is stepping up efforts to provide electricity connections to all households, around 3.4 million households in Uttar Pradesh are tapping power illegally. UP accounts for more than a third of new connections to be provided by December. With general elections scheduled to take place early next year, the state is key to the Union government’...

Torrent PowerLimited (TPL) consumers may have to pay more for the electricity they consume as the private sector company has sought to levy ‘additional charge’ to recover its past dues. The company, however, has proposed to keep power tariffsunchanged in its petition for determination of power tariffs for fiscal 2019-20. Torrent Power has proposed to levy additional charge of 28 paise...

By Pratik Agarwal India 2008. You have received an email with a brief video of your three-year-old daughter doing an impromptu dance. You click ‘open’, the video begins, and then abruptly starts buffering. You wait patiently. Still buffering … For a few glorious seconds, the frame unfreezes, and the video resumes before again buffering. Data is the culprit. India 2018. You have received the ...

Congress MLA from Palwal Karan Dalal met Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya on Tuesday and demanded a judicial probe into the alleged irregularities in the functioning of the Power Department, headed by the chief minister. In a ‘chargesheet’ presented to the Governor against the department, Dalal alleged that various irregularities in the department had led to an estimated loss of Rs 21,040 crore to the sta...

To, Sh Naveen Patnaik jee Hon.’ble Chief Minister, Govt. Of Odisha, Bhubaneswar - Sub:     Privatization of the Power Sector in the State of Odisha. Esteemed Sir, Through this letter and in wake of the ongoing move by the Govt of Odisha to Privatize the Power Sector in Odisha, I on behalf of the Himachal Power Engineers wish to draw your kind attention to the ill perce...

New Delhi: India is likely to commission renewable energy projects with a capacity of 9,000 Megawatt (Mw) in the current financial year (2018-19) and 10,000 Mw in the next fiscal ending March 2020, based on the trend of projects awarded over the past two calendar years. “The projects awarded by the central nodal agencies and state distribution utilities in Calendar year 2017 and 2018 provide a reas...

Tata Power has sought a hike of 50 paisa per unit on the electricity Punjab purchases from it. Currently, Punjab pays ?2.91 per unit to the company. The issue has put the state in a tizzy as the hike will put a burden of ?200 crore on the consumers annually. The Congress, which is in opposition in Haryana, has opposed any amendment in the PPA, while in Punjab, the state government reportedly has asked the secre...

It is my belief that the energy sector in India is truly at a crossroads. Some of the challenges, including on commodity prices, have global dimensions. Others though are uniquely Indian. Addressing the challenges could help leapfrog the economy and let loose innovation and opportunity. Failing to do so on the other hand, would have perilous impact.  While I don’t wish to be an alarmist, statistics ...

All Office Bearers - A I P E F Chairman / Secretary General - SIPEF / WIPEF / EIPEF / NIPEF President / General Secretary - All A I P E F Constituents   Sub :    NCCOEEE Notice & Circular regarding 08 & 09 January Strike//Work Boycott NCCOEEE Notice & Circular regarding 08 & 09 January Strike//Work Boycott are attached for information and necessary action. 2. Mass...