TNPDCL proposes to levy additional surcharge of ₹0.10 per unit on open-access power consumers
2 weeks, 6 days ago

TNPDCL proposes to levy additional surcharge of ₹0.10 per unit on open-access power consumers

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited has proposed the levying of an additional surcharge of ₹0.10 per unit, payable by all open-access consumers who purchase power from third-party sales and power exchanges. The move aimed to increase competitiveness and efficiency in the power sector, and the loss of revenue suffered by the TNPDCL was compensated by a cross-subsidy surcharge and an additional surcharge. TNPDCL said due to open access, it had a stranded capacity of 410.55 MW and incurred a fixed charge of ₹234.79 crore on this and sought for the levy of an additional surcharge. Earlier, the TNERC had approved the levy of an additional surcharge of ₹0.54 per unit from October 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, against the State’s power utility proposal for an additional surcharge of ₹1.06 per unit.

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TNPDCL objects to Centre’s move to waive transmission charges on green projects
3 days, 4 hours ago

TNPDCL objects to Centre’s move to waive transmission charges on green projects

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Ltd. has objected to Centre’s move to waive transmission charges for green hydrogen/green ammonia projects and renewable energy projects. In a letter to Southern Regional Power Committee, TNPDCL pointed out that the Union Power Ministry has proposed to waive the transmission charges for the entire capacity of 75,300 MW of green hydrogen/green ammonia industrial load …

TNPDCL floats new tenders for 3.05 crore smart meters under RDSS
1 week, 3 days ago

TNPDCL floats new tenders for 3.05 crore smart meters under RDSS

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited, the state’s discom, has reissued tenders for installing 3.05 crore smart meters across the state as part of the union government’s Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme. The tenders were cancelled in December 2024 after Adani Energy Solution Limited, which emerged as the lowest bidder in one of the four packages, did not agree …

TN floats tenders to set up battery systems to store renewable energy
3 weeks, 1 day ago

TN floats tenders to set up battery systems to store renewable energy

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: In a major push towards efficient utilisation of power, especially power generated through renewable sources, the Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation Limited on Friday floated global e-tenders to set up clusters of Battery Energy Storage Systems with combined capacity of 500 MW and 1,000 MW in the state. This is the first time the state is planning such facilities, …

TPNODL urges OERC for tariff hike
3 weeks, 5 days ago

TPNODL urges OERC for tariff hike

New Indian Express  

Though the distribution company has not asked for a specific tariff rate, it has indirectly requested the commission to increase the existing tariff by 20 paise per unit to compensate for the shortfall. Estimating its distribution loss at 12.96 per cent, TPNODL said the total power purchase requirement from GRIDCO will be around 8,719 MU costing approximately Rs 3,262 crore. …

TN losing at power play as discom ranks 48th among 52
3 weeks, 5 days ago

TN losing at power play as discom ranks 48th among 52

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited, the state’s distribution company, continued to remain in the bottom in the 13th Annual Integrated Rating and Ranking released recently by the Ministry of Power for the year 2023-24. TNPDCL’s aggregate technical & commercial losses, which refer to the loss due technical issues such as transmission and commercial reasons such as illicit usage, …

Tender for smart meters likely in a week in Tamil Nadu
1 month ago

Tender for smart meters likely in a week in Tamil Nadu

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: After completing certain prerequisite legal procedures, Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited is set to invite bids through global e-tender for the installation of smart meters within a week. The granting of approval for issuing fresh tenders for the installation of smart meters was discussed as a key agenda at the 128th board meeting of the Tamil Nadu Electricity …

TNERC junks power utility’s plea seeking nod to procure power under PM Kusum scheme
1 month ago

TNERC junks power utility’s plea seeking nod to procure power under PM Kusum scheme

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission rejected Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation Ltd. ‘s plea seeking nod for power purchase under the PM-Kusum Scheme-Component A. Under PM-KUSUM scheme- Component-A, farmers can set-up Decentralized Ground/ Stilt Mounted Grid Connected Solar or other Renewable Energy based Power Plants on their land up to the capacity. TNGECL floated tender on February 14, 2024 without …

TNERC expresses concern over State power utility going ahead with tender process
1 month, 1 week ago

TNERC expresses concern over State power utility going ahead with tender process

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission has expressed concern over the State’s power utility going ahead with the tender process to procure short term power for summer period, while its approval is pending. Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited sought nod for procurement of 2,750 MW of round the clock power and 5,775 MW of peak hour power from February to …

TNPGCL expects smooth power supply from CGS during summer
1 month, 3 weeks ago

TNPGCL expects smooth power supply from CGS during summer

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Power Generation Corporation Limited is expecting the Central Generating Stations to provide a smooth supply of power this summer. Tamil Nadu has a share of over 6,000 MW from CGS, including Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, NLC, and NTPC. It has a power allocation share of 1,150 MW out of the total capacity of 2,000 MW of Units I …

Power bills in Kerala to be cheaper from February 1, fuel surcharge slashed
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Power bills in Kerala to be cheaper from February 1, fuel surcharge slashed

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: From Saturday, consumers need to pay less for their power bills as the fuel surcharge has been reduced by nine paise per unit. The overall fuel surcharge, which currently stands at 19 paise per unit, has been revised to 10 paise per unit with effect from February 1. However, from February 1, only the fuel surcharge of 10 paise …

TNPGCL to tie up for power arrangements to overcome deficit during summer
1 month, 3 weeks ago

TNPGCL to tie up for power arrangements to overcome deficit during summer

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu is expected to see a power deficit during the evening peak hours in the upcoming summer months and Tamil Nadu Power Generation Corporation Limited would tie up for power through tenders and swap arrangements. During the summer last year, the State’s peak power demand hit a new record, touching an all-time-high of 20,830 MW on May 2, 2024. …

Change power tariff classification for micro units in the automatic route, says Annamalai
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Change power tariff classification for micro units in the automatic route, says Annamalai

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government should ask the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation to make changes in the online system so that micro units pay electricity tariff applicable under classification III A, said K. Annamalai, State president of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission said in September 2023 that the units with less than 12 KW …

New Delhi's civic body to not impose hiked power surcharge on electricity bill
2 months, 2 weeks ago

New Delhi's civic body to not impose hiked power surcharge on electricity bill

India Today  

Ahead of the Assembly polls in Delhi, the New Delhi Municipal Council has announced to not impose the Power Purchase Adjustment Cost surcharge on domestic and commercial electricity users. The decision came amid a high-profile electoral contest on the New Delhi Assembly seat, featuring prominent candidates like former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from the Aam Aadmi Party, former Congress MP …

TNPDCL scraps smart meter tenders citing pricing issues with Adani group
2 months, 3 weeks ago

TNPDCL scraps smart meter tenders citing pricing issues with Adani group

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited has cancelled the tenders floated as four packages in August 2023 for procuring smart meters under the union government's Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme. Sources indicate that the power utility is expected to float fresh tenders soon, as the deadline to implement the smart meter scheme is set for March 2025. A senior official …

Electricity tariff hiked by 16 paise per unit in Kerala
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Electricity tariff hiked by 16 paise per unit in Kerala

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Get ready to shell out more for your power consumption as the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission has approved an average tariff hike of 16 paise per unit for domestic consumers. From April 1, 2025, consumers will have to pay 12 paise more, taking the overall hike to 28 paise per unit on an average in the 2025-26 fiscal. …

TNPGCL proposes to levy additional surcharge of ₹1.06 per unit on open-access consumers
6 months, 2 weeks ago

TNPGCL proposes to levy additional surcharge of ₹1.06 per unit on open-access consumers

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Power Generation Corporation Limited has proposed the levying of an additional surcharge of ₹1.06 per unit, payable by all open-access consumers, who purchase power from third-party sales and power exchanges. The move aimed to increase competitiveness and efficiency in the power sector, and the loss of revenue suffered by the TNPGCL was compensated by a cross-subsidy surcharge …

On increase in electricity tariff in Tamil Nadu | Explained
7 months, 3 weeks ago

On increase in electricity tariff in Tamil Nadu | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: On July 15, the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission announced an average hike of 4.83% for domestic and all other consumers. The Commission waited for the Lok Sabha and Vikravandi Assembly byelection results before announcing the tariff increase, even as it indicated, in its tariff order of September 2022, that the new tariff will come to …

Electricity bill set to increase in Tamil Nadu from July as tariff hiked by 4.83%
8 months, 1 week ago

Electricity bill set to increase in Tamil Nadu from July as tariff hiked by 4.83%

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission has announced a hike of 4.83% for domestic and all other consumers. As per the tariff order, the slabs for domestic consumers have been increased in the range of 20 paise to 55 paise per unit. While the unit cost under the minimum slab of 400 units bi-monthly, is being increased from ₹4.60 per …

Power tariff may go up by 5 per cent in Tamil Nadu from July
9 months, 1 week ago

Power tariff may go up by 5 per cent in Tamil Nadu from July

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation is likely to increase the power tariff by 4.83% from July 1 for domestic, commercial, and industrial users as per the Consumer Price Index inflation-linked tariff revision approved by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission in 2022. Last year, on July 1, the tariff was increased by 2.18% as per the CPI-linked …

Govt removes licencing provision for consumers on quantum of power loads
1 year, 2 months ago

Govt removes licencing provision for consumers on quantum of power loads

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The power ministry on Monday removed the licencing provision for consumers having more than a specified quantum of load and energy storage systems. “A generating company or a person setting up a captive generating plant or an energy storage system or a consumer having load of not less than 25 MW in case of Inter State Transmission System …

Andhra Pradesh power utilities decide against increasing tariffs despite a revenue gap of ₹13,879 crore
1 year, 3 months ago

Andhra Pradesh power utilities decide against increasing tariffs despite a revenue gap of ₹13,879 crore

The Hindu  

The AP-Transco and distribution companies have pegged their total Aggregate Revenue Requirement for the FY 2024-25 at approximately ₹56,576 crore and the revenue gap at current tariffs at ₹13,879 crore, which is higher than the previous year’s ₹11,800 crore. The power purchase cost is estimated to be ₹39,017 crore, and the transmission and load dispatch cost ₹5,723 crore, while the …

Can Tamil Nadu accelerate into the future with electric vehicles?
1 year, 4 months ago

Can Tamil Nadu accelerate into the future with electric vehicles?

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu has attracted around ₹60,000 crore in investment commitments to the electric vehicle sector so far, according to the data available with Guidance Tamil Nadu, the government’s investment promotion agency. However, it is encouraging to see the power tariff for EV charging stations reduced by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission. The rate of EV adoption in Tamil Nadu …

Power tariff hike: T.N. Electricity Regulatory Commission approves of payment of additional subsidy to Tangedco
1 year, 8 months ago

Power tariff hike: T.N. Electricity Regulatory Commission approves of payment of additional subsidy to Tangedco

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission has approved the payment of an additional subsidy by the State government to the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation, in the wake of a 2.18% power tariff hike which came into effect from July 1, 2023. The State government has proposed to exempt domestic consumers from the tariff increase, and compensate Tangedco for …

Electricity to Cost More in Tamil Nadu As Tariff to Increase Up To 6% from July 1
1 year, 9 months ago

Electricity to Cost More in Tamil Nadu As Tariff to Increase Up To 6% from July 1

News 18  

Tamil Nadu will see a 6% hike in power tariffs from July 1, according to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission order last year. “In the tariff petition presented to the TNERC, Tangedco had said the consumer price index value of May will be taken as the basis from next year for calculating the tariff for all sections of consumers,” …

Surcharge on open-access power reduced
2 years ago

Surcharge on open-access power reduced

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission directed the Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited and Telangana State Northern Power Distribution Company Limited to collect a surcharge of 39 paise per unit, instead of a proposed ₹9.86 additional surcharge, from open-access users Usually, discoms supply the power to domestic and commercial consumers on prescribed tariffs, but few industries procure …

Power tariff hike in Tamil Nadu comes into effect from September 10
2 years, 6 months ago

Power tariff hike in Tamil Nadu comes into effect from September 10

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission has accepted the tariff hike proposal of Tangedco for the domestic category. For consumers under Low Tension Tariff I-A, consuming up to 500 units bi-monthly, the revised energy charges post the first 100 units will be ₹2.25 per unit for 101-200 units, ₹4.50 per unit for 201-400 units, ₹6 per unit for 401-500 units. …

Brace for power tariff hike in Tamil Nadu every July from next year
2 years, 7 months ago

Brace for power tariff hike in Tamil Nadu every July from next year

The Hindu  

Consumer price index value of May will be taken as the basis Chennai From next year, July will be the month when electricity consumers may experience the increase in power tariff annually, if the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission gives the nod for the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation ’s proposal. This feature — year-on-year increase in power tariff …

Explained | Power tariff revisions and the state of DISCOMs
2 years, 7 months ago

Explained | Power tariff revisions and the state of DISCOMs

The Hindu  

The story so far: On July 13, the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation filed a general retail power tariff revision petition with the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission proposing to hike power tariffs by 10% to 35%. While announcing the government’s decision to increase the tariff, Electricity Minister V. Senthilbalaji maintained that the proposed power tariff hike will not …

Power tariff hike on the cards for Tamil Nadu
2 years, 8 months ago

Power tariff hike on the cards for Tamil Nadu

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited has decided to hike the electricity tariff after eight years and the rates would be increased as for all those who consume more than 200 units bimonthly. The tentative plan for the hike is as follows: 63.35 lakh households that consume up to 200 units in two months the increase in rates …

When Consumer Purchases Electricity From Open Access Source, Electricity Tax Payable On That Rate : Karnataka High Court
3 years, 11 months ago

When Consumer Purchases Electricity From Open Access Source, Electricity Tax Payable On That Rate : Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has held that whenever a consumer purchases electricity from Open Access Source, the tax on electricity will be chargeable on the rate at which consumer purchased electricity, instead of the higher charges at which it is supplied by a licnesee. "if a consumer is to pay electricity tax on charges higher than the one supplied by …

Tamil Nadu bus fare hike: DMK recommends 'administered pricing mechanism' to tackle price rise
7 years, 1 month ago

Tamil Nadu bus fare hike: DMK recommends 'administered pricing mechanism' to tackle price rise

Firstpost  

The DMK party, which has been in the forefront of protests against the bus fare hike, has suggested an administered pricing mechanism system to fix fares for buses operated by the eight State Transport Corporations and also to bring fuel prices under the GST ambit at 10 percent Chennai: The DMK party, which has been in the forefront of protests …

Telangana discoms turn more dependent on sops
7 years, 4 months ago

Telangana discoms turn more dependent on sops

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The dependence of the mostly state owned electricity distributing companies on subsidies has increased by seven to eight per cent in the current financial year over the previous year. According to the Union power ministry, the overall subsidy dependence of discoms for the current financial year is estimated at Rs 81,000 crore. Discoms burden open access power State governments …

Delhi’s Electricity Bill to Reduce by up to 6 per Cent
9 years ago

Delhi’s Electricity Bill to Reduce by up to 6 per Cent

The Quint  

There’s Good news for Delhiites. The electricity bills are expected to go down by up to six per cent as the permission to power distribution companies to levy the fuel surcharge or power purchase adjustment cost by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission has lapsed on March 15. All three power distribution companies cannot impose any fuel surcharge on the electricity …

No electricity tariff hike for Delhiites till July
10 years, 10 months ago

No electricity tariff hike for Delhiites till July

India TV News  

New Delhi: With the power regulatory body refusing to increase the power-purchase cost adjustment charges as demanded by the discoms, Delhiites can breathe a sigh of relief till July. The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission has directed the discoms to continue with the existing rates that is between 6 to 8 per cent.DERC will also take a final call about the …

Hike in BSES Power Bills, Relief for Tata Consumers
12 years, 10 months ago

Hike in BSES Power Bills, Relief for Tata Consumers

India TV News  

New Delhi, May 2: People getting power supply from BSES discoms will have to shell out more on electricity bills while consumers under Tata Power distribition limited will benefit from a marginal drop in the rates. Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission today increased power tariff by two per cent for consumers under BSES Yamuna Power Ltd while one per cent hike …

Service fee to go up
13 years, 8 months ago

Service fee to go up

Hindustan Times  

After three hikes in power tariff in the past one year, consumers will now have to brace themselves up for another hike, this time in the form of increase in service charges. HT Image A hike in the charges for general services such as application processing fee, meter installation, meter service and relocation and duplicate bills provided by power distribution …

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