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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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Average spot power price up 45% at Rs 5.94 per unit in October; highest ever sales volume in any month

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 6, 2018

The average power spot prices jumped over 45% to Rs 5.94 per unit in the month of October on the energy exchange from Rs 4.08 per unit in the same month a year ago. According to a statement by...

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Himachal Pradesh government to float tender for 55 electric buses within fortnight

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 22, 2018

The Himachal Pradesh government plans to float a tender for purchasing 55 electric buses within a fortnight for Shimla and Dharamsala, a senior official said Friday. 

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China wants polluting power plants to sell their electricity contracts

By : sustainabilityo..., May 14, 2018

China plans to encourage low-efficient and polluting power plants to sell their electricity contracts to renewable energy power generators, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said in a...

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Delhiites may soon get money for unscheduled power cuts by discoms

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 18, 2018

Citizens would be compensated for unscheduled power cuts lasting longer than one hour, if a policy approved by the Delhi government on Tuesday gets a green signal from Lt. Governor Anil Baijal...

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Subject Tags: DISCOM , power , sector news

Already facing water scarcity, Gujarat will now battle power crisis

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 13, 2018

While the Gujarat government has publicly conceded that there will be a water crisis this summer, there is also now the possibility of a power crisis. The state government is already facing lot...

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India to fine firms for blackouts, crackdown on electricity theft

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2017

India plans to fine electricity distributors from April 2019 for power cuts deemed avoidable and to make it mandatory for the companies to install prepaid or smart meters to prevent electricity...

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SECI floats tender for 2,000 Megawatt capacity wind energy projects

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2017

State-run Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has floated tender for setting up 2 GW inter- state transmission system (ISTS) connected wind power capacities across the country....

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India's largest floating solar power plant in Kerala to start operations today

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 4, 2017

The largest-ever floating solar power plant in India will be operational in Kerala on Monday. 

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