Page 2 - Power Distribution

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

Torrent Power highest bidder for Dadra Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu discoms

UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu carry annual revenue of Rs 4500 crore from roughly 150,000 consumers

After pandemic-hit 2020, Delhi sees rise in power demand in new year

Electricity demand in Delhi is picking up in the new year, recovering from the coronavirus pandemic-hit 2020, with January registering 19 per cent more peaks on 23 days than that in the last year

Discoms should be consumer-centric, bring more pvt investment: House panel

One of the suggestions by the committee was increasing private participation in power distribution by way of content-carriage separation

Govt plans $41 bn reform in Budget 2021 to revive ailing power discoms

The plan for carrying out reforms for reducing losses of state distribution utilities was sought by the nation's power ministry and is under discussion

Rajasthan's power distribution companies to raise Rs 1,500 cr through bonds

The rating factors in the companies' status as a wholly owned power sector entity of the state government

Power supply restored in many Pak cities hours after massive blackout

Power supply was restored fully or partially on Sunday in many cities in Pakistan hours after several towns in the country plunged into darkness following a huge blackout

Coal mining opens doors to pvt players; power distribution fails to reform

The Centre amended the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015, in May to open up auction for non-mining firms; micro, small, and medium enterprises; and foreign companies

Govt plans separate electricity distribution channel for industries

To create manufacturing hubs in each state that will be offered to private firms

Discoms' outstanding dues to power gencos rise 28% to Rs 1.38 trn in Sept

The overdue amount in September 2020 has increased from Rs 1,22,090 crore in August 2020

UP power utilities' losses top Rs 80k cr as govt defers privatising firm

Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited account for the maximum share of Rs 19,373 crore or almost 25 per cent of the total amount

NITI working on index to foster competition in power distribution: Kumar

Niti Aayog has been working on a State Energy Index that is set to foster healthy competition in the states' power distribution space, the think tank's Vice-Chairman, Rajiv Kumar, said on Saturday. The tool will be designed to assess and further improve the performance of states to efficiently manage their energy resources. "Niti Aayog has been working on a #StateEnergyIndex that is set to foster healthy competition in the states' energy #DISCOM space. The index would not only allow for better formulation & implementation of strategies for continuous improvement & management of resources," Kumar said in a tweet. "But also enable a comprehensive assessment of a specific #DISCOM aided by the use of indicators like: viability, access, affordability & reliability of #energy, and even their efforts at #cleanenergy initiatives, energy efficiency and #technology innovation," he added.

Power ministry issues Standard Bidding Document for discoms' privatisation

The SBD will be the guiding document for the state governments which might want to offer their discoms to private companies

L&T's power transmission, distribution business bags 'large' contracts

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Monday said its power transmission and distribution business has bagged 'large' contracts in the domestic and international market. The engineering and construction company did not provide the exact value of the contract, but as per its project classification, "large" orders are those valued between Rs 2,500 crore and Rs 5,000 crore. "L&T's power transmission and distribution business has won a prestigious package to establish transmission lines and substations associated with a major infrastructure project in Telangana," the company said in a regulatory filing. The scope of the package involves establishing three new 400 kV substations with reactors, associated bay extensions at connected substations and more than 170 km of 400 kV transmission links, on a turnkey basis, the filing added. The company said it has secured another order from Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd to provide electrical and mechanical systems for two tunnels in the Katra Dharam

Centre, states to share cost of Rs 3-trillion discom reform scheme

Umbrella scheme to include grants for schemes of IPDS, DDUGJY, and have loss-reduction targets

Discoms' outstanding dues to power gencos rise 47% to Rs 1.33 trn in June

Distribution companies (discoms) owed a total of Rs 90,655 crore to power generation firms in June 2019

Jammu and Kashmir LG Murmu dedicates 49 electricity projects to public

He also laid the foundation stone for seven new sub-stations in the union territory

NTPC joins hands with NIIF for investing in RE, power distribution

Plans to build 30 Gw of its overall generation capacity from renewable energy by 2032. It currently has installed capacity of 62 Gw, with 80% thermal power

Five years on, govt's UDAY scheme fails to power bleeding discoms

Shreya Jai compares five-year data that reveals deterioration in the health of discoms

REC kicks off discom package with Rs 2,500 crore to Maharashtra

REC has sanctioned another Rs 3,300 crore for Andhra Pradesh, Rs 2,000 crore for Punjab and Rs 2,032 crore for Rajasthan.