BHUBANESWAR: Voicing concern over some of the proposed amendments in Electricity Act, 2003, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday exhorted regulators of State Electricity Regulatory Commissions to make valuable recommendations to the Centre keeping the State and consumer interest in mind. Addressing the 65th meeting of the Forum of Regulators, a body comprising chairpersons of Central and State Electricity Regu...
New Delhi: Buoyed by a good response for the first tender of mid-term (3 years) power purchase agreement auction, the power ministry will bring its second round for 2,500 MW capacities to give relief to stressed power assets, Power Secretary A K Bhalla said Tuesday. A PPA is a prerequisite for getting coal supplies for power plants. Power sector is facing stress due to coal shortage and other issue...
Stocks at Coal India mines plunged to a five-year low of 21 million tonne (mt) in October, as a sudden surge in demand for the fuel from the power sector has fast-tracked the dispatches over the last few weeks. If the low coal stocks at pitheads continues, the supplies could be disrupted, leading to power plant outages (low plant availability, in technical terms). The looming difficulty has accelerated coal import...
N0. 37 - 2018 / Info Reqd 13 - 11 - 2018 All Office Bearers - AIPEF Chairman / Secretary General - SIPEF / WIPEF / EIPEF / NIPEF President / General Secretary - All AIPEF Constituents Sub : Information required SEA MSEB wants some information in the attached format. Information s required from MP, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, UP, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan...
No. 36 / Against Privatisation in Odisha 12-11-2018 Hon'ble Sri Naveen Pattanaik Chief Minister Govt Of Odisha Bhubneshwar Sub : Against privatisation of power sector in Odisha Respected Sir, All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) wants to draw your kind attention towards ongoing pro...
Patiala: Engineers of state electricity boards from across the country have come out against the revised draft of the Electricity Amendment Bill enabling private operators to supply power to consumers in their areas. The bill is likely to be tabled in the winter session of Parliament next month. All India Power Engineers’ Federation (AIPEF) submitted comments on the bill to Union min...
New Delhi: There is needless uncertainty over tariff revision for coastal power plants using unexpectedly dearer imported coal, when it ought to be par for the course to treat fuel as “pass-through” costs, with price bidding confined to non-fuel parameters. It is welcome that the Supreme Court has now called for a tariff review for the concerned Adani, Tata and Essar Power plants, b...
CHANDIGARH: Engineers of state electricity boards from all over the country have come out against the revised draft of the Electricity Amendment Bill enabling the private operators to supply electricity consumers in their areas. The Bill is likely to be tabled in the winter session of Parliament next month. All India Power Engineers’ Federation (AIPEF) has submitted its comments on the Bill to Uni...
An Odisha Power Engineers Congress was held here on Saturday organised by the All Odisha Power Engineers Federation. Power Engineers from generation, transmission and distribution sector participated in large numbers. The issues concerning the service matter of engineers and power sector, including re-privatisation of distribution sector, were discussed. A seminar on ‘Safety in Elec...
Employees of state electricity departments from all over the country have crossed swords with the Union Ministry of Power which has come out with a revised draft of the Electricity Amendment Bill, enabling the consumers to switch their power suppliers as they do for telecom services. The reformist Bill is likely to be tabled in the winter session of Parliament next month. All India Power Engine...