Hyderabad: Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is seriously considering a proposal to reduce power tariff for some categories of consumers to pass on the benefits of reduced coal prices and efficiency improvement in the last three...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday pitched for a uniform electricity tariff rate across the country on the lines of railway fares. “A lot of work has been done in the state in energy sector...
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) is all set to give a jolt to its consumers with a proposed tariff hike of 22.66% for all sectors. However, the hike proposed for domestic...
KATHMANDU, August 9: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has determined the new tariff for the electricity that is being imported from India. The meeting of the Nepal-India Electricity Exchange Committee held on Tuesday in New...
AS AUGUST ends, domestic and commercial consumers would have to bear the burden of enhanced power tariff as the Punjab government may announce the hike in electricity by the end of this month. As...
COIMBATORE: The exorbitant tariff rates quoted by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) has forced the Southern Railway to look for a better deal with a public sector company to cater to...
New Delhi: The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission will hold a public hearing on “Draft Business Plan Regulations, 2017, and tariff petitions” next week. This will mark an important step in the tariff revision process,...
Tariffs for solar power in Tamil Nadu touched as low as Rs 3.47/unit in reverse-auctions held over the weekend. The biddings were done for 1,500 MW solar plants. The tariff is much lower than...
A team of inspectors from BSES Rajdhani Power Limited were roughed up by villagers in outer Delhi’s Mundka on Thursday where they had gone to check instances of power theft. Three BSES officials and one Delhi Police sub-inspector were...
Power consumers of Uttar Pradesh could face steep hike in the power tariff during the current fiscal 2017-18, sources say. Four power distribution companies, all subsidiaries of the UP power corporation Limited (UPPCL) filed...
Andhra Pradesh’s electricity distribution companies (discoms) signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) with various wind power generators at between Rs 4.76 and Rs 4.84 per unit in 2015, at tariffs that looked competitive then. But...
The financial performance of power utilities remained subdued in the March quarter. Overall power generation is up just 3.4%. Comparatively, generation at India’s largest producer NTPC Ltd increased 2.8%. Utilization at thermal power plants...
The government is looking at Rs 3 per unit as the benchmark price for power from all energy sources like thermal, solar and wind in the medium term. The government’s aim is to ensure...
The hike in power tariff, approved by Kerala Electricity Regulatory Commission came into effect in Kerala on Tuesday. The tariff revision for the year 2017-18, is for all categories of consumers except the below...
Kolkata: This summer, when you buy an air-conditioner, you wouldn’t have to top up your security deposit with CESC. The power utility has done away with the additional security deposit it used to charge...
Those installing rooftop solar plants from now on will be paid a lower tariff. The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has revised the tariff payable for solar rooftop and small photovoltaic (PV) power generation,...