CEA

National peak demand deficit at 1.4 per cent

    The all-India peak demand during the first seven months (April to October) of FY24 remained unmet to the extent of 1.4 per cent. According to latest statistics released by Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the all-India peak Read more

“One Nation, One Licence” proposed for electrical contractors

    The Chief Electrical Inspectorate (CEI) Division of Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has mooted the proposal for nationwide validity of licences of electrical contractors. In a very recent missive issued to state electrical inspectorates, CEA said that there is need Read more

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CEA releases report on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) infrastructure

  Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has newly released a report “Electric Vehicles Utilization for Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Services” that looks at various services that electric vehicles (EVs) can provide to the power system through smart bi-directional charging. The report prepared by Read more

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CEA clarifies on GIS and Hybrid-GIS for distribution switchgear

  Central Electricity Authority (CEA), in a recent missive, has clarified on the technical standards for gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) and hybrid GIS, deployed for switchgear on the distribution side, comprising voltage levels 33kV, 22kV and 11kV. The CEA note said Read more

Transmission line addition falls 22 per cent in H1 of FY24

  The quantum of new transmission lines added in the first half (H1: April to September) of FY24 was nearly 22 per cent lower than the comparable level in H1 of FY23, according to a special study by T&D Read more

Transmission line addition falls significantly short of target

  Transmission line addition during the first five months (April to August) of ongoing fiscal year FY24 fell significantly short of target. According to an analysis by T&D India, based on statistics newly released by Central Electricity Authority ( Read more

Substation capacity addition meets less than half of target

  The quantum of new transformation capacity added in the first four months of FY24 was less than half of the planned addition. According to latest statistics released by Central Electricity Authority (CEA), a total of 14,016 Read more

Transmission line addition in Q1FY24 meets only 54 pc of target

  The total quantum of transmission line addition in Q1 of FY24 was just 54 per cent of the planned addition. According to recently released statistics by Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the country saw the addition of Read more

CEA proposes guidelines for O&M of co-located TBCB assets

  The Central Electricity of Authority (CEA) has issued draft guidelines for operation & maintenance (O&M) of assets created under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) mechanism. CEA has prepared a draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will be part of Read more

CEA proposes RTM route for re-conductoring of ISTS lines

  In a newly released draft paper, Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has recommended that re-conductoring of transmission lines of the interstate transmission system (ISTS) be carried out under the regulated tariff mechanism (RTM) route as opposed to the tariff-based Read more