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Niti's roadmap for power reform: Privatisation of discoms, more auctions

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 20, 2018

Government think tank Niti Aayog in its strategy document Wednesday suggested for the power sector a plethora of reforms like promoting smart grids, auctioning of energy, privatisation of...

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Govt committed to decrease AT&C loss of discoms

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 19, 2018

The Government of India is committed to reducing the technical and commercial losses (AT & C) of the power distribution companies (Discom) of different States of the country. For this, close...

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Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to seek cabinet nod soon for rooftop solar scheme SRISTI

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 6, 2018

The Ministry of New and RenewableEnergy (MNRE) will approach the Union cabinet in the next 30-45 days seeking approval for the solar rooftop scheme Sristi or Sustainable Rooftop Implementation...

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Panel suggests mechanism for facilitating payments to power cos

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 22, 2018

The high-level committee for revival of stressed power assets has suggested setting up a mechanism to allow public financial institutions (PFI) like REC and PFC to discount receivables from...

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Panel suggests mechanism for facilitating payments to power cos

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 22, 2018

The high-level committee for revival of stressed power assets has suggested setting up a mechanism to allow public financial institutions (PFI) like REC and PFC to discount receivables from...

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Discoms will have to pay Rs 2,000 cr to solar companies as GST claims

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 20, 2018

State power distribution companies (discoms) will have to shell out nearly Rs 2,000 crore as one-time compensation towards GST impact to solar power developers, according to rating agency Icra....

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Falling solar power cost lead to pricing disputes

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 9, 2018

The matter to decide the tariff at which state discoms will buy solar power from SECI is pending before the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity.
The steep fall in the cost of producing...

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Impose 50% solar tariff as penalty for not buying power: Developers to MNRE

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 20, 2018

Solar power developers have urged the power ministry to impose 50 per cent tariff penalty on distribution companies that are not buying clean power despite their purchase agreements, sources...

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Andhra Pradesh government directs discoms to take wind power in full

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 14, 2018

The Andhra Pradesh government has clarified that state discoms have to take all the power wind developers produce and pay for it, irrespective of the capacity utilization factor (CUF) of the...

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Government to bid out 25 GW solar capacities in Ladakh

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 17, 2018

The government will come out with a single bid for setting up 25 GW of solar capacity in Ladakh, Power Minister R K Singh said today, and asserted that renewable energy is a must for sustainable...

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