Page 13 - Power Sector

India's electricity generation falls 2.9% in second half of April

Electricity supply to Karnataka - home to India's tech hub Bengaluru - fell over 15%

Power ministry asks states to vaccinate power sector employees on priority

The Association of Power Producers has asked the power ministry to treat all operational staff across the electricity supply value chain as a priority category for vaccination

India's power consumption grows nearly 45 pc in first half of April

Power consumption in the country grew nearly 45 per cent in the first half of April to 60.62 billion units over the corresponding period a year ago

State-owned power giant NTPC to raise Rs 3,996 cr via bonds next week

The firm will issue non-convertible bonds on Tuesday

Power Ministry proposes reforms for short-term sale purchase of power

In future, the ministry is also looking at merging the DAMs of all power exchanges into one entity, which will oversee the trading of day-ahead bids for both renewable energy and conventional power

Discoms, state govts bet on storage technology to stabilise power supply

TPDDL, in 2019, joined hands with AES and Mitsubishi to set up a 10 Mw grid storage project at its Rohini sub-station

Rs 75,000 cr disbursement to discoms under special liquidity scheme

Under the scheme, govt-owned lenders PFC and REC extended special one time loan to discoms to clear their due to the power generating companies

Covid impact: India enters FY22 with power demand at mid-2019 level

Monthly demand has, nonetheless, shown considerable improvement over peak lockdown months, mostly on the back of thermal power

Best of BS Opinion: Backsliding without broadband, Covid-19 vaccine & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Making power consumer a king

The Indian power consumer, in addition to being given the choice of buying green electricity only, might also get to choose the supplier soon.

Discom overdue increases 5.5-times in 5 states; disputes rising too

Bills worth Rs 12,856 crore were in dispute till January 2020, the amount has risen to Rs 15,098 crore.

Shadow over solar power

Punitive tariffs on components will cripple a growing sector

Outlook negative for power discoms due to falling revenues: ICRA

The outlook for electricity distribution segment remains negative with continued weakness in financial position of most state-owned discoms, according to a report by ICRA

NTPC withdraws load shedding regulation in Meghalaya: Minister

James P K Sangma on Wednesday said the NTPC has withdrawn "load shedding regulation" from all areas of the state

Revenue shortfall will affect import of nuclear fuel: DAE to parl panel

The revenue shortfall for the Department of Atomic Energy in 2020-21 will affect the import of nuclear fuel for its power reactors and other important projects

IndiGrid to buy NER II Transmission from Sterlite Power for Rs 4,625 cr

Investment trust IndiGrid on Friday inked an agreement to acquire 100 per cent equity stake in NER II Transmission

Rural average power supply duration rose to 18.5 hours a day: R K Singh

He mentioned that the 100 per cent village electrification has been achieved 13 days before target while 100 pet cent household electrification has been achieved under Saubhagya scheme

Cross-border trade with Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal from next month: S N Goel

Distribution companies have signed long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) for meeting 90-92 per cent of the demand, said Goel

Kalpataru Power Transmission bags orders worth Rs 1,554 cr

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd (KPTL) on Wednesday said it has won orders worth Rs 1,554 crore. Theorders include those from India, CIS and Latin America in the power transmission business, KPTL said in a statement. Besides, KPTL's international subsidiary has secured new power transmission projects in Europe. "These new order wins help us to strengthen our power transmission order book in India and overseas market. Our current year order inflow has reached around Rs 8,000 crore and additionally we have good visibility across all our businesses. Our order book visibility with low debt gives us confidence of growth from long-term perspective," KPTL Managing Director and CEO Manish Mohnot said. KPTL is a specialized engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) company in India engaged in power transmission and distribution, oil & gas pipeline, railways, infrastructure development, civil contracting and warehousing & logistics business. The company is currently executing ...

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