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Transformer Nagaland | T&D India

Discoms given freedom to terminate PPAs of 25-year old generation plants

 

The Union power ministry has given the freedom to power distribution companies to discontinue or continue drawing power from a power generation plant  that has completed 25 years of operation.

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TNERC makes use of RCD mandatory, aims to prevent electrical accidents

RCD Switch | T&D India

Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has notified new provisions in the Tamil Nadu Electricity Distribution Code, mandating the installation of residual current device (RCD) in all electricity service connections.

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IEX trading volumes up 44 per cent in Q1FY22

Srex Power India | T&D India

Electricity trading volumes on the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) recorded a 44 per cent year-on-year growth in the first quarter (April to June) of FY22.

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MERC approves tariff and combined PPA of KRC Discoms

IT Zone | T&D India

Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), in a recent order, approved the combined power purchase agreement (PPA) associated with a short-term power procurement of 14 mw by KRC Discoms.

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CERC allows BSES discoms to exit from PPA

NTPC Dadri | T&D India

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has allowed Reliance Infrastructure firms BSES Yamuna Power and BSES Rajdhani Power to exit power purchase agreements with NTPC Dadri-I power plant, which completed 25 years of service on November 30 last year.

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Over 90 per cent of PGCIL’s substations remotely managed

ntamc-control-room | T&D India

A total of 242 substations, or over 90 per cent of PGCIL’s total number of substations were being monitored remotely, as of March 31, 2021.

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Cabinet approves Rs.3.04 trillion “Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme”

Budget Power | T&D India

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved a Reforms-based and Results-linked, Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme, on June 30, 2021.

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Punjab gets its first set of ACCC Conductor installations

CTC Punjab - LR | T&D India

In a recent announcement, CTC Global said that Punjab, earlier this year, saw its first set of ACCC conductor installations.

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Power distribution privatization likely to be discussed in monsoon session

MERC Mumbai transmission tower | T&D India

Several reforms-linked measures in the power distribution space are likely to be discussed at the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, it is reliably learnt.

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Over 3.6 lakh LED bulbs distributed so far under GRAM UJALA

GRAM UJALA Syska LED | T&D India

Convergence Energy Services Ltd (CESL) has so far distributed over 3.60 lakh LED bulbs under the “GRAM UJALA” scheme launched in March this year.

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