New rules to provide easier access to electricity transmission
Power Ministry has promulgated the Electricity (Transmission System Planning, Development and Recovery of Inter-State Transmission Charges) Rules 2021.
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Coal shortage deepens in India as plant inventories run low
India’s massive fleet of coal plants are running dangerously low on stockpiles, which may force the nation to buy expensive shipments of the fuel or else…
Govt asks power plants to auction fly ash through bidding
The Ministry of Power issued an advisory to power plants to auction fly ash through a transparent bidding process.
Govt looks to revise coal stock rules to address fuel shortage
In an attempt to address the issue of coal shortage being faced by certain thermal power stations, the government is looking at easing coal stock rules…
NTPC achieves over 100 BU generation in current FY
NTPC Group companies under Ministry of Power have achieved over 100 Billion Units (BU) of cumulative generation in the current financial year, reinforcing group’s commitment towards…
IEX starts cross-border electricity trade for integrated market
Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) announced starting of cross-border electricity trade on its platform in first-of-its-kind initiative for exchanges to expand their power markets beyond India to…
India justifies J&K hydropower projects designs
Pakistan raised objections to the designs of Pakal Dul and Lower Kalnai hydropower plants in Jammu and Kashmir and sought more information on the projects in…
DISCOMs get Rs 46,321 crore under liquidity package so far
Power distribution utilities or DISCOMs in the country have been sanctioned loans of Rs 1.35 lakh crore and disbursed Rs 46,321 crore so far under the…
NTPC records highest ever single day generation
NTPC Singrauli Unit#1 in Uttar Pradesh (U.P), achieved the highest Plant Load Factor (PLF) of 100.24% for the period from April 2020 to December 2020.
Complete power restoration in Mumbai takes 28 hours
28 hours is what it took for a complete restoration of power in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) after power outage on Monday. Power supply was completely…
NTPC achieves over 100 BUs of cumulative generation in current FY
NTPC has achieved over 100 Billion Units (BUs) of cumulative generation in the current financial year, reinforcing group’s commitment towards excellence in operation across its plants.…